All Building articles in 2001 issue 12

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  • News

    Sharewatch

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Share indices in the week to 16 March 2001

  • News

    Regenerating Rotterdam

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Architect Aukett Europe has won an urban design competition to regenerate the 11 ha site of a former power station in Rotterdam.

  • Features

    What is the use of QSs?

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Ian Yule - The general public has little or no idea of what QSs do. As far as the law is concerned, they fulfil three valuable roles that are helping to shape the future of quantity surveying

  • Features

    When size is the prize

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Frank Devoy - says bulk-buying clients and the outsourcing revolution may force builders to consolidate

  • Features

    The profession rules, OK

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham - The RIBA's private rules are coming under scrutiny from the Office of Fair Trading – do they exist to maintain standards or to keep out the competition?

  • Features

    MIPIM uncovered

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    As stock markets nosedived last Thursday, the 17,000 alcohol-assisted attendees of the MIPIM property fair networked like there was no tomorrow. Marcus Fairs and Gordon Jon Thompson spent 24 hours at the champagne apocalypse

  • Features

    Mike Welton

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Balfour Beatty has been lambasted for Hatfield, undervalued by the City and dubbed the "the worst scum of capitalism". Here's how its chief executive is answering the critics.

  • Features

    Meet our man in London, Paris, New York ...

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Multinational clients are clamouring for global solutions to their building needs. Here's how firms such as HOK, Amec, Arup, Bovis Lend Lease and Mott MacDonald are responding to their demands.

  • Features

    Hard Hats

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    It costs £3 and it could save your life. But it's uncomfortable, unpopular and unfashionable. So is it time to rethink the hard hat?

  • News

    Mixed-use scheme, Glasgow

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    This £57m development in the Merchant City area has been given detailed consent. The 71,600 m2 design by architect Conran and Partners includes apartments, retail, leisure and office space.

  • News

    Mace and Robert McAlpine to link up for GLA site

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Firms set to form joint venture to bid for £200m of work on London Bridge development.

  • Features

    Jolly green giant

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Bill Dunster's "Flower Tower" is not only a radical answer to the need for high-density housing, it is so green that it actually has a beneficial effect on the earth's climate

  • Features

    Future perfect

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Stakeholder pensions aren't exactly the new rock 'n' roll, but builders might find they like them. John Jory, manager with B&CE, explains his company's product.

  • Features

    A waste of energy

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Chris Twinn - How we think about energy at the moment is fundamentally misleading. Here's why

  • Features

    Rogers' polite entry into the West End

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Lord Rogers' latest London building is a far cry from his previous landmarks. Buried in the heart of Soho, this compact office block combines high-tech with street manners.

  • News

    EDAW wins Stevenage job

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    An EDAW-led consortium is to prepare a regeneration strategy for Stevenage town centre.

  • News

    Fresh doubts over future of Picketts Lock

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Crunch talks being held this week over the future of the 2005 athletics championships could jeopardise Picketts Lock stadium.

  • News

    Southampton heads off DETR inquiry

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    Southampton council has launched an intensive consultation into its massive harbour redevelopment before inviting tenders in an attempt to avoid a DETR inquiry.

  • News

    Tube PPP deal imminent

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The £20bn public–private refurbishment of London Underground is finally set to go ahead following a deal over maintenance contracts.

  • News

    Merger creates 'one-stop shop'

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    The chairman of a new Egan-inspired "one-stop" consultant has predicted that others will follow its lead and offer integrated services.