All Building articles in 2002 issue 35
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NewsWharf speed
Wharf speed: Weston Homes has started construction of a £100m waterside scheme consisting of 350 luxury apartments at 41 Millharbour in London Docklands. The 14-storey scheme has been designed by Chantrey Davis and is expected to take three years to complete. The first flats will be ready at the end ...
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Sharewatch
First Amey managed to drag down its rivals with a series of clumsy stock market announcements, now Amec has done the same with its interim results last Thursday. The UK’s biggest contractor did not do itself any favours by accompanying the medicine with a spoonful of vinegar, dourly warning of ...
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FeaturesSchool show-off
Boys returning this week to a north London school will find it has thrown off its fusty image and smartened up with a glamorous extension
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We're sadder, but are we wiser?
So, has the worst building collapse in history changed construction? Everyone, including this magazine, seemed to think so in the aftermath of 11 September. As Sainsbury's cancelled its twin 40-storey towers in London, we suggested that skyscrapers would lose their mystique, and that the generational shift from building outwards to ...
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Life should mean life
What's the point in paying for long-life products if you can't sue when they fail after the limitation period? Not much – but fortunately, a new law is on the way
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FeaturesPulling the leavers
The dearth of construction industry professionals is becoming as serious as the skills shortage on sites. And so few school leavers are enrolling on built environment courses, some universities are scrapping them. So, asks Martin Spring, where will the talent come from to carry through all those urban regeneration programmes?
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Stanhope to go into housing
Innovative developer Stanhope has revealed its ambition to break into the housing market.
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FeaturesPure genius
Having made his millions with his own construction firm, Irishman John Fleming now wants to become the UK's biggest supplier of prefab housing. But he's prepared to make us wait until his system is perfect …
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Partnering pays dividends for Mears
Maintenance and housing contractor Mears Group this week reported a 31% rise in its pre-tax profit.
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FeaturesFilth, dirt and poison
Removing toxins from soil has become one of the most vital and dynamic areas of modern construction. Here's a guide to the latest techniques on the market and an insight into how microbes are eliminating the poisons at a former colliery site in Yorkshire – by eating them.
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Trio of project managers win LIFT deal
Three project managers have won a framework deal to oversee the LIFT programme of primary health schemes in England.
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Westbury culls Prowting staff
Westbury Homes has made 100 staff redundant after the acquisition of rival housebuilder Prowting.
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Two directors resign at Crown House office
Two regional directors of Carillion's M&E subsidiary Crown House Engineering have resigned.
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Contracts
Quarmby lands airport jobQuarmby Construction has won a £2.9m contract to design and build an extension to Leeds Bradford International airport terminal.WSP takes off with BAA dealConsultant WSP Aviation has secured a 10-year £100m contract from BAA to carry out the design installation of building services at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, ...
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TRAK eyes up collapsed contractor Swallow
Regional contractor TRAK Construction has emerged as the frontrunner to buy Swallow Construction after the £40m-turnover Northamptonshire firm collapsed last week.
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Cities of joy and shame
Why is Salisbury closer to Santa Fe than Manchester is to Leeds? Well, you'll have to go to Birmingham in the autumn to answer that question …
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Take a chance on PPP?
This postcard from Sweden looks at the struggle over the use of private finance in public projects. After next week's election, a decision must be made
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Prescott to push skill centres for planners
Deputy prime minister John Prescott will unveil plans for regional skill centres at the urban summit in Birmingham next month.
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Can't get no satisfaction
'Merchantable quality' in contracts is still talked about, but it is 'satisfactory quality' that we should be focusing on