All Building articles in 2001 issue 03

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  • News

    Taratantara

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Taratantara, an installation by sculptor Anish Kapoor commissioned by Gateshead's Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts, has a new home in Naples.

  • Comment

    Tangled web we weave

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Sharewatch

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    How construction companies fared in the City in the week to 16 January 2001

  • Features

    Making the rules

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Laying down a disciplinary policy, and implementing it properly, ensures that everyone is treated fairly.

  • News

    Opened mail

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Birmingham's £100m Mailbox development opened last month.

  • News

    Millennium Village line-up revealed

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Four shortlisted to become development partner on Manchester village as government sets new targets for reducing substandard housing.

  • Comment

    Why we've legalised theft

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    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?

  • Features

    Inside information

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Prescott uses green muscle

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Industry tax scheme set to go online

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Revenue and Construction Confederation in talks over electronic monitoring of subcontractor payments.

  • News

    Firms urged to publish safety records

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Bill Callaghan, the chairman of the Health and Safety Commission, this week urged firms to publish health and safety records in their annual reports.

  • News

    Four fight it out in housing shake-up

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Bryant and Beazer merger thrown into confusion as Taywood and Persimmon bid for players.

  • News

    Fifth good year for Gleeson

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Construction services and housebuilding group Gleeson announced at its annual meeting this week that turnover and profit had increased for the fifth successive year.

  • News

    Three in race to regenerate London estate

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    A shortlist of three consortia has been drawn up to regenerate a rundown estate in Newham, east London.

  • News

    Mike Jeffries steps down

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Mike Jeffries is to step down as chief executive of superconsultant WS Atkins.

  • Features

    Dial M for mixed-use at Hitchcock studio

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    The Shoreditch set of classic film The Lady Vanishes is to reappear as a multipurpose live–work development.

  • News

    MOD launches first 'one-stop' deal

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Delayed £200m Scottish prime contract to be unveiled this week.

  • News

    CRH expands in Europe

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Irish building materials group CRH has expanded its European and North American operations.

  • News

    Contractors to get leagues too

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    THE TOP 75 contractors are about to suffer the fate of housebuilders – by being ranked according to performance.

  • News

    Tender prices continue rise

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    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.