All Building articles in 2002 issue 16
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Comment
The reckoning
Is adjudication living up to our hopes? Hardly, when it has increased disputes, failed to deal satisfactorily with complex cases and become prey to bully-boy tactics
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FeaturesManchester’s new slant
Buoyed by regeneration cash and the impending Commonwealth Games, Manchester council is about to complete an ambitious series of civic projects. Martin Spring took a look at the three jewels in the city’s crown.
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Manchester
Manchester's new slantThe three civic projects are bringing Manchester urban pride, artistic admiration and world-class sport.
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Comment
One way to look at it
A firm working for Alfred McAlpine put a whole load of different disputes in one basket and presented it to an adjudicator … What happened next?
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Southwark schemes may be linked
The Liberal Democrats could merge the ailing Elephant & Castle and Aylesbury Estate regeneration schemes if it wins control of Southwark council in next Thursday’s local elections.
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Features
Snakes and ladders
This year's Hays Montrose/Building consultants' salary guide reveals architects are slipping down in the salary stakes, whereas surveyors and engineers are still climbing.
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Features
Just the job
Artist Andy Bradford is a colourful character who explains how he uses his architecture training in his work on an installation at the University of the West of England
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History in the making?
The battle for the RIBA presidency is hotting up, as the first black female candidate faces stiff competition from a respected Bristol architect and a champion of the small practice
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NewsSpeculation mounts over future of Prowting
Housebuilder keeps cards close to its chest but failure to appoint executives suggests sale could be imminent.
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FeaturesExperimenting with glue
Have you ever thought about attaching bricks with glue rather than mortar but were worried that your brickies might get stuck together, or it would cost twice as much? Well, a project in Bristol is discovering exactly what the advantages and disadvantages are.
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Industry hit by economic downturn, says report
Gloomy research from credit insurer contrasts with recent FMB figures that show a rise in workloads.
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Debut for Laing O'Rourke
Laing O'Rourke is competing for its first major central London scheme – a £150m Richard Rogers Partnership-designed office block in Paddington.
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Farrell may rejoin Swiss Cottage project
A report this week suggested that architect Sir Terry Farrell may rejoin the team behind the £49m Swiss Cottage regeneration project in Camden, north London.
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Contracts
£750m work for Amec ventureA consortium including Amec, Wood Group Engineering Services and Halliburton arm KBR has won a £750m contract to provide support services for oil firm Shell Expro in the North Sea.Pettifer wins £1m nursery jobWarwickshire contractor Pettifer Construction has scooped a £1m deal to extend a nursery ...
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Try and HBG vie for contract
Contractors Try Construction and HBG have been shortlisted for an £18m city academy at Willesden in north-west London.
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Use Constructionline or face penalties, public sector told
New Egan report threatens public bodies with reduced funding if they fail to demonstrate best practice policies.
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NewsMaking it clear
Making it clear: London’s Victoria & Albert Museum has unveiled a £150m makeover plan, with internal refurbishments by Eva Jiricna Architects and Daniel Libeskind’s controversial Spiral extension as its first and second phases. The total transformation is planned in three phases over 10-12 years. The conceptual masterplan is by Stephen ...
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FeaturesUrbis – museum of the city
A huge iceberg – glistening, green and translucent – has incongruously floated into Manchester city centre. This is Urbis, Manchester's £30m millennium project and the culmination of the city centre's phoenix-like rebirth after the devastation of the IRA bomb in 1996. Due to open in June, it has been designed ...