All Building articles in 2002 issue 29
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Features
The wasteland
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.
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Treasury rewrites the project value rulebook
The Treasury is updating its guidance for appraising public sector procurement projects.
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Comment
Rule nothing out
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
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Comment
The new world order
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
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News
Pastures new
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 ...
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Lighting the way
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.
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Comment
Incident at an injunction
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
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Features
Wish you worked here?
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
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Scaling new heights
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 ...
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Gateway to salvation
The government has finally acted to ease the South-east's crippling housing shortage.
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Comment
Foresight sagas
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
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Comment
Leading by example
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
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Leading edge
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 ...
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Down but not out
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
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Operating profit at Haymills falls despite rise in turnover
Business is brisk at contractor Haymills but sharp rises in insurance cover and labour costs have hit margins.
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Buying in
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 ...
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Boxing clever
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 ...
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Shadow boxer
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.