All Building articles in 2003 issue 12
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FeaturesTending to zero
There is a suspicion in the industry that contractors are fatalists. That is, they make the right noises on health and safety, but privately believe that fatal accidents come with the job. But now Bovis Lend Lease has put in place a global strategy to reduce site deaths to almost ...
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The price of passion
The Scottish parliament is spectacular on many levels – not least in spiralling nine times over budget. But as these first pictures of the building show you get what you pay for.
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A suspect package?
ERP software systems, which promise a total solution to administering a company, have been successful in some industries, but construction's experience of them has not been entirely happy – as Atkins will testify. We assess the pros and cons.
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Comment
At the mercy of the panel
The combustibility of cladding panels is a hot topic, and it's left one architect facing millions of pounds in damages and building owners struggling to afford insurance
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Lead times
Most companies have been busy in the first quarter of the year, but market uncertainties are expected to drive down lead times in the future
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Comment
Lawyer: know thy stuff
Philip Harris says the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations are unpopular and ineffective (14 March, page 54), and asks the question, what if they came in the form of contractual terms and the right to compensation?
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Just the job
Andy Fuller, Persimmon Homes' construction director, tells Sally Whitehill why he's spent 16 years at the same firm – and why he's planning to stick around
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NewsJitters schmitters
One of the few commercial development projects in the City of London to go ahead in spite of market jitters is this 15,100 m2 office building at Broadgate, which was contracted to Bovis Lend Lease earlier this month.
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Comment
Imhotep & Sons
The first ever architect was so successful, his descendants became pharoahs. Now, 4500 years later, the profession is still plagued by the unreliability of dynasties
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FeaturesHigher, further and richer
There are fantastic opportunities for construction firms in the tertiary education market, but, of course, universities are hard to get into and demand high quality work. In fact, you may want to take notes
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CommentGet your retaliation in first
Contractual documentation fosters an atmosphere of trust and co-operation between parties in which fairness and mutual … oh, lordy, who am I kidding?
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Prefab housing factory to supply Thames Gateway
Live-In Quarters' off-site plant in east London is to provide 5000 steel-framed modular homes for Barking Reach.
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NewsThe eye of the gherkin
The capping piece to the pinnacle of the Swiss Re headquarters in the City of London was dropped into position last week. It is made up of a steel trellis enclosing a 2.5 m diameter, double-glazed, double-curved skylight. The entire two-storey nose cone to the cigar-shaped office ...
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Into the fast stream: The further education market
With building expenditure in further education about to increase 60%, we highlight the challenges and opportunities in the sector
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Dumb or what?
The drive to deliver high-value, high-quality design is being hampered by a class system that prevents architects and engineers from talking to specialists as equals
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FeaturesThe very model of a modern district general
The celebrated ACAD diagnostic and treatment centre in north-west London is to have an equally revolutionary and even more ambitious big brother. It will be a complete acute hospital that promises streamlined healthcare, uplifting architecture and close community links
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Rail profits derailed
Does Network Rail's decision to take two more rail contracts under its control signify creeping renationalisation?