All Building articles in 2001 issue 01
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News
Winning tipsters
Chase European construction analyst Alastair Stewart came out clear winner in the 2000 Building share-tipping contest.
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Features
Wessex man
Rab Bennetts' headquarters for Wessex Water set a new mark for low-energy buildings, but how can this standard become standard practice? Well, actually, it's perfectly simple …
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Features
Just the job
Dave Hampton tells Lucia Graves how he encourages clients to create buildings that are better for people – and greener.
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Comment
Guarding your provisions
Collateral warranties require care and attention. Watch out for assignments, notice clauses, duration, entrenched rights in contract, tort and statute, and, of course, jurisdiction.
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Features
Managing Green Issues
Managing Green IssuesTom CurtinMacmillan£18.99205 pagesIf you subscribe to the belief that people-carriers are "gas-guzzling fecundity symbols", you probably won't like this book's cynical appraisal of both the protagonists and critics of the environmental debate. The problem with debasing environmental issues by relabelling them as marketing campaigns is that they still ...
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Prospects good for this year
Optimism over prospects in construction is the highest since June 1999, according to economic indicators released this week.
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Comment
Going for goal
Back in 1987, a company employed a contractor to build an office block. For the past decade, they have been in constant litigation. They've already had one shoot-out in the Lords and it's not over yet.
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Features
Green gauges
Building visited Sainsbury's eco-store in Greenwich and asked members of the public how green they were.
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New drive to recruit young people
Advertisements in Loaded, FHM and Mizz aim to sell sexier image of the industry.
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Features
Construction life stories
Construction teams are increasingly turning to whole-life costing and Ecopoints analysis to assess the economic and environmental impact of their projects. Three case histories show how the two techniques are being integrated to provide the real life stories of buildings.
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Firms cold shoulder quality mark discount
Raynsford tries to kickstart anti-cowboy pilots by slashing £350 off registration, but builders won't join.
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Features
The clean machine
The fuel cell is a reliable, sustainable and efficient source of energy. So far, it hasn't been economically viable, but a project in Surrey suggests things may be about to change.
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Comment
Clash points
The inexperienced employer does not always know what to look for when reviewing tender documents. Why can't the contractor help by providing objective advice at this stage, rather than complaining later?
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Comment
Clash points II
It's unfair to expect contractors to criticise consultants at the tender stage – it will jeopardise their chance of winning the contract. A better solution is to appoint the contractor earlier in the process.
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City steps up pressure on industry to consolidate
Investors call for fewer, larger companies in the wake of the Beazer–Bryant deal.
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Features
The green century
With the failure to agree a deal in The Hague, the EU is set to take the lead on climate change. For European construction, it looks like everything is about to go green.
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News
Canary Wharf, east London:
Construction work has started on Jubilee Place, a retail centre in Docklands, and will be completed in 2003
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English Heritage, Cambridge:
Van Heyningen and Haward submitted a planning application for English Heritage's east of England headquarters last month.