All Building articles in 2001 issue 24
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Comment
Who's suing whom
Writs issued in the Technology and Construction CourtUnex Investment Properties vs Alfred McAlpine and various othersUnex Investment Properties of Setchworth, Cambridgeshire, is suing Alfred McAlpine Construction, Forum Architects, Hannah, Reed and Associates, Keith Francis Pitts and Margaret Siobhan Pitts for damages for breach of contract pursuant to deeds dated 2 ...
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What a shower!
The Tories' performance in the election was embarrassing, hopeless, abysmal – which isn't surprising when you look at the calibre of those in charge
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Target stations, says Sir Stuart
new transport infrastructure in London will be funded by high-density development above stations, predicted the chair of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.
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Features
Are you doing it right?
Everyone wants to achieve best practice, but how do you know if you have? One way is to use the Construction Best Practice Programme's online test. We asked three firms to put themselves under the Eganscope and report how they scored
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Mixed-use scheme, Manchester
Pathfinder Properties has got the go-ahead for the first phase of a £100m mixed-use scheme on the River Medlock.
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Features
Making tracks
Michael Grant, chief executive of the Strategic Rail Authority, has the Herculean task of upgrading the UK's network. What chance does he have of pulling it off?
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Treasury looks to stamp out lowest price tendering
Government to examine claims by subcontractors that public-sector clients still look for cheapest quote.
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Legal letters
There is a place for retentionSir: As a project manager with a local authority, dealing with work ranging in price from hundreds to millions of pounds, I feel I must comment on Rudi Klein's article attacking cash retentions (4 May, page 57). Although I agree with a lot of what ...
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Features
Just the job
Megan Maclauran, project director for structural engineer Techniker tells Eloise Seddon why concept design gives her such a buzz and dogmatic people make her mad
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Stepping on the gas
BP man Struan Robertson is the first outsider to run the Wates' family concern in its 104-year history, and he's driving forward something of a quiet revolution.
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High flyer
Geoffrey Reid Associates has unveiled this competition-winning design for a £50m business airport at Farnborough, Hampshire.
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Features
Five ways to make partnering work
Do you really need a partner?Do not enter into a partnering arrangement just because it is fashionable. Undertake a value management exercise to see whether effective change can be internalised: carry out an audit of your staff, resources and premises. You may find that you do not need to partner ...
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Falconer to handle new overhaul of planning
New planning minister Lord Falconer is expected to spearhead the forthcoming shake-up of planning rules, tipped to be the most radical overhaul of the system in 50 years.
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Features
Margins of error
Cut-throat tendering is doing no good to the industry. Why do firms undersell themselves?
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News
Third dome planned for Eden
Cornwall's landmark £80m Eden Project to undergo an ambitious expansion programme, which will include a third giant greenhouse.
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Jarvis set to ditch outsourcing subsidiary
Future of corporate PFI arm Odyssey in doubt after it fails to win a single contract in 14 months.