All Building articles in 2003 issue 42
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NewsWild wood
Edward Cullinan Architects' gridshell for the Weald and Downland museum topped this year's Wood Awards. It won the structural category and took the gold award as overall winner. The contractor on the project, in Chichester, West Sussex, was EA Chiverton and carpentry was by the Green Oak Carpentry Company. ...
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NewsWelcome to sunny Stratford
Architect Broadway Malayan has been granted planning permission by Newham council for a mixed-use scheme called Stratford Gate, part of the regeneration of the deprived east London borough. The scheme, which is being developed by Barratt, includes 200 residential flats, 30% of which are affordable, and three live–work ...
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Comment
Not so special
Your article "The Techmeisters" (26 September, page 74) was either written with tongue firmly in cheek or you fell under the spell of snake oil salesmen intent on cornering a market.
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More to restore …
I recently watched Restoration on BBC2. Like many, I was both interested and depressed.
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FeaturesSeen my new mobile?
Young urban professionals like the idea of a £30,000 retreat in the country but hate the idea of owning a mobile home. So architect Buckley Gray has designed one that will change their mind for them.
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Three in race for masterplan
David Lock Associates, John Thompson & Partners and EDAW are among the architects in competition to draw up a masterplan for West Bromwich in the West Midlands.
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Would you like some more money?
Not only are your labour-only subcontractors entitled to holiday pay, but if your arrangements for giving it to them are unclear, you could end up doling out twice
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FeaturesJohnny on the Spot
How does Tim O'Toole plan to upgrade the world's biggest underground system, using the most complex contracts in history, when he can't seem to keep its trains on the track?
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Comment
Do one job well
We have been watching several professional organisations agonise over agendas for change for some time now, among them the RICS and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
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CommentHow can you say that?
The Treasury would have us believe that the PFI can do no wrong. But, as James Nesbit points out, its data makes genuine comparisons impossible
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FeaturesNigel Griffiths
A skills crisis, worrying accident rates, controversial contracts in post-war Iraq and a promotional mission to Brazil: our minister has got a lot on his plate. In fact, if you're interested, he could probably pop round one evening and take you through it. Say next Thursday? We try to keep ...
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NewsGreen giant
Architect Scott Brownrigg has been granted planning consent for an office for the Environment Agency at Howbery Park in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. The scheme includes two 3250 m2 three-storey buildings that form a gateway to the park. The frontage, a south-facing elevation, has a screen of solar panel louvres procured through ...
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Be flexible
In the second part of our work-life balance series, Andrew Garbutt of Berkshire Consultancy explains how to negotiate effectively for flexible working arrangements
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NewsAn egg for eggheads
Contractor Gleeson has erected the steelwork for this lecture theatre pod for the £12m Unity City Academy in Middlesbrough. Designed by Hickton Madeley & Partners, the egg-shaped structure sits on steel legs in the centre of an elliptical copper-clad building. It is due to be completed in March. The scheme ...
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Hackett to throw down gauntlet to RICS 'in a week'
Jeremy Hackett, a QS who is leading the campaign to reverse the RICS' recent fee increase, has said he is about to call an extraordinary general meeting.
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Defective thinking
What do defects have to do with retentions? Nothing. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Sweet Fanny Adams. But just you try telling the government that …
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NewsMouchelParkman gives debt pledge to public sector
Newly merged support services firm says it will not take on debt worth more than 25% of net assets.
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Good day at the office, dear?
The claimant, Mr Horkulak, had been threatened and humiliated by his manager over a period of some months. Finally, he walked out of his job as a senior managing director in a major broking house in the City of London. He saw his doctor the next day, who put him ...