All Building articles in 2000 issue 43
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Features
Reinventing the Wheel
Reinventing the WheelEdited by Ian LambotWatermark£35The creation of the London Eye on the Thames riverfront is one of the architectural and engineering triumphs of our time. Ian Lambot followed this process from the concept stage to the opening day with his camera, and this wonderful book is the result. It ...
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Features
Pay and perks at the top
Construction bosses are increasingly being offered share options as part of their pay package by firms anxious to retain their services, according to the Hays Executive survey.
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Features
Paris Moayedi
First the share collapse and now the question mark over rail work after Hatfield … Can the market's former darling pull Jarvis back from the brink?
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Comment
The legal league
How have the top legal firms done in the past year? Chambers and Partners has just published its version of the legal Oscars – here's a rundown of who's in the limelight.
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Features
Just the job
Social research consultant Helen Bidwell meets everyone from drug users to local residents – but, as yet, no celebrities.
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Features
The Ireland race
The Irish construction boom is feeding a cash bonanza for workers in the Republic. As the Hays Montrose/Building contractors' salary guide 2000 shows, a shortage of skilled professionals means that firms are paying top rates to attract site managers, QSs and planners, and are looking abroad to fill places. The ...
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News
Shortlist for PFI housing
THE London Borough of Newham has announced a shortlist of three for its £30m-plus housing PFI scheme to refurbish 1200 homes.The first team, ASPIRE, consists of contractor Morgan Sindall, social housing specialists Lovell, the Bank of Scotland and housing associations Paddington Churches Housing Association and Ujima.The second, Partners for Improvement ...
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Features
Sustainable Housing: Principles & Practice
Sustainable Housing: Principles & PracticeEdited by Brian Edwards and David TurrentTaylor & Francis Books£30Sustainable is used here as much in the sense of self-sustaining communities as of green technologies. Brian Edwards, professor of architecture at Huddersfield University, defines sustainable housing as "housing that meets the perceived and real ...
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News
Noisy neighbour rules spell trouble for housebuilders
Proposed changes to Part E of the Building Regulations threaten confusion and may clash with Part L
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Features
Ginny´s new palace
Portcullis House, which opens its doors to visitors this week, is a fine building, says former heritage secretary Virginia Bottomley. But is it worth all the time and money?
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News
Geordie revolt over Rogers style masterplan
Newcastle residents put together alternative regeneration scheme because of fears over scale of demolition.
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News
Railtrack's four-day safety ultimatum
Contractors and engineers ordered to declare all safety risks in aftermath of Hatfield tragedy
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Features
On Foster ... Foster On
On Foster ... Foster OnEdited by David JenkinsPrestel£45Given the stream of new volumes on Lord Foster and his architecture, it might be tempting to call this doorstop of a book Foster On and On. It is, in fact, an anthology of writings spanning 30 years, mostly of reviews on Foster ...
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News
Stanhope joins Microsoft in the e-commerce race
Developer teams up with computer software giant to offer 30% cost reductions as two rivals agree merger.
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News
Stanhope joins Microsoft in the e-commerce race
Developer teams up with computer software giant to offer 30% cost reductions as two rivals agree merger.
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Comment
On dangerous ground
Local authorities face tough targets for reducing landfill. In looking for partners for integrated waste management schemes, a balance has to be reached on financing and allocating risk
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News
Housebuilders criticise stars
HOUSEBUILDERS have called for changes in the Housing Forum customer satisfaction survey following publication of the first report last week.The main complaint made at the Housing Forum conference last Thursday was that the figures did not take into account regional variations. Alfred McAlpine Homes managing director Graham McCullum said: "There ...