All Building articles in 2000 Issue 31

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  • Features

    Where Woolf is wrong

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Lord Woolf will make a fine Lord Chief Justice but he s just plain mistaken about the single expert witness in construction disputes. It does not speed up the process, and it makes it more expensive.

  • Features

    Value-added tactics

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Local authorities are constantly expected to prove their best-value credentials through a stringent review process, so it s only fair that private contractors in a PFI project also toe the line.

  • Features

    Stepping out in style

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Unlovely off-the-peg PVCu patio doors have long been the ugly duckling of exterior design. Now, Buro Happold plans to give them the looks of a swan with performance to match.

  • Features

    The new Manchester?

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    A blizzard of regeneration projects including a £500m retail scheme is set to transform Liverpool s city centre and give it the chance to get one up on its larger northern neighbour.

  • Features

    Object lesson

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Object software will soon be taking some of the donkey work out of specification. Just imagine having every single bit of information you need at your fingertips

  • Features

    Trouble glazing

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The DETR's proposals to revamp Part L are putting the pressure on window designers, makers and installers. How can glazing become more thermally efficient?

  • Features

    John Gains

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The man who put Mowlem back in profit is stepping into Sir Martin Laing’s shoes as the new president of the Construction Confederation – but is he straight-talking enough for the job?

  • News

    John McCarthy's sons take on their father

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Spencer and Clinton McCarthy set up rival retirement homes division and aim for 25% market share.

  • News

    Hanson launches e-commerce portal

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Materials giant Hanson has added its weight to the growing e-commerce activity in the industry by creating a portal with three global competitors. The site, due to be operational in 2001, is a joint initiative between Hanson, Heidelberger, Lafarge and RMC. It will trade in bulk cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete ...

  • News

    More homes called for in South-west

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Government-appointed inspectors are understood to be recommending up to 44 000 more homes in the South-west than local councils say they can cope with. The government-appointed panel’s report, given to the DETR as Building went to press, is set to advise deputy prime minister John Prescott that 411 000 new ...

  • News

    FMB criticises Cabinet Office call for more self-regulation

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Federation says taskforce’s warning on quality mark scheme red tape adds nothing to anti-cowboy debate.

  • News

    Revenue refuses to budge on tax scheme

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Working group’s recommendations to reform tax system are rejected as Boots quits in disgust.

  • News

    Shaky start to bridge work

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Work on dampers to steady the wobbling Millennium Bridge will not start until next month, engineer Ove Arup & Partners confirmed this week. It is believed that the dampers will be hidden from view below the 4 m wide pedestrian deck. Ove Arup has spent more than a month trying ...

  • News

    Ewart raises stakes in bid to go private

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The chairman of Irish developer Dunloe Ewart has increased his offer to shareholders in a bid to persuade 70% of them to back his plan to take the group private. Noel Smyth, who is now offering £180m for the firm, said the move was necessary to fund its developments. These ...

  • Features

    The best of three

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    When a contractor tried to stop an adjudication by questioning the referee s jurisdiction, the judge knocked down its arguments one by one, but it was the last that proved most interesting.

  • Features

    Spilling the beans

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Workers who uncover wrongdoing in their company and blow the whistle now have legal protection.

  • News

    'Scum of capitalism' hit back at Livingstone jibes

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Construction Confederation chief Jennie Price denounces London mayor's vitriolic attack on Tube bidders.

  • News

    Fresh start for Bernie Grant arts centre

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    A multicultural performing arts centre is to be built in Tottenham, north London, in memory of Bernie Grant, the former MP for the area. Plans for the Bernie Grant Centre for Performing Arts are being taken forward by architect Rivington Street Studio, which had discussions with the MP just before ...

  • News

    Why arts cash fails to tackle leaking loos

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The extra cash for arts and sports announced by culture secretary Chris Smith will fail to make up for a fall in his department's spending on construction and refurbishment projects. Funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is to rise 13.5% in real terms over three years. However, ...

  • Features

    Vorsprung durch Architektur

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Progress through technology is no longer enough to sell cars. Through its Autostadt theme park, and Dresden car factory, Volkswagen is now using architecture to connect with its customers