All Building articles in 2002 issue 21
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NewsYouth of today
Youth of today: The £1.2m SouthBank Youth Resource Centre was recently completed for the London borough of Lambeth's education department. The 600 m2 two-storey block on Waterloo Road in central London contains education facilities. The scheme was designed in-house by the borough's design and technical services department. The team also ...
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Features
Not up to standard
If we ripped up standard forms of contract, our clients would be much happier people
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Features
Self-abuse
When self-certification was set up, it was welcomed as a way to cut red tape and rid the industry of rogue traders. So why, just two months on, are furious builders and regulators clamouring to get rid of it?
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News
Scaffolders threaten strike
Scaffolders at a firm in Essex have voted to ballot over strike action on holiday pay.
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FeaturesTake me to the river
After leaving Whitby Bird, founding partner turned developer Bryn Bird has created his first project – a glamorous waterfront live–work complex built on top of Brunel's Rotherhithe Tunnel and nestled beside the Thames
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Comment
You're on your own
Two recent decisions in the House of Lords have made the scope for claiming contribution from other negligent parties much narrower than was thought
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Features
The matrix
It's easy enough to say that the most powerful asset a company has is the knowledge of its staff. But the trick, says Victoria Madine, is in harnessing this power for the benefit of your business
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FeaturesMan the maker
John Hall over there, sitting on the roof he’s making, is a craftsman in an industry that is being told over and over again that technology holds the only key to the future. So Building spoke to the descendants of the people who built the cathedrals and asked them to ...
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Comment
The moral law
A little-known fact is that architects have the same 'moral' rights over their buildings as writers have over their novels. But what does that mean for the practice?
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Comment
A journey without maps
The success of a project is often down to the people working on it, but clarity as to who does what, as well as organisational structure, seem to be all-important
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Features
Just the job
Pat Johnston, trainee carpenter with affordable housing developer Lovell, talks about how she got into the business and what it's like being a woman in a man's world
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Comment
See you, Jimmy
Got a dispute with your builder? Then try to work it out without bothering the Court of Appeal – regardless of what you may have heard on Radio 2
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News
HSC publishes railway safety plan
The Health and Safety Commission last week published its four-year plan to regulate and improve safety on the railways after the crash at Potters Bar earlier this month.
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Features
How green is your property?
A new EU directive to promote energy efficiency could mean that buildings may soon be regulated like kitchen appliances. The good news is that substandard buildings could be brought up to scratch. The bad news is those that fail to make the grade may be demolished.
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Parkman expands education services
Consulting engineer and asset manager Parkman Group this week added a school inspection business to its range of services.
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Comment
Hell on Earth
Abandoned cars are one thing, but some cities are littered with abandoned homes. Can draft planning guidance bring hope to areas that have abandoned it?
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HOK to design new home for Wimbledon FC
Wimbledon Football Club's 28,000-seat stadium in Milton Keynes will be designed by HOK Sport.
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Staff get just three days' training
THE AVERAGE construction worker received only three days of training last year – although the best firms provided their staff with 20.