All Building articles in 2002 issue 07
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Features
Was it worth it?
Three years late and more than £20m over budget, Stephen Hodder's Clissold Leisure Centre became notorious as the pool that sank Hackney. Marcus Fairs asked residents whether they felt it was money well spent
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NewsTransient translucency
Transient translucency: Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design a temporary Guggenheim Museum in Tokyo, which is expected to be used for 10 years. The architect for the 116 m2 structure was chosen from an invited list of three, which included Shigeru Ban and Jean Nouvel. According to ...
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Features
Worth the risk?
Professional indemnity premiums are soaring for consultants, hitting the biggest on their bottom line and threatening the viability of smaller firms. But as Victoria Madine discovers, it's still possible to find a better deal.
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Comment
Smooth operator
The SCL protocol on extensions of time isn't a contractual obligation, but used correctly it can keep a contract running on time and without disputes
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Features
Just the job
Architect Jane Briginshaw tells Matthew Richards how on earth she manages to run her own practice, lecture at a university and be an active local councillor
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News
Industry rounds on part-time minister Wilson
Construction minister Brian Wilson has come under fire for failing to give enough time to the construction industry.
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News
Industry set to run own R&D
Research into construction should be overseen by the industry itself rather than the government, an influential government report will recommend next week.
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News
Healthy relationships
Construction's appalling safety record is getting worse and will only improve when the industry learns to work together in a non-adversarial way.
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NewsGreen Mac
Green Mac: Developer Taylor Woodrow has won planning permission for part of its £130m Macintosh Village scheme in Manchester. The Green Building, far left, includes 32 flats, a nursery and a doctor's surgery. The overall scheme, designed by Terry Farrell and Partners, received planning consent last October. The project team ...
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FeaturesThe go-getter
Amanda Clack, the youngest-ever fellow of the RICS, is leading a shake-up of her profession. Here she tells Victoria Madine why project managers do not deserve the bad press they sometimes get from the rest of the project team.
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Comment
It's a girl thing
Why does it seem that the women in construction are so much more worried about keeping staff happy? Come on guys, admit there's a problem
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Features
The human factor
When the market wobbles, you need key staff more than ever you did when it was booming
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FeaturesDo it the easy way
A three-house terrace in the east end of London, built entirely from aircrete blocks, is the testing ground for a fast, efficient, hassle-free construction system that could revolutionise housebuilding. Andy Pearson finds out whether it lives up to expectations
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Comment
Dumb and dumber
Adjudicators are full of bright ideas about the law but if they don't tell the parties about one until the decision, isn't that a breach of natural justice?
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NewsLofty conversion
Lofty conversion: This refurbishment of 76-80 Southwark Street, south London, designed by CZWG for Manhattan Loft Corporation, has just been completed. A fifth floor has been added, and the development now has 3700 m2 of office space. The building consists of two parts; 76-78 was built in 1900 as a ...