All Building articles in 2003 issue 16
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Features
Gains backs CITB against Prescott
Construction Confederation president John Gains has rejected government criticism of the Construction Industry Training Board.In a letter to deputy prime minister John Prescott, Gains said he was “disappointed” by his attack on the board. Prescott called it “a disgrace” for not tackling the skills shortage adequately (see Building, 11 April, ...
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600,000 building workers to get 23% pay rise
Construction unions and employer bodies last week agreed a 23% pay rise for more than 600,000 building workers over the next three years.The deal was thrashed out at a meeting of the Construction Industry Joint Council, a committee made up of the Construction Confederation and union representatives from UCATT, GMB ...
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A can of terms
The defenders, Lilley Construction, carried out construction works for the pursuers, the trustees, at Merchants Quay Development at Peterhead Harbour. The contract was the ICE Conditions of Contract 6th Edition (January 1991) although it did not comply with requirements of sub-sections (1) to (4) of Section 108 of the 1996 ...
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Talking tongues
Conferences in Brussels could give an Englishman an inferiority complex, what with rampant trilingualism and gourmet fingerfood. Seek solace in the Berlaymont
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And then some
The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 may not have taken the world by storm, but it has hefty implications for adjudicators considering awards
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FeaturesShowstopper
In the 1990s, Britain's theatre enjoyed a golden age, thanks to our national addiction to the National Lottery. Now that the public is kicking the habit, it seems theatres are out of luck
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FeaturesThe Status Seeker
RICS president Peter Fall wants the institution to have a global profile and he expects its members to fork out for it. The only problem is, some of them are beginning to wonder just what the point of RICS is …
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NewsTake me to the river
London Eye architect Marks Barfield's latest addition to the River Thames, the Millbank Millennium Pier, will be officially opened at the end of May. The scheme was this month lifted into water at the dockside in Rochester before being transported to its final destination outside the Tate Britain museum. The ...
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FeaturesIf we can make it there …
With Murray Grove, Cartwright Pickard established itself as the practice that could turn modular technology into architecture. Now that the Americans want it to do the same for them, the practice is poised to realise some of its ambitions. And boy is it ambitious …
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NewsHave you seen the light?
The largest Sikh temple outside India, the £17.5m Southall Gurdwara, was officially opened at the end of last month. It was clad in high quality limestone and granite. The Architect Co-Partnership-designed, 6000 m2 scheme was paid for by the local Sikh community. The project team included contractor ...
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FeaturesJust the job
Philip Cooper tells us why structural engineering is all about using your imagination
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The folly at Holyrood
With costs for the new Scottish Parliament edging up towards £400m, politicians have been forced to address the reasons behind the vast cost overruns.
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Down, but not out
This month, we report that the pace of growth in construction activity has slackened to a 10-month low, but that it's likely to pick up over the next quarter
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Piano tower won't spoil views, says DEGW
Architect Degw has rejected claims by English Heritage that Renzo Piano's London Bridge Tower would harm views of heritage sites.
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Deborah Vogwell
Value for money in a construction project has to be defined before it can be meaningful
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron's souped-up stadium
A consortium including Swiss architect Herzog & de Meuron and ArupSport this month won a competition to design the £300m Olympic Stadium in Beijing for the 2008 games. The bird's nest-like arena, in the northern suburbs of the Chinese capital, will hold 100,000 people during the games and will subsequently ...
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FeaturesWhere eagles dare
Building a climbers' shelter 3000 m up a French mountain is a job for high-fliers only – and even then it can end up being a real cliffhanger