All Building articles in 2002 issue 37
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Features
Taking the plunge
This time last year, the City couldn't lift contractors high enough. Today, shares are plummeting the same day that firms announce splendid profit growth. What on earth is the City up to?
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Comment
Who'll protect us from our protectors?
As firms spend more and more money to buy less and less insurance cover, the industry and its clients are lurching towards a crisis. Is there any relief in sight?
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Comment
A tragic obsession
The rule is that if you refuse to mediate before you litigate, you get walloped with the costs of the case – even if you win. This case is a very sad exception
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NewsNow we are three
Now we are three: Regeneration minister Lord Rooker this week launched the third Millennium Community, called New Islington. The Will Alsop-designed scheme is located at the rundown Cardroom Estate in Ancoats, Manchester, and includes the construction of 1400 homes. The developer is Urban Splash, the client is New East Manchester ...
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Now we really are on our way to Wembley
The £750m deal to redevelop Wembley Stadium is entering its final stages and may be signed as early as today.
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FeaturesLean machine
Richard O'Connor is out to slimline the construction industry's waste. Applying the lessons of the automotive industry, he says he can save builders time and money. Victoria Madine finds out just what a professional streamliner has to offer.
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Comment
What's wrong with hospitals?
What is the final great architectural frontier waiting to be crossed? Mobile prefab pods? Space stations? Walking cities? I nominate here-and-now hospitals and health clinics. Of all building types, none has the complexity of a major hospital. And none is such a matter of life and death for its customers. ...
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NewsTo your health
To your health: This 25,000 m2 wing for King's College Hospital in south London is due to be handed over next week. The seven-storey building was designed by Nightingale Associates, and has a curved curtain wall and an ETFE-shaded atrium. The PFI consortium that built it, including Sodexho, Skanska and ...
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FeaturesOne giant leap
An twisted ski jump by Zaha Hadid – half high-tech elegance, half jackal-headed god of the dead – has given the people of Austria something remarkable to fling themselves off at high speed …
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Features
Focus on the regions
How are activity levels and order books changing around the UK? The figures give the balance of firms reporting an increase compared with those reporting a decrease
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NewsTaking to the floor
Taking to the floor: Selfridges' 12,000 m2 store opened in Exchange Square, Manchester, earlier this month. Each of its five floors was designed by a different architect – pictured is the third floor, housing the entertainment department, designed by Italian practice Cibic & Partners. The other firms that worked on ...
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Featureskeeping up a facade
It's all very well designing buildings with extraordinary shapes, but do the architects ever stop to consider how the windows are going to be cleaned? Well, yes, actually, they do. Thomas Lane met the specialist who worked with Norman Foster on the Swiss Re tower
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Features
Up the evolution
The times they are a-changing, and contractors will have to be imaginative to adapt to them
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News'Every time he spoke to me it was Paki-this and Paki-that'
Najjif and Samantha Shah speak out about the sustained racial abuse campaign that forced Najjif to leave his job.
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Comment
The end … for now
The letter of the law is not always as final as you might think; the wording of settlements can leave room for claimants to come back for seconds
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NewsMcAslan proposes Eden-style scheme for New York
British architect on shortlist of three to develop vision for 3.4 square mile site on Staten Island.
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ISG: London slowdown doesn’t faze us
Fit-out specialist Interior Services Group this week defended its prospects despite the slowdown in the London office market.
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NewsMiller on course for record year
Miller Group's profit has surged 142% after strong performances from its housing and construction divisions.