All Building articles in 2002 issue 06

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  • Features

    Workshop

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Our whistlestop tour of the world of structures starts with an unfolding Olympic arch, then takes in the latest bricks and beams before reaching its destination – the first of a new occasional column, Me and IT

  • Comment

    Who's suing whom

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    A round-up of writs in the Technology and Construction Court

  • News

    Sharewatch

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Share indices in the week to 8 February 2001

  • News

    Metronet outlines London Underground PPP plans

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Consortium sets out how the work will be divided, as Tube part-privatisation gets provisional go-ahead.

  • Features

    Northern light

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Comment

    Joint roasting

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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

  • News

    Hopkins may be returned to parliament

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Seventh heaven

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    This week, it's no change as Brian Wilson is elusive, Ken gets in a fight over City towers and Foster fills the world's cities with his own brand of lovliness

  • Features

    On shaky ground

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The Millennium Bridge should have been British engineering's finest hour. Instead, it has become a metaphor for a profession in crisis.

  • Features

    As hard as it gets

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Comment

    Olympian folly

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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

  • News

    Fitzpatrick joins the global hunt for skilled staff

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Building division executives go to South Africa to try to recruit surveyors and site managers.

  • Features

    First taste

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Ian Shaw, personnel manager at contractor Simons Construction, explains how and why firms should put a good work experience programme in place

  • Features

    Terry Farrell

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Comment

    Error of our ways

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Comment

    Ups and downs of LIFT

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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?

  • Comment

    Let's ditch the JCT

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Despite their ferocious complexity and bewildering draftsmanship, the industry is still clinging to JCT forms. There are alternatives, and we should use them

  • News

    Dig that

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • News

    Tower developers may pay for transport links

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Developers of tall buildings should foot the bill for transport improvements if they want their proposals accepted, said planning minister Lord Falconer this week.