All Building articles in 2002 issue 04
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Show of warmth
Show of warmth: Planning permission has been granted for a £4.2m office scheme on the site of the temporary Almeida Theatre in King’s Cross, north London. The scheme, designed by architect Jestico + Whiles, will house the Community Housing Association’s head office. The roof of the 3000 m2 block will ...
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Museum piece
Museum piece: St Albans council has commissioned architect Hudson Featherstone to redesign the Museum of St Albans in Hertfordshire. The scheme includes a new entrance elevation and adds facilities such as a cafe, shop and study areas to the museum. QS is Denis Rooney Associates.
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Features
Meet the neighbours
With all eyes on the eurozone, it is easy to forget the possibilities in central and eastern Europe. Following on from our euro special, Victoria Madine discovers that these markets are about to become mainline stations on the European Union's gravy train
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Quality mark tipped for roll-out in spring
speculation is mounting that the government is about to roll out its anti-cowboy builder quality mark scheme across the UK.
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The generation game
Lessons learned as children affect our working lives – and we're not talking Tonka toys
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NewsMore firms gamble on high-risk shake-ups
Amec has joined the list of firms reinventing themselves. Why are they doing it? And what happens if they fail?
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Comment
Feeding the parasites
Egan was meant to get parasitic surveyors, architects and consultants off the builder's back. Now his Strategic Forum is effecting their return
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Features
Mild, green, fairly liquid
Lord Falconer's planning green paper was designed to clean up the system by cutting through stubborn layers of built-up bureaucracy – but turns out to be a bit of a wash-out.
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FairBriar to expand residential services
Residential property group FairBriar has announced that it intends to expand its serviced apartment management business through a joint venture with Fraser Serviced Residences.
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FeaturesSwiss ease
From the land of chocolate and cheese comes another remarkable product – a slot-together modular building system, not unlike Lego, called Steko. Marcus Fairs went to see the first UK project to use the blocks – a cliff-top home in Cornwall
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Comment
Stopping the dominos
After 10 years of calm, the collapse of Enron has brought the risks of insolvency back into the spotlight. So how can contractors protect themselves?
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Comment
Counter-intelligence
If you're unlucky enough to be on the wrong end of an adjudicator's award and the winner owes you money, can you take that off the amount due?
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Comment
Don't count on it
Where there is no contract between a claimant and an adviser, the court may be wary of imposing a duty of care, making it hard for a claim for poor advice to succeed
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Contracts
Mouchel lands MoD contractsConsultant Mouchel has been appointed to oversee regional prime contracts in Scotland worth £442m for the Ministry of Defence. Ballast gets £38m PPP workBallast Special Projects has been appointed preferred bidder for a £38.4m design-and-build public–private partnership education project by East Lothian council. Wiltshier FM has been ...
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FeaturesChris Mellor
Some people might think AWG's admission that it paid £22m over the odds for contractor Morrison is a cause for embarrassment. But, as Victoria Madine discovered, the water group's chief executive isn't one of them.
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Chiltern rail deal hailed as way forward
The Strategic Rail Authority has reached an agreement with a train operator over a pioneering procurement deal for upgrading stations between Birmingham and London.
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Chemistry class
Chemistry class: The first phase of Sheppard Robson’s UK headquarters for pharmaceutical firm Pfizer is complete. The 16,000 m2 floor space includes meeting rooms, a delicatessen, shop and gymnasium. Footbridges span the street linking some of the facilities. Laing was main contractor on the scheme; Arup provided structural, civil and ...
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Five effects of company car tax changes
Large cars face heavier taxationFrom this April, tax on company cars will be based on carbon dioxide emissions per kilometre – so large vehicles with high fuel consumption will be hardest hit. A top-rate tax payer driving a £20,000 BMW 318 could end up £400 a year worse off.Employees could ...