All Building articles in 2003 issue 17
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Comment
A stinging rebuke
I am sorry about the delay in sending in this letter but I have only just been catching up on my reading of Building.
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FeaturesThe pig is taxiing for take-off
For an increasingly cynical public, the successful redevelopment of Battersea Power Station is looking as likely as a porker at 12 o'clock. Its owner, Parkview, insists that the latest project really will get off the ground. We assess the chances …
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News¡Olé!
Richard Rogers Architects has unveiled plans to convert a historic bull ring in Barcelona into a £63m leisure centre. A huge semi-transparent dome will cover the Las Arenas bull ring, which opened in 1900. The complex is to include a central garden complete with palm trees. It will remain an ...
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Comment
Our other prime minister
Blair may be disenchanted with Brown, but he is stuck with him. As the Budget showed, the chancellor has complete control over the domestic agenda
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Features
Redundancy survival kit
Facing the prospect of losing your job? Michael Archer, partner at solicitor Beale & Company, tells you what to do if the worst happens
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FeaturesKeep on truckin' … please
Within two years, the road haulage industry is going to undergo a personnel crisis that will make construction's skills shortages look like a walk to the shops. So how are your materials going to find their way to the site?
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NewsWestbury seeks to supply rivals with prefab housing
Housebuilder aims to use spare capacity after prefabricated housing arm makes £3.5m loss.
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Comment
Roads to freedom
Insurers have the construction industry by the short and curlies, but we can loosen their grip by doing more to manage our risks so we don't have to rely on them
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Features
Dances with penguins
Or, how an English contractor went west to build a visitor attraction and found itself immersed in the dangerous and fascinating world of marine wildlife.
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NewsCue Q
The mixed-use Q building in Stratford, east London, has been completed. It was designed by Buckley Gray for Imperial Developments, and includes 27 one and two-bedroom apartments, all with external terraces. Four floors of apartments sit above a restaurant and bar.The building uses a combination of timber, glass, ...
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HSE to crack down on government work
The health and Safety Executive's construction division is to toughen up its stance on government construction projects as part of its drive to reduce fatalities and serious injuries 40% by 2004.
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Court is your last resort
The relaunch of the Court of Appeal mediation scheme is a clear sign that the UK's senior judiciary wants litigation to be used only when there is no other way
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Features
Mike Coleman
Project managers have a unique opportunity to influence change in the industry, are they making the most of it?
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C&M hunts for rival in South-east
Country & Metropolitan is aiming to acquire a rival housebuilder by the end of the year
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FeaturesA Disney classic
It would have been the first 'Bilbao' if not for years of delays. But now, finally, Frank Gehry has come home to La-La Land with his suitably fantastical Walt Disney Concert Hall
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Shard of class
Renzo Piano’s design for London Bridge Tower was praised to the skies by Lord Rogers this week. If the “shard of glass” doesn’t get built, it won’t be the architect’s fault.