All Building articles in 2001 issue 27

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  • News

    Sharewatch

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Share indices in the week to 29 June 2001

  • Features

    Scream test

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    When John Roberts was asked to build the world's most fearsome wooden roller-coaster, it was all a question of making it as frightening as possible without actually causing anyone's head to come off …

  • Features

    The right thing to do

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    On why doing good in the world and doing well for shareholders are not incompatible – in fact, they can be mutually reinforcing

  • News

    Passing the port

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    This £500m Glasgow harbour masterplan, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, received outline planning permission this week.

  • Comment

    Nothing personal

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Although an adjudicator must act in his personal capacity when deciding a case, he is under no obligation to do this when it comes to recovering his fees

  • Features

    A monumental statement

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    One of Scotland's most famous beauty spots, Loch Lomond, can now be enjoyed in full by tourists thanks to £60m of visitor facilities. And as we found out, it's helped the locals, too

  • Features

    Perfect merger

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Angela Baron says planning and communication are required to stop a merger or acquisition becoming a marriage made in hell

  • News

    PFI long-winded, says watchdog

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    The Audit Commission this week joined in the onslaught on the PFI, claiming in a report that some projects took too long and were too complex.

  • News

    New minister Wilson launches quality mark

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    New Construction Minister Brian Wilson launched the government's quality mark scheme in Birmingham this week in a bid to rid the industry of cowboy builders.

  • Features

    Just rewards

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    The built schemes recognised in this year's Housing Design Awards cater for yuppies, special needs and seaside residents

  • News

    Space inventors

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    An atrium created in the 1980s to connect three buildings at GlaxoSmithKline's UK headquarters in Harlow, Essex, has been transformed by Mark Roche Associates.

  • News

    Firms face ruin over Independent

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Several small and medium-sized firms face ruin because of the collapse of Independent Insurance. Many other contractors, subcontractors and architects have also been badly hit.

  • Features

    The world is not enough

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Project managers, quantity surveyors and engineers may be in demand across the globe, but salary prospects in the world's hotspots may leave travellers cold

  • News

    Damning report puts Ilisu project in doubt

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    THE future of the troubled Balfour Beatty-led Ilisu dam project in south-east Turkey is hanging in the balance after a critical environmental impact assessment was published this week.

  • News

    Rogers cuts Paddington tower in two

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Richard rogers Partnership's design for a landmark 41-storey tower at Paddington has been scaled down to twin towers of 20 stories each.

  • News

    Traffic cure

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    This 100 m swing bridge over the River Ouse is to be built by Skanska as part of a £42.6m contract for a bypass in Selby, North Yorkshire

  • News

    Tube impasse to be taken to High Court

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    The government's proposed £20bn public–private partnership plan for London Underground is certain to go to judicial review this month.

  • Comment

    Corrupt practices

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    As the use of electronic document storage and transfer increases, the risk of corruption grows, and professionals are advised to have an effective back-up system.

  • Comment

    Creative contracts

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    For expert services to fall within the Construction Act, they must be to do with construction operations, and if they are not, then you should pretend that they are

  • News

    Construction sector growth strong in June

    2001-07-06T00:00:00Z

    The UK construction sector's growth in June was the fastest for 12 months, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and BuildOnline.