All Building articles in 2002 issue 44
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Features
Industry to urge DTI to crack down on labour agencies
Frustrated construction leaders will demand an end to unscrupulous working practices at high-profile summit.
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Galliford Try's construction chief quits
Deputy chief executive Marsh leaves as firm issues profit warning.
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News
Urban Summit
The biggest stories to emerge from the summit including Prescott's attack on housebuilders
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Comment
Up the resolution
The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution's new procedure presents a flexible way of solving disputes that leaves the parties in control for as long as possible
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News
Thatcher redux
One of the Conservatives' most controversial, and popular, policies in the 1980s was the right-to-buy. Now it's back – twice as controversial but just as popular
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On the move
The redevelopment of London's railway sites gets under way at last with Paddington leading the way
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Comment
Mediation mapped
The legal context in which mediation takes place is becoming more complex and more coercive. Here's a guide to where we are now, and an idea of where we're going
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NewsThe pod has landed
The pod has landed: Work has started on this £1.4m retail scheme in Kingston upon Hull. Designed by architect Corstorphine & Wright and known as the Pod, it forms part of the Junction retail park being developed by Capital & Regional and Morley Fund Management. The scheme is due to ...
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NewsJust the ticket
Just the ticket: This month, London Underground will apply for planning permission to build an enlarged station at Camden Town. The designs, by architect Jestico + Whiles, will include open space in the form of a pedestrian street splitting the site. The station’s ticket hall is to have office space ...
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Features
Just the job
Louise Frostick, senior designer at Inspace Complete, tells Victoria Madine about the highs and lows of working for a fledgling interior design company
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Comment
The truth hurts
At last week's urban summit, John Prescott went in for a spot of housebuilder bashing. In fact, the real villain of the housing fiasco can be found closer to home
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FeaturesHouse of horrors
Converting an 18th-century mansion into a luxury hotel is almost bound to be a hairy encounter with the past. But when centuries' worth of slapdash extensions and interventions have taken their toll on the building's structure, then even a crack in the wall can spook you …
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NewsWe're going to struggle
Darren Richards, engineer and prophet, wants to turn prefab housing from vague talk into a working system. The problem is that resistance to it is deeply rooted in Britain's popular psychology and industrial culture. Josephine Smit finds out why.
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FeaturesPeter Gershon
Hired to overhaul government procurement, Peter Gershon is a huge fan of the PFI. But, as Marcus Fairs found, the chief executive of the Office of Government Commerce is uncomfortable singing its praises.
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Features
Tender price forecast: Remaining immune
The UK stock market slumped in May and then launched itself on a rollercoaster ride. But this hasn’t affected building tender prices or new orders, which on the whole are continuing their inexorable rise. Davis Langdon & Everest explains why, and what will happen next
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Comment
Eyes wide shut
If we're going to seize our inauspicious economy by the horns, companies need to stop kidding themselves that things are better than they really are
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NewsCurzon Holdings defies interiors downturn
Curzon Holdings, the parent company of fit-out specialist Jarvis Newman, expects to increase turnover to £100m, despite the downturn in the interiors market.