All Building articles in 2001 issue 33
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Features
Testing times
The scientists at the National Physical Laboratories need to measure things so accurately that the slightest change in temperature can ruin an experiment – or, for that matter, a contractor.
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Features
Ralph's rainbow
Black, gold, crimson, orange, blue, green: the first view of Erskine's Greenwich Millennium Village is of a riot in a paint factory.
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Comment
Out with the old
The architecture of the British tourist industry must move with the times and stop attempting to recreate an ersatz past
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Features
Sails network
Building talks to Ian Parfitt, senior partner at quantity surveyor RPA, about why he and his Cardiff colleagues take to the waves every summer
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News
HSE to toughen up on site safety
The Health and Safety Executive is planning to increase the powers of its inspectors in response to MPs' calls for more prosecutions.
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News
Organic growth at Morgan
Morgan Sindall intends to concentrate on organic growth after its latest acquisitions, said boss John Morgan.
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Features
Going places
Building takes a summer holiday next week, but before packing our bags we asked the industry's top people about the holiday homes they own and love. Summer on a Scottich railwayGeoff Mann’s awfully big holiday adventure isn’t just a cottage renovation in the southern uplands of Scotland – it’s a ...
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News
McAlpine will use Wimpey warchest to go shopping
Alfred McAlpine has a warchest of £200m to spend on acquisitions and PFI investments after the sale of its housing division to Wimpey for £461m.
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News
Ginger groups to merge
The Design Build Federation and the Reading Construction Forum this week announced they have established a formal partnership with a view to an eventual merger.
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News
Orders fall, but work holds up
DTI figures released this week show that new orders in the building industry have fallen from last year's levels.
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Features
Eddie McElhinney
The quiet Irishman who has become one of the UK's biggest manufacturers never even considered giving an interview before. So, why is he talking now? And what does he have to say about the industry he supplies?
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News
Lack of landlord delays housing plan
A £50m public–private partnership housing scheme in north London has been delayed by up to two months.
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Comment
Running for cover
Professional companies are usually liable for their employees' breach of duty. But what if the firm goes bust and the employee is sued? Better get insured
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Comment
Cough-up medicine
The Construction Act is really all about making sure people are paid. If money is owed and no withholding notices issued, you'd better pay up first and litigate later
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News
Contracts
£24m City office for HBGHBG has been awarded a £24m contract to build an 11-storey office building for Shieldpoint in Arthur Street in the City of London.Overbury reveals haulOverbury, the Bracknell-based fit-out arm of contractor Morgan Sindall, has announced £9m worth of contract wins, including a £6.5m fit-out project for ...
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Features
Other industries: Stage constructors
How do other industries rise to the challenge of meeting their clients' needs? In the first of a new series, Building meets staging company ESS, which has to design, plan and construct a vast stage for superstar Tom Jones in just two months
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News
Flats for wealthy claustrophobics
Work has started on this 4650 m2 Chesa Futura apartment building in St Moritz, Switzerland. The bubble block is lifted above the ground on eight piloti to ensure that all three storeys have spectacular views over the Engadine Valley and the lake of St Moritz. The building was designed by ...
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News
Prince of Wales to be PFI hospitals design champion
Charles is invited by health secretary to spearhead a campaign for better design in PFI projects.
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Comment
You can run, but you can't hide
Tony Bingham's suggestion of insurance is a fine idea, but while protecting many, it will leave thousands still at risk from the consequences of the Babb case