All Building articles in 2001 issue 03
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Taratantara
Taratantara, an installation by sculptor Anish Kapoor commissioned by Gateshead's Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts, has a new home in Naples.
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Comment
Tangled web we weave
Who'd be an adjudicator right now? Recent conflicting judgments on the impact of human rights legislation leaves them operating in a most uncomfortable framework.
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Features
Making the rules
Laying down a disciplinary policy, and implementing it properly, ensures that everyone is treated fairly.
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Millennium Village line-up revealed
Four shortlisted to become development partner on Manchester village as government sets new targets for reducing substandard housing.
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Comment
Why we've legalised theft
The courts will enforce an adjudicator's award, even if everyone knows it's wrong and the claimant is committing daylight robbery. But surely they have an absolute obligation to dispense justice?
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Features
Inside information
How can e-construction be made to work? Charles Botsford, former Treasury adviser and a director of the Building Information Warehouse portal, may well have the answer.
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Prescott uses green muscle
In the first-ever application of the "sequential test" for greenfield development, deputy prime minister John Prescott has ordered work to stop on a site in Gravesend, Kent.
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Industry tax scheme set to go online
Revenue and Construction Confederation in talks over electronic monitoring of subcontractor payments.
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Firms urged to publish safety records
Bill Callaghan, the chairman of the Health and Safety Commission, this week urged firms to publish health and safety records in their annual reports.
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Four fight it out in housing shake-up
Bryant and Beazer merger thrown into confusion as Taywood and Persimmon bid for players.
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Fifth good year for Gleeson
Construction services and housebuilding group Gleeson announced at its annual meeting this week that turnover and profit had increased for the fifth successive year.
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Three in race to regenerate London estate
A shortlist of three consortia has been drawn up to regenerate a rundown estate in Newham, east London.
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Mike Jeffries steps down
Mike Jeffries is to step down as chief executive of superconsultant WS Atkins.
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Features
Dial M for mixed-use at Hitchcock studio
The Shoreditch set of classic film The Lady Vanishes is to reappear as a multipurpose live–work development.
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MOD launches first 'one-stop' deal
Delayed £200m Scottish prime contract to be unveiled this week.
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CRH expands in Europe
Irish building materials group CRH has expanded its European and North American operations.
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Contractors to get leagues too
THE TOP 75 contractors are about to suffer the fate of housebuilders – by being ranked according to performance.
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Tender prices continue rise
Tender prices in the third quarter of 2000 rose faster than the retail prices index, reflecting the continued strong demand for construction services, according to the Building Cost Information Service.