All Building articles in 2002 issue 29

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  • Features

    The wasteland

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    With 4000 ha of brownfield land, the Thames Gateway could be the answer to London's housing crisis. But in the absence of a strategic masterplan, the area's potential is being squandered.

  • News

    Treasury rewrites the project value rulebook

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    The Treasury is updating its guidance for appraising public sector procurement projects.

  • Comment

    Rule nothing out

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    If you thought that adjudicators couldn't rule on professional negligence claims or award damages, take note – a recent Scottish case proves that they can

  • Comment

    The new world order

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Over the years, the role of the adjudicator has been transformed from an impartial first stage of problem-solving to the judicial last word on dispute resolution

  • News

    Pastures new

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Cala Homes and PCKO Architects have submitted a planning application for the latest part of the 2800-home New Hall greenfield development, east of Harlow in Essex. The New Hall development contains low-rise layouts with a relatively high density of 40 dwellings a hectare. PCKO's competition-winning scheme of 74 houses and ...

  • Features

    Lighting the way

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    A Tokyo art gallery perched atop a skyscraper needed a ground-level entrance building to lure visitors in. The architect's response – a giant glass, elliptical Japanese lantern – demanded some inspirational structural engineering.

  • Comment

    Incident at an injunction

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Philandering footballers and fiery models are known for firing off injunctions, but they do occur in construction as well – unless the claimant applies too late

  • Features

    Wish you worked here?

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Earn your true potential! Engineer required to work in jungle. Must be prepared for civil unrest and tough conditions. £60,000+ tax free. Tempted? Well that's where the money is– the 2002 Hays Montrose/Building international salary survey shows that elsewhere in the world, salaries are largely unchanged

  • News

    Scaling new heights

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    J Sainsbury Developments has appointed Chetwood Associates to redesign its Edinburgh House offices in Lambeth, south London. The £7m refurbishment will double the height of the lobby area and involved the installation of new floor-to-ceiling glazing on the building's envelope. Contractor is Jarvis Newman, project manager is RGCM, QS ...

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    This week, our undercover agent reveals why crime pays, who owns the moon, what the City doesn't want to know and what Peter Jones doesn't want you to see

  • Comment

    Gateway to salvation

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    The government has finally acted to ease the South-east's crippling housing shortage.

  • Comment

    Foresight sagas

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    We like to think that arbitration will always be able to challenge an adjudication decision we don't like. Well, just make sure you've got your notice of dispute sorted

  • Features

    Focus on the regions

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    How are the activity levels and order books changing around the UK?

  • Comment

    Leading by example

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Public buildings must raise the bar for the whole industry in terms of design, procurement and whole-life costs if the government is to practise what it preaches

  • News

    Leading edge

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder Countryside this week received planning permission for a £75m housing and office development in central Manchester. The scheme, called the Edge and designed by Broadway Malyan, includes 275 flats as well as retail and office space. It is a joint venture with Citigroup Alternative Investments. Construction by contractor Carillion ...

  • Features

    Down but not out

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    In this month's tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reveals a downturn in activity levels in May – although the industry remains bouyed by a positive long-term outlook

  • News

    Operating profit at Haymills falls despite rise in turnover

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Business is brisk at contractor Haymills but sharp rises in insurance cover and labour costs have hit margins.

  • News

    Buying in

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    This headquarters was designed by architect and interior designer DEGW for advertising agency J Walter Thompson in Knightsbridge Green, central London. The practice has also designed a staff restaurant for oil company BP in Moorgate in the City of London. The projects come a year after DEGW completed a management ...

  • News

    Boxing clever

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Skanska is building the Stratford Box, a below-ground concrete structure to house Stratford International Station for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. The structure will be 1 km long, up to 50 m wide and 25 m deep. Skanska arm Cementation Foundations Skanksa has 700 staff working on the scheme. The ...

  • Features

    Shadow boxer

    2002-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Tory construction spokesman Robert Key is something of a country gent – but don't expect him to pull any punches Gordon Brown's latest spending spree or the industry's skills crisis.