All Building articles in 2002 issue 17
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NewsPooling resources
Pooling resources: Educational development consortium FocusEducation has been selected as preferred bidder for the £36m public–private partnership contract for the National Maritime College of Ireland in Ringaskiddy, County Cork. The college is designed to accommodate up to 750 students and is due for completion by the end of 2003. The ...
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Comment
Strength in perversity
These days, a building's quality is defined by whether it works as an advertisement for itself – a fact brought home by one wilful masterpiece that doesn't
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NewsThe next stage
The next stage: Contractor Killby & Gayford has completed this £3m refurbishment of the Embassy Theatre for the Central College of Speech and Drama. The project, in Swiss Cottage, north London, includes a remodelled auditorium for 227 people, a stage and control room and extended rehearsal and workshop areas. The ...
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Features
Money magic
Surviving a downturn is difficult, but white rabbits, mirrors and elves can all help
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Comment
It's a side issue
Judges are getting to like adjudication. But they're going to like it a whole lot more when adjudicators can demonstrate a judicial fairness when deciding cases
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Insurer wavers on quality mark
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has delayed a decision about supporting the government's anti-cowboy quality mark scheme on the grounds that its own contractor vetting process is better.
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FeaturesRio grandeur
More than 1600 attendees were given a taste of the Brazilian carnival at last Wednesday’s Building Awards, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Rory Bremner was there in flesh, and Prince Charles in spirit, to present 18 industry prizes – including a lifetime achievement award to Sir Frank Lampl
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Comment
Silence isn't golden
You might not be in agreement with someone, but are you in dispute? It's an old issue, and the precedents are confusing – just make sure you speak up
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Four shortlisted for MoD job
Balfour Beatty and Laing are on the four-strong shortlist for a £70m Defence Estates contract at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire.
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Comment
A fiasco in extra time
'Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go – again. It came as no surprise to the construction or soccer fraternities that the latest round of the epic Wembley Stadium fixture slipped into extra time this week (page 11). As the government's 30 April deadline passed, a German bank ...
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NewsLight exercise
Light exercise: This Feilden Clegg Bradley-designed sports science centre for the University of Gloucester has received government funding for its solar roof. The scheme is one of 18 projects to be awarded a share of the £4m grant. The £9.25m centre will comprise teaching facilities, a sports science building and ...
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NewsSOM makes London its European headquarters
Staff numbers double as US architectural giant makes London office focus of European ambitions.
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FeaturesEuro film star
No, not a muscular Belgian named Jean-Claude, but an ingenious system of glazing protection that is solving a shattering problem at Waterloo International Terminal. Andy Pearson found out how to protect 2.5 acres of failing glass
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EDAW plans Lincolnshire revamp
Masterplanner EDAW and Latham Architects yesterday presented strategic proposals for the future of north-east Lincolnshire, which is part of the Yorkshire and Humber urban renaissance programme.
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NewsWillmott expands fit-out division
Willmott Dixon has added a design and space-planning arm to its fit-out division to create a more comprehensive service, writes Gordon Jon Thompson.
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English Heritage's Part L coup
The heritage lobby will be delighted with a new Guidance Note to Part L, which will exempt many historic buildings from the new thermal performance requirements. But it won't please building control officers trying to impose the tough new standards.
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Contracts
Consortium wins £311m jobA consortium of Costain, O’Rourke Civil Engineering, Bachy Soletanche and Emcor Drake & Scull has won a £311m civil engineering contract from Union Railways (North) for the St Pancras section of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Wiggins Gee nabs £1.8m schoolWiggins Gee Construction has secured a £1.8m ...
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NewsSporting circles
Sporting circles: Regent’s Park, London, is to get a circular sports pavilion designed by David Morley Architects, Building’s young architect of the year. The scheme will be the centrepiece of a £3.5m masterplan for the Royal Parks, which will rationalise the grade I-listed northern playing fields and introduce more meadowland. ...