All Building articles in 2001 issue 19

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  • News

    Sharewatch

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Share indices in the week to 4 May 2001

  • News

    Lipton rounds on Westminster planners

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment this week slammed new planning guidance proposed by Westminster council as "seriously flawed".

  • News

    New line

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    J Sainsbury's scheme to redevelop its store in central High Wycombe has been granted planning permission.

  • Features

    Smells like team spirit

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    They're troubleshooters who go into a project early, build up a team, break down barriers and resolve conflicting agendas. Welcome to the exciting yet non-adversarial world of the facilitator.

  • Features

    The last word on Part L

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The much-delayed, eagerly anticipated new energy regulations are here at last – in draft form at least. Here's what they will mean for designers, builders and their clients.

  • Comment

    Get real, m'lud

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham - John Redmond is wrong about Judge Bowsher. Adjudicating in 28 days is a job for Superman. Restricting phone calls would be like helping him with kryptonite

  • Features

    Planning gain

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Huw Jones - What construction can learn from car makers, part two: don't do anything without a detailed plan.

  • News

    Green think tank formed

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    A government-sponsored partnership has been launched to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from office buildings.

  • News

    FMB: Workload still rising

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Builders' workloads increased by more than a quarter in the first three months of the year, the Federation of Master Builders' latest figures reveal.

  • News

    HBF slams 'extraordinary' Tories

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    TORY plans to end national and regional housebuilding targets have been branded "extraordinary" by the House Builders Federation.

  • Features

    End of term report

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Is construction a better place since New Labour came to power? Will it deliver on its promises in its seemingly inevitable second term? Marcus Fairs asks industry leaders how they'd grade the government's performance …

  • Comment

    The employer-bashers

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Colin Harding - New Labour started off as the friend of small and medium-sized businesses, but ended up, predictably, drowning them in regulations. Drastic changes are called for

  • News

    Industry questions role of Egan safety taskforce

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Construction bodies fear fragmentation of safety agenda as DETR announces "compromise".

  • News

    Friends of the Earth

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Friends of the Earth campaigners staged a protest over the building of the controversial Ilisu Dam in Turkey at Balfour Beatty's annual meeting last week.

  • News

    Wates doubles fit-out turnover

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Family-owned contractor Wates nearly doubled its fit-out turnover last year and says it is on target to crack £100m by 2003.

  • Features

    Five London restaurants for power dining

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Globe Theatre RestaurantThis offers fabulous views of the City along the Thames, an interesting menu and widely spaced tables that deter eavesdropping. It also has quite a good theatre attached.New Globe Walk, Bankside SE1, 020-7928 9444The Grill Room at the DorchesterThis is top tucker with service so smooth that you ...

  • Features

    Dear Robert

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    More work queries answered by Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose. This month, going freelance and how to make a good impression

  • Features

    A deal worth doing

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Frank Devoy - Mergers and acquisitions are full of potential pitfalls. Here are three ways to make them work.

  • Features

    Whole-life cost study: Egg's Pride Park

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Almost two years after its first call centre cost model, Building revisits Egg’s Pride Park, updating the whole-life costs and comparing it with a model call centre by Citex

  • News

    Contracts

    2001-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Fitzpatrick wins £7.7m RAF jobDefences Estates has appointed Fitzpatrick to undertake a £7.7m refurbishment contract at RAF Kinloss in Morayshire, Scotland.Aukett secures work worth £5mArchitect and engineer Aukett Europe has secured £5m worth of projects in Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Glasgow.Infirmary deal goes to TaywoodTaylor Woodrow Capital Developments and its ...