All Building articles in 2003 issue 01
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Features
Amec snaps up Mowlem’s construction boss
Steve Bowcott makes ‘amicable’ departure to take over troubled contractor’s infrastructure division.
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Ex-Skanska boss set to take over Galliford Try
Construction arm MD Andy Sturgess slated as next Galliford Try chief executive.
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Cardiff stadium could create 1500 jobs
Holder Mathias Architects has submitted plans for a football stadium for Cardiff City FC to Cardiff council.It is estimated that the ground, which forms part of a £100m development masterplanned by Holder Mathias, could create 1500 jobs and 150 homes.Arup, Davis Langdon & Everest and planning and environment consultant RPS ...
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Key appointment at QS Davis Langdon & Everest
Rob Smith is taking over the reins from Paul Morrell as senior partner at quantity surveyor Davis Langdon & Everest.Smith’s appointment, effective on 1 May, was announced to DL&E staff this week. Smith’s role will be to oversee the firm’s UK, European and Middle Eastern activities.Smith said Morrell, who will ...
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FeaturesRichard Saxon
As the Egan era draws to a close, the chair of construction think tank Be is ready to take over as the industry's helmsman. And, as he tells Marcus Fairs, his aim is to create an industry that has more self-confidence, more self-knowledge and more self-control.
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FeaturesProjects to watch
Staiths South BankNext week, fashion guru Wayne Hemingway unveils his first-ever housing project – a 700-home estate in Gateshead for Wimpey. Proper architects have pooh-poohed the scheme, which has normal-looking houses set in car-free, landscaped gardens – but the avalanche of enquiries from would-be buyers suggests that the punters love ...
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NewsPianissimo
Pianissimo: The Renzo Piano Building Workshop’s £45m basilica at San Giovanni Rotondo in southern Italy, which began construction in 1995, is expected to finish this summer. The 900 m2 Padre Pio pilgrimage church is a large, low-lying dome that is expected to accommodate up to 37,000 visitors to the home ...
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FeaturesPeople to watch
Stuart GrahamThe new American chief executive of Skanska will this month conclude a top-level review of the firm's businesses worldwide. Expect big changes in the deployment of Skanska's forces.Will AlsopThe jolly architect's peculiar brand of blobular, stilt-propped architecture may no longer be the height of fashion, but Alsop has hit ...
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The nightmare we're trying to wake from
What use is insurance if you go broke trying to pay for it?
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Mystic wag
In an attempt to stay ahead of events in 2003, Marcus Fairs invested in a crystal ball and saw from the news stories rolling off the presses that life in the construction industry will be as unpredictable as ever …
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News
Wimbledon venue set to join world-class tennis league
All England Club considers redesigning Centre Court to bring it to the standard of other grand slam stadiums.
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Comment
Hazarding an opinion
Sometimes it makes sense for disputing parties to agree a joint expert. That's all very well until the expert says something one side disagrees with …
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Comment
Mustn't grumble
Tony Blair invited comparisons with Fraser of Dad's Army when he delivered a doom-laden new year's message, dominated by Iraq, al-Qaeda and the faltering global economy. He might also have mentioned gun crime, rail chaos, and hikes in council tax and national insurance – the latter courtesy of, er, Tony ...
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News
Glass junction
Glass junction: A 46,500 m2 building designed by Ryder Architects has been completed on the Cobalt 15 business park in north Tyneside . The four-storey building, constructed by Interserve, has a two-wing structure and is joined by a central linking atrium. Structural engineer on the project was Billinghurst George, civil ...
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Housebuilders' fury over flood levy
Housebuilders have reacted angrily to a government proposal to introduce a levy for flood defences on new homes on brownfield sites.