All Building articles in 2003 issue 14
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Features
Setback for Atkins after candidate snubs top job offer
Consultant draws up shortlist of six for chief executive after applicant declines chief operating officer post.
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News
Rogers in new row with Welsh
Another war of words has erupted between Richard Rogers Partnership and the Welsh assembly over the cost of designs for the assembly building in Cardiff.
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News
London Underground rules out 'supercompany' merger
Speculation about a merger of Metronet and Tubes Lines receives short shrift from LU managing director.
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Comment
Read the instructions
Tony Bingham's article "Never trust a copper" (21 March, page 59) raises the issue of low water draw-off, which we feel deserves comment.Many thousands of copper pipework installations are made each year, including those in properties that will use water sporadically (show homes, for instance), and there are very few ...
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News
Rupert’s new home
Rupert’s new home: Architect Richard Rogers Partnership this week released pictures of a 16 ha mixed-use development for publisher News International. Convoys Wharf in Deptford, south-east London, has three towers, key-worker housing, private housing, office and retail space, a river bus terminal, a public piazza and a tram link along ...
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News
Northern heights
Northern heights: This £5m BBC television and radio complex in Leeds, designed by West Yorkshire architect DLA, has been topped out. The PPP scheme, which covers more than 4600 m2, will be home to BBC North. The complex is next to the West Yorkshire playhouse and Leeds College of music, ...
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NewsMansell to postpone listing until FTSE recovers
Stock exchange collapse means contractor will wait until first quarter of 2004 at the earliest before going public.
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Comment
Following Foster
If you want to build the next Reichstag, you'll need to be aware of Germany's planning and building laws and how they vary between the federal states
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News
Stock exchanged
Stock exchanged: The Corporation of London this week granted planning permission for the redevelopment of a site in Old Broad Street owned by the stock exchange. The scheme, designed by Grimshaw, includes 50,000 m2 of offices and 2800 m2 of shops. The 1970s 26-storey Exchange Tower, in the centre of ...
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Comment
Designing for imbeciles
The UK's regulations assume a high level of human stupidity, says Barry Munday – plus Stewart McColl tells of a clash between money and morality
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Comment
Getting what you deserve
Why are parties so willing to open themselves up to trouble by beginning work without agreeing a price? A recent quantum meruit case serves as a warning
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Comment
Decision dodgers
Contractual disputes are getting bogged down in phoney challenges to the adjudicator's authority and spurious arguments about enforcement
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FeaturesDavid Gann
The head of Imperial College's innovation studies centre has spent years gently taking the fear factor out of innovation. Now, says Josephine Smit, it looks as if a conservative construction industry has finally plucked up the courage to trust him.
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News
NSCC: Skills crisis easing
Contractors found it easier to hire skilled labour in the final quarter of 2002 than they had for six years, according to a report by the National Specialist Contractors Council.
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Comment
The risks of going to court
The claimant, Mr Islam, sought remuneration in respect of his services as the chartered accountant during the period May 1999 to July 2001, when he ran the defendant Mrs Ali's late husband's accountancy business. He had received around £72,000 for part of this period and sought about a further £84,000, ...
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News
Council issues writ over luxury hotel plan
Gloucester council has issued a writ against three men for fraudulent misrepresentation.
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Comment
Safe, unless you're cooking
We would like to respond to your leader in the 14 March issue. Although we are aware of the recent court ruling in respect to the Sahib Foods fire in 1994, it would be wrong to assume that the specification of combustible composite panels will automatically create a problem for ...