All Building articles in 2002 issue 36
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Comment
Take them to the vets
The trouble with adjudication is that the referees often aren't up to much. We need a new system of choosing them and a better way to keep them on their toes
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NewsTraffic stopper
Traffic stopper: The Rugby Football Union this week unveiled an £80m redevelopment of the south stand of Twickenham Stadium in south-west London. The scheme, designed by stadium expert Ward McHugh Associates, includes a 200-bed hotel and will increase the ground's capacity from 75,000 to 82,000. The project is due to ...
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NewsTurning the Roundhouse
Turning the Roundhouse: John McAslan & Partners’ designs for the £25m redevelopment of the Roundhouse arts centre and rock venue in Chalk Farm, north London, will be unveiled next week. The scheme will create a performance space for 5500 people and a creative centre aimed at children. The scheme has ...
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What a relief!
Insolvency law in the UK has always been very kind to banks and the crown, and very cruel to unsecured creditors. Now parliament is about redress the balance …
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FeaturesPleased and Prowed
Cardiff may be bustling, and its bay may be the largest regeneration project in Europe, but critics have derided its architecture – partly because every building seems to think it's a boat. Local boy Peter Rees, head planner at the Corporation of London, returned to give his verdict.
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No more surprised parties
In adjudication, the referring party must present both sides of the story. If it doesn't, the other side can shout foul – but can't suddenly come up with new arguments
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FeaturesMerchants of Venice
The world's best designers have descended on the Venice Biennale to show their wares again – so where's world architecture going next?
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FeaturesThe new man at the top
The guessing is finally over. Peter Rogers has replaced Sir John Egan as head of the ultimate industry body, the strategic forum. Here he takes Marcus Fairs through his agenda – and explains where Egan went wrong.
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NewsKnowing the score
Housebuilding is becoming like the Premiership, with key players transferring more often than David Beckham changes hairstyle, and a superleague of huge firms starting to emerge. But amid all this game-playing, it's easy to lose sight of one vital question. Who's winning?
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Self-inflicted injuries
Two stories about contractors who got themselves into deep trouble because they failed to take some simple precautions before signing on the line
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Get on with it
The key to planning reform is not to wait around for top-down change, says Gareth Capner. It is the people on the ground who need to get the ball rolling
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Stadia scores five in non-league game
Stadium developer Stadia Management is planning to develop five non-league football grounds near London.
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WSP: Falling shares rule out imminent purchase
WSP chief executive Chris Cole has ruled out an acquisition in the near future because of the group’s falling share price.
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NewsTopping design
Topping design: Aukett Tytherleigh, the interiors arm of Michael Aukett Architects, has designed a floating restaurant for Pizza Express at a site just south of Canary Wharf in London Docklands. The interior of the three-level structure will be almost completely visible from the outside. The architect will lodge a planning ...
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MDA under fire over deal
Shareholders at the former holding company of QS MDA have raised concerns over the restructuring of the firm, which led to the group being put into administrative receivership.
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Industry: cut VAT to dampen house prices
Treasury officials will be urged by the construction industry to cut VAT on domestic repair and maintenance work to help solve the problem of spiralling house prices.
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Newcastle council embraces partnering
Newcastle council is adopting a partnering framework for its £60m annual building programme.
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Contracts
Amec wins £48m gas jobAmec has won a £48m contract to design and build a gas compression station at Bathgate, near Edinburgh, for Transco National Transmission and Trading. Atkins called in to Liverpool …Atkins has won a three-year contract for civil engineering and transport as part of the £1.5bn regeneration ...