All Building articles in 2001 issue 21

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    What son-of-CIB is for

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Michael Latham - The new strategic forum for construction is a boost for the Egan agenda that, on topics from partnering to safety and recruitment, will drive reform further

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    Sharewatch

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Share indices in the week to 18 May 2001

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    Mouthwatering

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    The £1m Tatu Restaurant in Belfast, which opened last year, has won the National Association of Shopfitters Design Partnership Award for 2001.

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    What's mine is yours

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Directors and partners should be quick to sort out who owns intellectual property rights – or they risk finding that the firm's interests outweigh their claims

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    Material world

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    How can a project be truly sustainable? Look beyond the client to the community

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    Rogers unveils renewal plan for London

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Lord Rogers this week revealed how he might use his role at the Greater London Authority to improve the urban environment in the capital.

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    Can Labour tackle the skills shortage?

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    The New Deal for young unemployed people was one of New Labour's big ideas. Three years later, and with an argument still raging about its success, the party plans to revamp it to solve construction's recruitment crisis.

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    Kidnap!

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    A nightmare scenario: first an employee working overseas doesn't turn up one morning, then a ransom note does … suddenly the BBC is at the door, you're on the phone to the Foreign Office and the life of a colleague is in the balance. How can you stop this happening?

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    On keeping stumm

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Bias isn't about what you really think or feel; it's about the impression you create. So think what you want, but for heaven's sake don't do it out loud.

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    A hundred perforations

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and Swiss firm Herzog de Meuron have designed this hotel and park at Astor Place in New York.

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    Housebuilders reject gloomy think tank report

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    City commentators shrug off Cambridge Econometrics' prediction that South-east market is heading for a fall.

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    Five tips on setting up a website

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Register your domain nameDo this as soon as possible. If you are an international company, ensure that you are registered as .com and .co.uk. The registration fee is £20 per name with www.domainnames.co.uk and www.freeparking.co.uk, to name but two. This will last two years, when it can be renewed.Get your ...

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    Survival of the fittest

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Oliver Jones - To prosper in the changing market, consultants must become innovative service providers

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    End of the pier show

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Isolated more than a mile out in the Thames estuary, relying on deliveries by ship once a fortnight, blasted by relentless gale-force winds, a team of workers is struggling to erect a lifeboat station.

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    Four in race to redevelop Leeds' Elland Road

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    FOUR CONTRACTORS are in the running to redevelop Leeds United's Elland Road stadium.

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    Diving in

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Work has started on the £37.8m National Irish Aquatic Centre.

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    DETR rebuffs Elephant plea

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    The DETR has refused to release £15m of funds to Southwark council to help it bring about a £1.5bn redevelopment of Elephant & Castle in south London.

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    European law threatens Tube deals

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    A draft European law could be the latest threat to the government's part-privatisation of London Underground.

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    Contracts

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Galliford wins housing workGalliford Hodgson, the social housing arm of Galliford Try, has secured two contracts worth £3.5m from Charlton Triangle Homes in south London. HBG to build £25m superstoreHBG has won a £25m contract to construct a superstore, health centre and further retail units at Haydon, north of Swindon.Haley ...

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    Countryside predicts sales will continue to grow

    2001-05-25T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder Countryside Properties has predicted that it will sell significantly more houses in the second half of its financial year than the 355 it has sold in the first half.