All Building articles in 2002 issue 22
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Features
Doing the Whitehall shuffle
With Cabinet reshuffles, it is always a case of dealer's choice. But no prime minister in living memory has scooped up the departmental deck and dealt it out again with quite the regularity of Tony Blair.
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NewsVictoria's secret
Victoria's secret: Construction has started on this eight-storey office scheme opposite Victoria station in London. Designed by Squire and Partners for client Grosvenor/JER, the £58m scheme includes a two-storey atrium with a wintergarden. The team working on the scheme, which is due for completion in spring 2004, includes contractor Sir ...
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Comment
Ours not to reason why
If you're an 'expert determiner' and choose to go your own sweet way rather than obey instructions, then don't. Your decision is likely to be set aside
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NewsOpen for visitors
Open for visitors: The Palace of Westminster opened a visitors' centre in Westminster Hall this week. The centre will be used for exhibitions and includes a cafe. It is part of a scheme carried out by Willmott Dixon fit-out arm Insp@ce, which also includes the fit-out of MPs' offices in ...
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NewsOn the market
On the market: Developer Ballymore Properties has lodged a planning application to revamp Old Spitalfields Market in east London and the listed Horner Buildings to secure the market's long-term future. The scheme, designed by Basingstoke architect Lyons + Sleeman + Hoare, will allow the market to operate on a permanent ...
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Comment
Legal letters
Handle with careGillian Birkby ("The ASP with a sting in its tail", 10 May, pages 50-51) identified some areas in which those using application service providers (ASP) to operate their extranets have to be wary. I am concerned that the honeyed words of the marketers have temporarily blinded her to ...
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NewsKeeping up with the Jones
Keeping up with the Jones: The Centre Room is the first phase of the £100m five-year refurbishment of the Peter Jones department store in Sloane Square, west London. Construction manager Bovis Lend Lease completed the project four months ahead of schedule, and it will open this month. Executive architect is ...
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FeaturesWe're saved! It's Utilityman
Computer-enhanced, radar-enabled, global-satellite-positioned, they can see through 3 m of tarmac and earth to find exactly what's hiding under innocent-looking roads. Andy Pearson reports on a new breed of superhero.
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FeaturesHot Leeds!
Financial and media firms are flocking to the emerging capital of the North to share its 24-hour European-class culture. Which is good news for construction companies …
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Features
What's it worth, guv?
With so many takeovers going on, you should know how much you could get for your business
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Comment
Let's get this straight
The Court of Appeal decision in Parsons vs Purac does not offer the losing party to an adjudication a way out of paying – whatever it said in Building
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News
Firms under pressure to pull out of subcontinent
Atkins withdraws one employee; others are monitoring situation closely and keeping options open.
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Comment
Falconer-free planning
Bye-bye Byers, and farewell Falconer, too – which is a splendid opportunity for people of goodwill to create a planning system that actually works. So, let's take it
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NewsRogers seeks summit with Prescott over urban failure
Two men behind government's original regeneration policy are brought back together after reshuffle.
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News
Weather is our worst enemy, says report
The weather is the most troublesome problem for construction firms, according to a Meteorological Office survey.
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News
Stack 'em up, says Falconer
Outgoing planning minister Lord Falconer has given a boost to the prospects of building above petrol stations and supermarkets.