All Building articles in 2002 issue 10

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  • Features

    The Wright way

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    This Preston contractor gives all profit left after investment to charity, organises free holidays for deprived kids and says it only exists for the benefit of its staff. Can this really be a recipe for success? Matthew Richards finds out.

  • News

    Sharewatch

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Share indices in the week to 8 March 2002

  • News

    Showing up the Ritz

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Showing up the Ritz: Contractor ITC Concept has completed a £1m contract on the Audi exhibition and conference centre opposite the Ritz in Piccadilly, central London. The centre includes a curved glazed multimedia wall that passes through a stairwell from the ground floor to the basement. The centre has been ...

  • Features

    Scientific recruitment

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Bill Watts of building services engineer Max Fordham tells Matthew Richards why it takes more than just an engineering degree to impress his firm

  • Features

    Tony Pidgley

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    The king of British housebuilding talks to Phil Clark about architecture, the great British housebuilder and – after the departure of Tony Jr from Berkeley– why he ain't going anywhere yet.

  • Comment

    Have you noticed the time?

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Contractors can have their work cut out trying to get an extension of time. But sometimes the stringent conditions placed on them can backfire on the employer

  • Comment

    In it up to their necks

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Water companies have largely escaped liability where sewers have caused repeated flooding but from now they'll have to fix the problem or pay up

  • Comment

    Legal letters

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Nick Henchie's guide to ways of dodging adjudication and Andrew Pike's call to scrap JCT contracts provoked a bulging postbag. Here's a small selection of readers' thoughts …

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    This week, our selfless spy reports on the seedier side of MIPIM, the SMUT and CREEP campaigns, and Whitehall's never-ending pursuit of excellence

  • Comment

    No great Sheikhs

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    A case in the High Court provides an interesting angle on the obedience owed by parties to an adjudicator's decision. Let's hope they appreciate it in Qatar …

  • News

    Quality mark gets go-ahead

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Construction minister Brian Wilson announced on Tuesday that the government’s anti-cowboy scheme would be extended across the county.

  • Features

    Mind the gaps

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    In the struggle to recruit and retain good staff, we should all be a bit more thoughtful …

  • News

    Game on

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Game on: The shell and core of Urbis, the £30m centrepiece of Manchester's regenerated Millennium Quarter, has been completed. The centre is due to open in June, in time for the Commonwealth Games. Designed by Ian Simpson Architects, this is a "new kind of museum", which tells the story of ...

  • Features

    Escape from the pod people

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Two young architects discovered that prefab is being taken over by developers who think it means putting toilet pods everywhere – and vowed to fight back … Martin Spring found out how they're doing

  • Features

    Union of dull Jacks

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Brits may be the hardest workers in Europe, but the all-work-and-no-play culture doesn't make us happy or productive. And, as the results of the Building/DTI work–life balance survey suggest, a more relaxed workforce may mean a healthier balance sheet.

  • News

    Contracts

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Kingswood wins V&A refurbKent-based contractor Kingswood Construction has landed 13 contracts worth £4.25m, including fit-out and refurbishment projects for the Victoria & Albert Museum and Scottish Widows.Amey lands £90m road dealSupport specialists group Amey and its partner Mouchel have won a £90m contract from the Highways Agency to service roads ...

  • Comment

    How far we've come

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Constructing the Team suggested about 50 ways to modernise the construction industry. Eight years on, most of these have been implemented

  • Features

    Cost study: Coin Street housing

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Haworth Tompkins’ design for Coin Street on London’s South Bank has been hailed as a new model for high-density inner-city housing. In this project review Coin Street Community Builders, Haworth Tompkins Architects and Davis Langdon & Everest look at the project’s design costs

  • Features

    Clear vision

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Foster's clever idea was a 25 m high glass wall floating 3 m above the ground. A tall order – especially as it couldn't sway in the wind. Andy Pearson found out how Arup rose to the challenge

  • News

    Firms dismiss City's Railtrack fears for PFI

    2002-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Mowlem and Kier have dismissed fresh claims from the City that the demise of Railtrack is threatening public–private infrastructure projects.