All Building articles in 2001 issue 46

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  • Comment

    Doing the splits

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Allocating responsibility for damage can stretch one's intellect at the best of times. But when there are four parties and their insurers involved, it's a question of…

  • News

    Sharewatch

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Like a bungee jumper, housebuilding shares have bounced back from the Wilson Connolly-triggered falls of three weeks ago.All the major stocks were hit by jitters after Wilcon issued a profit warning and sacrificed chief executive John Tutte in a failed attempt to appease the City. Now Berkeley, whose share price ...

  • Features

    Royal treatment

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Prince Charles is expected to outline his agenda as the design champion of the NHS today. Stuart Black looks at the thinking behind his appointment, and what else is being done to make private finance compatible with a first-class health service

  • Features

    Performance piece

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    An arched glass roof encasing Philadelphia's new performing arts centre, designed by American architect Rafael Viñoly and British engineer Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners, is guaranteed to get rave reviews

  • Features

    SUDS law

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    A guide to sustainable urban drainage systems

  • Features

    The hard part

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Meet the actress who became a temp, set up a management consultant and took a degree in France. Now she wants to try something challenging: turning around ailing quantity surveyor MDA.

  • News

    London to get New York housing scheme

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    A London housing association will launch an architectural competition for a pioneering £30m mixed-use scheme next week.

  • News

    Hemingway struts his stuff in Gateshead

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Wayne Hemingway showed what a difference a celebrity fashion designer could make to UK housebuilding when he unveiled proposals for a £70m Wimpey Homes scheme this week.

  • News

    SCIC-Mace wins first job

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Mace and SCIC, its French joint venture partner, have won their first project since linking up.

  • News

    Firms wary over 'payment for passes' in PFI schools

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Government proposals to link PFI bonuses to pupils' grades are met with scepticism by major players.

  • News

    Taskforce to examine London flooding risk

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The Environment Agency has set up a taskforce to examine the likelihood of flooding in the Thames estuary over the next century.

  • Comment

    Getting defects right

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    If your brand new PFI facility contains a defect that means the client can't use it, you won't get paid. How can you deal with that risk?

  • News

    Kentish Crown

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    London architect A-EM Studio has been commissioned by developer GMS to design this housing scheme, known as the Crown Place, in Kentish Town Road, north London. A-EM proposes to demolish a series of abandoned garages and replace them with a mews and five three-bedroom houses. GMS has also appointed the ...

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    Skills crisis worsening, says report

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The skills crisis in the construction industry is deepening, according to a report published this week.

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    Contracts

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Amec wins BP support dealAmec has secured a support services contract for BP in Indonesia. Oil and gas platforms will be renovated using remote control technology from a base in Aberdeen.Wakemans gets £1.5m dealProject manager Wakemans has secured a £1.5m contract with hotel group Travelodge for a 67-room lodge in ...

  • Comment

    Contract working

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Contracts are the lifeblood of client/contractor relationships. But to make the new types of deal work effectively, both parties have to buy into the philosophy

  • News

    DTI may merge quality mark and Constructionline

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Industry gives qualified support for proposal to cut membership costs by offering two-for-one deal.

  • News

    Charles launches five ideal hospital schemes

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The Prince of Wales' first move as NHS design champion will be to unveil five pilot PFI hospitals schemes today.

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    New broom sweeps up at MDA

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Top 15 QS MDA is beefing up its management ahead of the launch a new company strategy early next year.

  • News

    Broadway Malyan triples turnover

    2001-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Broadway Malyan has tripled turnover in the past six years from £6.9m to £21.5m.