All Building articles in 2000 Issue 01

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  • Features

    Reinventing the wheel

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    At first glance, the capsules for the Millennium Wheel look fairly conventional. In fact, nobody has ever built anything like them before – and the problems were unprecedented, too.

  • News

    Log On, Link Up

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

  • News

    Price makes recruitment priority in new job

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Jennie Price took over leadership of the Construction Confederation this week, pledging to make attracting recruits to the industry her top priority. The 39-year-old former director of the Major Contractors Group also wants to raise the profile of the Construction Confederation, and steer through the latest negotiations of the Working ...

  • Features

    Flexible friends

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The Institute of Management’s Karen Charlesworth on how flexible working can help your career and your firm.

  • News

    European market set for three-year surge

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    New century to begin with three years of growth in construction sector, Euroconstruct reveals.

  • News

    UK should look to Europe, says global forecast

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Report says US market will tail off in next two years – but Europe is set to boom.

  • Features

    Smart design

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    We keep hearing that 3D modelling and intelligent objects are the future of building design. Can AutoCAD Architectural Desktop Release 2 smooth the transition to the new era?

  • News

    Westminster Station delivered just in time

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    It was almost two years late and £1bn overbudget, but the Jubilee Line Extension was finally completed when Westminster Station opened in time for the new year’s celebrations.The Michael Hopkins and Partners-designed station opened on 22 December, in time to take VIPs to the Millennium Dome.The opening also ensured that ...

  • Features

    Materials life costs

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The Building Performance Group guide to how long building components last and their whole-life costs. This week: asphalt, single-ply polymer and bituminous membrane flat roofs.

  • News

    Industry set for a year of consolidation

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    City expects a wave of corporate activity as smaller firms are taken over and big ones merge.

  • News

    Failed clutch means London Eye misses its turn

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Decision not to operate wheel on millennium eve expected to cost project manager Mace £300 000 bonus.

  • Comment

    How to lose clients

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    First person Now it’s a seller’s market, architects don’t have to put up with the kind of treatment they get from bad clients. Do they?

  • Features

    Inflated claims?

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    An adjudicator decided he had the authority to referee a compromise agreement. One of the parties disagreed and refused to abide by the adjudicator’s decision. So what next?

  • Features

    A certifiable nuisance

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The DETR’s latest consultation paper on self-certification under the Building Regulations makes businesses vulnerable to court action, and introduces yet another time-consuming approval mechanism.

  • News

    Log on, link up, branch out

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    E-commerce, partnering and global thinking will shape the year ahead. But what faces and landmarks will drive the industry in 2000?

  • News

    Best of times

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The next two years will see the market heading for the nirvana of 2-3% growth – but not every sector will get there. Also, top analysts give their share tips – but could you do better?

  • News

    Best Of Times

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

  • News

    Siemens bales out of Tube

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    London Underground has dismissed fears about the viability of the public-private partnership plan for running the Tube after engineering giant Siemens withdrew from a consortium bidding for the project.Siemens’ withdrawal from the NewMetro group comes amid mounting concerns among bidders that the government will abandon the funding scheme in the ...

  • News

    Wembley compromised despite athletics deal

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Dual-purpose design to stay despite culture secretary’s decision to make national stadium football-only.

  • Features

    Appointments

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    ContractorsDoug Elliott has been made managing director of design-and-build firm TNG, part of Unite Group.Birse Construction has promoted Steve Barker to marketing director of its civil engineering division. John Branton replaces Barker as marketing manager of the North-east civils business.Mark Kirwan has been appointed general manager at fit-out specialist Crispinteriors, ...