All Building articles in 2001 issue 23
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The saga of feuding lovers AMEY and the City of London continued this week. In the latest development, which would give Brookside a run for its money or rival the latest twist in EastEnders, the support services group launched a bitter recrimination after seeing its share price fall 20% in ...
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Talking to plants
We should make sure we design buildings where plants can happily flourish - after all, they can tell us a lot about the environment we're working in
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Window on learning
Architect van Heyningen and Haward has submitted this plan for an £8.8m sixth-form college in Islington, north London, for planning permission.
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Learning the lingo
When your boss tells you that as a result of synergy your department is about to undergo a paradigm shift, what do they mean?
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Swansea landmark plan unveiled
Proposals HAVE been unveiled to build 1000 luxury beachfront houses and flats in Swansea marina, including a landmark apartment building.
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Hadid wins huge Singapore science hub
Zaha Hadid Architects has won an international competition to masterplan a science park in Singapore.
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Minding the gap
Under the PFI, clients don't start paying until a facility is ready for use. The problem for builders is that this may be some time after the building has been completed
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Fuzzy logic
How far should consultants' drawings go in telling builders how to do their job? In theory a long way; in practice there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
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Rapid response force
The DETR is consulting on how to make adjudication fairer and more effective. There's still time to let it know what you think
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Graves ends family ownership
Birmingham-based quantity surveyor Francis Graves intends to offer new shares in the privately-owned family firm to staff in order to raise capital for expansion and acquisitions.
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EH gets tough on towers
English heritage is set to oppose all skyscrapers in historically sensitive areas, regardless of their design quality.
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Wrong to pin hopes on Egan, says report
The author of a report into innovation in construction has cast doubt on whether Egan initiatives can transform the industry.
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Dogs in the manger
Everyone agrees that construction must abandon adversarial practices – except for QSs. Why are they so out of step with the rest of the industry?
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Learning difficulties
Prefabrication is no quick-fix solution to the lack of skills in construction, warns a new report. It says the UK's approach to training and innovation is lagging well behind other European countries …
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Output growth stops, says DETR
Construction output stood unchanged at £57.9bn in the year to the end of March, according to the latest figures from the DETR.
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Laing sale delayed by Morrison debacle
Final negotiations over O'Rourke purchase delayed at least a week as both sides scrutinise balance sheet.
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Countryside secures four sites
Housebuilder Countryside Properties has bought four brownfield sites potentially worth £156m.
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Neil Cossons
Ken Livingstone accused English Heritage of jeopardising London's economic future by opposing tall buildings. Now its chief executive is hitting back.
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Contracts
Birse lands £10.8m rail jobBirse has won a £10.8m Railtrack contract to build the new West Coast Rail Traffic Control Centre in Birmingham. It will control all train and signalling operations between London Euston and Crewe.F&G to work on luxury flatsProject and cost manager Faithful & Gould has been appointed ...
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CITB sets tough new targets
women and ethnic minorities will make up half of all recruits into the building industry by 2005 the Construction Industry Training Board pledged this week.