All Building articles in 2001 issue 21
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Comment
What son-of-CIB is for
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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Mouthwatering
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
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
How can a project be truly sustainable? Look beyond the client to the community
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Rogers unveils renewal plan for London
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?
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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On keeping stumm
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
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
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
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
Oliver Jones - To prosper in the changing market, consultants must become innovative service providers
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End of the pier show
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
FOUR CONTRACTORS are in the running to redevelop Leeds United's Elland Road stadium.
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DETR rebuffs Elephant plea
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
A draft European law could be the latest threat to the government's part-privatisation of London Underground.
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Contracts
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
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.