All Building articles in 2002 issue 06
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Metronet outlines London Underground PPP plans
Consortium sets out how the work will be divided, as Tube part-privatisation gets provisional go-ahead.
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Features
Northern light
Oldham's outlandish art gallery will form the centrepiece of a new cultural quarter, as part of the troubled city's ambitious regeneration plans. Martin Spring took a peek at Pringle Richards Sharrat's answer to Peckham Library.
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Comment
Joint roasting
Be wary of situations that may give rise to joint liability in due diligence work. If the other party can't pay its part, you could be landed with the whole lot
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Hopkins may be returned to parliament
The House of Commons is looking for architects to review the use of space on its nine-building estate. It is possible that the move will bring Sir Michael Hopkins, designer of the MPs’ Portcullis House, back into the parliamentary arena.
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Seventh heaven
Seventh heaven: Contractor HBG has started work on phase seven of the Windmill Hill Business Park in Swindon for client St Martin's Property Corporation. The latest phase, which is worth £28m, was designed by Michael Aukett Architects and consists of four office buildings totalling 21,000 m2. Completion of the first ...
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Features
On shaky ground
The Millennium Bridge should have been British engineering's finest hour. Instead, it has become a metaphor for a profession in crisis.
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As hard as it gets
Zaha Hadid's Wolfsburg Science Centre is probably the most complicated structure humanity has ever tried to build. To get it right has required the harnessing of some great engineering minds and multiple software upgrades. Andy Pearson finds out how it will be done
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Comment
Olympian folly
Everyone is so keen on a British Olympic bid that they're failing to ask whether London really wants to host the games – let alone whether it actually can
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Fitzpatrick joins the global hunt for skilled staff
Building division executives go to South Africa to try to recruit surveyors and site managers.
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Features
First taste
Ian Shaw, personnel manager at contractor Simons Construction, explains how and why firms should put a good work experience programme in place
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Terry Farrell
When an ennobled architect suggests tearing down the walls of Buckingham Palace, you know you're dealing with something of a nonconformist. Mark Leftly finds out what Terry's rebelling against.
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Comment
Error of our ways
Surely some mistake? You bet – the construction industry makes them every day of the week. But the great thing about blunders is that they can be put right
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Comment
Ups and downs of LIFT
The Local Infrastructure Finance Trust aims to combine facilities for health and social services. But will the disparate local stakeholders unite under the LIFT banner?
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Comment
Let's ditch the JCT
Despite their ferocious complexity and bewildering draftsmanship, the industry is still clinging to JCT forms. There are alternatives, and we should use them
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Dig that
Dig that: The new City and County Museum in Lincoln has received planning permission. Designed by London-based Panter Hudspith Architects, the archaeology museum will be situated between the city’s commercial centre and its historic area. Work is due to start on the 3700 m2 site in the autumn. The project ...
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Tower developers may pay for transport links
Developers of tall buildings should foot the bill for transport improvements if they want their proposals accepted, said planning minister Lord Falconer this week.