All Building articles in 2001 issue 06

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  • News

    Sharewatch

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    ow construction companies fared in the City in the week to 6 February 2001

  • News

    Wolseley sells subsidiary

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Building materials group Wolseley has sold its boiler and burner making business for £10m.

  • Comment

    Reasonable precautions

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    The government's new facilities management contract is flexible and reasonably fair. However, there are one or two things to beware of before you sign on the dotted line.

  • News

    University of Newcastle Medical School

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    This 409-seat lecture theatre, in the centre right of this diagram above the existing medical school entrance, was designed by local architect FaulknerBrowns.

  • Features

    Miralles' last laugh

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Part imaginative conservation project, part crazy new build, Utrecht town hall is a fitting tribute to its late architect.

  • News

    Pidgley junior resigns

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Tony K Pidgley, managing director of Berkeley Homes and son of Berkeley Group managing director Tony W Pidgley, has resigned.

  • Features

    John White

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    On the rugby pitch and in the City, Persimmon's chief executive has a tough reputation. And as he tackles Beazer to create the UK's largest housebuilder, he'll need it.

  • Features

    Getting the Tube to work

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Capitalist scum, Red Ken, the Hatfield crash, interminable waits, dirt and misery. The saga over the part-privatisation of the Tube has it all. But at last there could be light at the end of the tunnel …

  • News

    Floodplain guidance out

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Construction minister Nick Raynsford has confirmed that developers will have to take responsibility for avoiding building on floodplains.

  • Comment

    Eek a mouse!

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Process engineering work falls outside the scope of the Construction Act, so adjudicators would have no jurisdiction in a dispute involving process giant ABB – or would they?

  • News

    Mixed development, east London

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Work has started on this £14m scheme at Britannia Walk, which includes 45 homes, 99 units for key workers, office blocks and live–work units.

  • Features

    Dear Robert

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a new monthly series, Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose answers your career queries.

  • Comment

    Not-so-great court

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    First person - The British Museum's Great Court opened to critical acclaim, but it's a big let-down, and the reading room is far worse.

  • News

    Corby gets regeneration plans under way

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Deputy prime minister John Prescott visited Corby, the rundown former steel town in Northamptonshire, this week to launch an urban regeneration initiative.

  • News

    Contractors line up for new wave of PFI hospitals

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Three shortlisted for £250m Manchester children's hospital, one of the biggest projects in the third PFI group.

  • News

    Corus reassures construction

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Steel producer Corus has sought to allay the fears of the construction industry following its closures of plants in Wales and northern England.

  • News

    Changes to Tube contracts imminent

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Bidders for the Tube part-privatisation scheme prepare to rebid as GLA's Kiley pushes for a more unified management structure.

  • News

    Minister calls for council design champions

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Local authorities should follow the lead taken by government and appoint design champions to promote good buildings, culture minister Alan Howarth told this week's Building for the Future conference.

  • Features

    We'd like to build the world a house

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Özdemir and Sheena Keskin have spent 15 years developing the Termo House. They say the fast, easy-to-build and eco-friendly system will provide low-cost housing for millions around the world.

  • News

    Office market set to run into buffers

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Report predicts that commercial and industrial output will dip for three years as rate of UK economic growth falls.