All Building articles in 2001 issue 32
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Comment
Well, you're no judge
Arbitration has been overshadowed lately by trendier forms of dispute resolution such as mediation. But it could make a comeback – with a change of clothes.
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Features
John Spellar
The man with the task of saving the rail network and keeping Tony Blair in a job gives his first major interview. Building finds out the minister's big ideas.
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Features
Just the job
Sam Kimmins tells Building about creating environmentally sound buildings and how Buddhism helps him to relax
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News
Legal setback puts HBG sale on hold
Dutch construction group Heijmans has been dragging its feet this week over whether to make a new bid for rival contractor HBG, after an unfavourable court decision.
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News
The glass is greener
Architect Dransfield Owens de Silva has applied for planning permission for this low-energy office block in Canada Water, east London. The building, for Danish property developer Foreign Property APS, is next to the Canada Water Jubilee Line station and the Daily Mail print works in Rotherhithe. Other members of the ...
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Takeover snub opens floor to offers for Tay
Tay's rejection of fellow housebuilder Country & Metropolitan's £31m bid has made it vulnerable to a takeover by another rival, analysts say.
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Features
Egan on Egan
He's back, and this time he's in charge of the most important strategic body in construction. In this exclusive interview he tells Building what he's going to do with it …
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News
East London Olympics is a runner
A bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games in east London would be possible, according to a confidential feasibility report by Arup.
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Comment
Desperate measures
Wholesale reform of the planning system just isn't politically deliverable – we must instead opt for a series of small changes that actually have some impact
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News
Yorkshire gets crack regeneration team
The Yorkshire & Humber regional development agency intends to appoint an urban renaissance consultancy team to advise on five pilot community schemes.
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Contracts
Jarvis wins £75m schools jobContractor Jarvis has been appointed preferred bidder by Brighton & Hove Council for a £75m schools contract. The 25-year project will see Jarvis refurbish and provide facilities management to four schools. McAlpine to rebuild RedcarTeesmac Developments has appointed contractor Sir Robert McAlpine for an £8m redevelopment ...
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McAlpine wins Cardiff job
Contractor Sir Robert McAlpine has been named preferred bidder to build the £92m Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
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Management buys out roadbuilder Tripod
Road construction services firm Tripod Crest has been bought by its management for £20m.
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Mace directors complete management buyout
Chief executive Bob White pledges to remain with the firm for at least five years after leading the buyout.
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Comment
Will Brussels scupper the PFI?
New European ideas about public sector procurement could spell big trouble for anyone with an interest in PFI projects
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News
Rok breaks into the black
Exeter-based contractor Rok Property Solutions this week unveiled an improved set of interim results and announced that it had acquired facilities management firm Retail Maintenance Services.
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Features
The benchmark
Leisure operator Cannons wanted to triple the number of its health and fitness clubs in three years. Building reports on how it used partnering in the supply chain to drive out waste, reduce construction time and improve quality, and three industry experts give their views
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News
Falconer tipped to become Whitehall design tsar
CABE set to appoint planning minister to oversee the quality of public sector design.
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Features
The barnstormers
Behind the facade of an 18th-century threshing barn, an explosion of striking forms brings a radical edge to a sensitive conversion.