All Building articles in 2002 issue 05
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FeaturesWelcome to the videodrome
A startlingly different shopping experience is being offered to New Yorkers by cult fashion retailer Prada and architect Rem Koolhaas – but what were all the IT consultants for? Martin Spring tells all
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Comment
Stretching a point
The courts are straining the meaning of the Construction Act so that parties without a contract can benefit from adjudication. But what's really needed is revision
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FeaturesPalm stormers
Get drawings, cut paperwork or surf the net, all from a muddy ditch anywhere. As computers get faster, smaller and cheaper, some companies are holding the future in their hands. Thomas Lane explores the revolution in mobile computing
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NewsSchool's out
School's out: Scotland-based architect the Parr Partnership is part of the Ballast Innovate Consortium chosen for a £35m Scottish public–private partnership schools project. The contract involves the refurbishment of East Lothian's six secondary schools, including Preston Lodge High School (left) and the construction of two community centres. Two of the ...
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Comment
A Makarios moment
This year's book review includes an unmissable contract dictionary, even if it was attended by a meeting with the men in black, including a ghost from the Seventies
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MPs wade into London Underground part-privatisation
A parliamentary report this week attacked the £13bn London Underground part-privatisation as the government was deciding whether to go ahead with the scheme.
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FeaturesIt's (still) a man's world
Equal opportunities initiatives come and go, but construction's career ladder remains steeper for women than men – if they manage to cling on at all after they've had children
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Testing times for housebuilders
The departure of top Prowting executives after a profit warning last week served as a stark warning to UK housebuilders, some of which are struggling with cost overruns and troublesome planning policies. But why are other housebuilders managing to record healthy profits?
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FeaturesGet shorter
Just a year ago, it seemed a string of skyscraper proposals were about to turn London into Chicago-on-Thames. Now, tall is out and once again the groundscraper is flavour of the month. Matthew Richards discovers that big offices are laying low
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Features
Rules of the game
Partners who work together without a partnership agreement are asking for grief …
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Foster submits slimmed-down Wembley plan
Architects Foster and Partners and HOK Sport submitted revised plans for the Wembley national stadium project to Brent council yesterday.The architects redesigned the £700m project because of concerns over its cost. Offices and a hotel have now been removed, although the company behind the project, Wembley National Stadium Limited, may ...
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Follow the pied piper
Egan is leading us to a wonderful, magical world where buildings are replaced by clip-together kits and all our trained craftsmen mysteriously disappear …
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Features
Five resources for working women
www.maternityalliance.org.uk has a vast store of information and guidance on maternity benefits and rights. It also deals with parental leave and has a section dedicated to up-and-coming employment legislation that affects women.www.womenback2work.co.uk offers women who've taken a career break advice, as well as publishing the experiences of those who've been ...
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Farrell in talks to redevelop Oxford Street
Architect Sir Terry Farrell has been in talks with Nicky Gavron, deputy mayor of London, over a masterplan for the redevelopment of Oxford Street.
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NewsStock exchange probes sudden Tay share surge
Market chiefs examine huge burst in trading two days before £30m Redrow takeover bid was announced.
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NewsEmbassy number one
Embassy number one: The London office of American-owned architect RTKL has won a Foreign Office competition to design an embassy in Rabat, Morocco. Although the practice has designed several US embassies, this is its first commission from the British government. The design had to incorporate traditional North African courtyard house ...
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Dublin stadium under fire
The construction of the proposed Irish national stadium and sports campus in Abbotstown, Dublin, has been delayed until the general election, expected in May or June.