All Building articles in 2001 issue 38
View all stories from this issue.
-
Comment
Solutions R us
Building talks to Karen Gough, the new president of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
-
Comment
The politics of the PFI
The PFI is not a new idea, but if it is to work, the government must be prepared to fight openly for its preferred policy
-
Features
What next for the railways?
Mike Grant examines the challenge faced by the Strategic Rail Authority and explains how it intends to set the railway back on track
-
News
Mediation Special
Mediation is an increasingly fashionable method of dispute resolution, but because it happens in private, it rarely gets reported. Until now, that is …
-
News
Leading light
This seminar and learning centre at Imperial College, London, was previously unused space. The 8 m tall room on the fifth floor of the Sherfield Building was a gloomy and cavernous steel shell, with a single skylight. This has been balanced by a second, and the light has been intensified ...
-
News
Ninth record profit for Kier
Kier has posted record results for the ninth consecutive year, and says the strong performance is set to continue.
-
Features
It's a wrap
It's almost finished. The vast bulk of the 660 steel-grey panels making up the facade of the GLA headquarters are in place, but the unusual shape of the building has brought unique challenges for the cladding specialists.
-
Features
How Labour lost its way
Steve Norris on why Labour's investment is unlikely to produce a radical improvement of the country's transport network
-
Features
Hell on wheels
The final instalment of our public spending series looks at transport and law and order. On pages 50-51 we ask whether PFI is working in prisons and law courts. But first, Building finds out what's gone wrong with the government's £180bn plan to transform transport
-
Comment
Get what you want
Even in a win–win situation, one party wins more than the other. How do you ensure it's you?
-
News
Three in running for gene lab
Medical charity the Wellcome Trust has shortlisted three architects to design a £80m extension to its Cambridgeshire genome campus.
-
News
Eye's wide open
Gateshead's £22m blinking footbridge across the River Tyne opens to the public this week, three years and four months after joint venture contractor Harbour & General/Volker Stevin started work. In the unique design by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and civil engineer Gifford & Partners, the whole structure moves like an eyelid, ...
-
News
Fire experts to examine safety regulations
Cross-industry working group led by RIBA president will look at ways of preventing collapse of tall buildings.
-
News
'If we think it's stable, we let the rescue teams in with dogs'
Arup US boss Ray Crane is helping to lead the rescue effort. This is his story.
-
News
John Lewis joins rush to ditch retentions
Retail company to stop withholding payments to suppliers in order to build longer-term relationships.
-
Features
Return of the dinosaurs
Once thought of as practically extinct, trams are making a come back as a popular, efficient and safe means of getting around. Trouble is, they're very slow to arrive.
-
News
Leeds tower on track despite Persimmon departure
The developers of a £70m tower in Leeds claim the scheme is still on track to begin construction next year, despite the decision of housebuilder Persimmon to pull out.
-
Features
Dinghy dell
Nestled in a leafy corner of Battersea Park, a new boathouse takes its inspiration from the Victorian era – updated for the 21st century