Spot the balls
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Small businesses may find one of the most valuable assets to have is a trading partner, who can commit to regular trading agreements, ensuring a constant cash flow. Firms must ensure partners are not too greedy when it comes to profit margins. The UK construction industry consists mainly of small firms which benefit from the positive aspects of partnering with large firms, but which could also suffer should the larger firms decide to change the way partnering is carried out.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1998
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A problem shared is a problem solved
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Design specification within the UK constuction needs to be taken more seriously. Full cooperation between the architect, specialist contractor and manufacturer needs to be affirmed to gain satisfactory design specification. A design liability contract involving all 3 parties needs to be agreed upon. Design and product performance needs to be separate from the erection, installation and assembley of the product.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1993
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Bad for your health
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Many of the building materials officially designated as deleterious in the United Kingdom are entirely usable. Some of the bans on materials such as high-alumina cement, wood-wool slabs and calcium silicate bricks are unjustified, according to university student Tony Carey. Materials industry manufacturers were quite rightly furious when the list of blacklisted products was drawn up.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1997
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