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The wandering stadium
First person Where to put a British Olympic stadium? Tony Banks says Wembley is the only choice. But don't rule out Picketts Lock.
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The sense of proportion
Jarndyce & Jarndyce still drags its dreary length before the Court, perennially hopeless, wrote Charles Dickens, satirising the legal system of his day. It's better now, though, as the rules on proportionality demonstrate.
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Privileged positions
Second opinion Why are there so few black architects? You might as well ask why there are so few from poor backgrounds.
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Perfect pitch
How can a roof make you sound better? The one that tops Shrewsbury School's concert venue is elliptically shaped to help the students make beautiful music.
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Westminster orders rethink of Pimlico School PFI
Council to ask an architect to review options and produce an alternative for the controversial project.
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Wasted opportunities
Architects and developers are forming an orderly queue to put the boot into English Partnerships for its timidity, lack of leadership and inexperience which, they say, are jeopardising the urban renaissance.
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'Independent' materials web site unveiled
A materials trading site that claims to be the first independent service of its kind for construction was launched this week. EasyMaterial.com, which will go live later this year, is the brainchild of a consortium of construction and IT professionals including Majid Jahanshahi, former head of construction at Neman Pulp ...
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Satisfaction guarantees
A new, improved brand of performance bond is now available for project financing and promises to be a cheaper way of covering more risk particularly on private finance initiative projects.
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Tender price forecast
Continued steady growth is the order of the day, with tender prices, materials costs and new orders all continuing to rise. Many contractors are becoming increasingly selective, but the output picture is less clear.
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Pidgley: Livingstone plan will force out housebuilders
Berkeley boss says mayor s 50% social housing pledge will make working in London unprofitable.
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Rebuilding of Serbia offers UK firms rich pickings
DTI leads construction taskforce to Serbia as European Union launches £1.4bn investment programme.
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Waterman to expand into FM
Consulting engineer Waterman Partnership is planning to offer more services at its UK and Irish offices. The group, which expanded into Ireland with the acquisition of Moylan Engineering in July, said it wanted to add extra services such as facilities and environmental management. Managing director Bob Campbell said: We ...
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Osprey launches European expansion
Osprey Project Management, a subsidiary of Franklin + Andrews, has acquired Project Management International from BAE Systems for an undisclosed sum. The move is the beginning of Osprey's plans to expand its area of operations to continental Europe. It also signals an expansion of the range of services offered. Martin ...
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Harrison defends industry safety target
Construction Products Association president Roy Harrison has hit back at criticism from Chartered Institute of Building head Chris Blythe that he is complacent about the industry s poor safety record. Blythe had attacked Harrison for a speech at a Labour conference fringe meeting in which he said he wanted to ...
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Knowles cuts offices
Dispute consultant James R Knowles is cutting some UK offices to form a smaller core of regional centres. Chairman Roger Knowles said he expected the number of offices to fall from 17 to 10 over the next 12 to 18 months. Knowles emphasised that the office restructure would not lead ...
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Conservation piece
A wood-frame roof may not sound unusual, but Buro Happold's take on it the UK's first timber gridshell at a Sussex history museum is enough to make a structural engineer whimper with fear.
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Currie & Brown drops partnership
Cost consultant becomes limited company and creates three operating divisions in attempt to move away from pure quantity surveying.
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Hodder brings civic pride to Hackney
Architect's east London civic centre shows that PFI projects don't have to compromise on the design.
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Bridge decision in next two weeks
Millennium Bridge trustees must choose between three solutions none of which is certain to iron out all the problems of the swaying bridge.
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US giant set to cash in on Irish boom
Parsons Brinckerhoff sets up Dublin branch to cash in on major infrastructure contracts.