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  • News

    The Peabody prognosis

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    With job cuts, bust budgets and development in the doldrums, modular pioneer the Peabody Trust could be in a terminal state of decline – but then it could just be suffering a hiccup

  • Features

    Neat trick

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    We report from Waverley Gate in Edinburgh on how Balfour Beatty is progressing in its attempt to build a spanking new office building inside the shell of a huge Victorian post office. Which is rather like performing a triple axel, while wearing ill-fitting Wellington boots. And driving a tractor. On ...

  • News

    More woes at Mowlem

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Mowlem has lost a court battle over a swimming pool in East Lothian, just weeks after its appeal over the Bath Spa project was rejected

  • Comment

    A misjudgment

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The parties in Tally Wiejl vs Pegram became utterly confused by the problem of which contract was in place. Now this question has foxed the Court of Appeal, too

  • Features

    Miranda's way

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    No doubt you think Miranda Seymour-Smith's a bit quixotic. After all, she wants to get women onto site by banning wet T-shirt jokes. On the other hand, the Queen asks to come to her dos and Peter Rogers is her biggest fan. Still so sure?

  • Comment

    Let's reach out

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    One-off clients are important customers of our industry, so they ought to be in touch with the Construction Clients Groups. So, anyone fancy a spot of golf?

  • Features

    Just the job

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Noel Butcher, one of the first to go on the RICS foreign internships scheme, talks about his time in Texas

  • Features

    Imperial history

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Photographer Julian Anderson spent three years documenting the building of Foster and Partners' sleek Tanaka Business School at Imperial College London. Here's a selection of his pictures.

  • News

    Help for Hull

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Citybuild, Hull's urban regeneration company, unveiled its masterplan for the city centre at the MIPIM fair in Cannes on Monday. A team led by planning consultant Roger Tym & Partners developed the masterplan, which English Partnerships part-funded. Pictured is an office scheme and a public plaza at Island Wharf, one ...

  • Comment

    Held hostage

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The appellant, Mowlem plc, had contracted with the respondent local authority, Bath & North East Somerset District Council, to carry out restoration works to the Heritage Spa Buildings in Bath. A dispute arose over responsibility for problems in the paint coating that had been applied to four pools as part ...

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    This week, we present high quality nattering about the top job at CABE, the state of the railways (tch), Foster's Riverside flats and poor old Jarvis …

  • News

    Grice: 'We expected the McAlpines would be upset'

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Chief executive of contractor admits in court that he expected rebranding would lead to rift

  • Comment

    Now everyone’s unhappy

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    It used to be simple: you lost the case, you copped the entire cost of the trial. These days the situation is so complicated that it can be difficult to tell who’s won and who’s lost

  • News

    'Family ethos' takes Gleeson to top of poll

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Gleeson is the best construction firm to work for in the UK, according to a survey of the country's top 100 companies.

  • Features

    Dream over

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    For five years, the Peabody Trust has been the standard bearer of progressive housing in Britain, producing ideal homes such as the BedZED development pictured. Now that it has been forced to cut staff and move away from development, are prefabrication and sustainability lost causes?

  • Comment

    A lesson in future school design …

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest your article "Sexy Education" (20 February, page 24), showcasing "11 ideal designs for secondary and primary schools".

  • Comment

    Cyanamid revisited

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    You will no doubt be familiar with the high-profile punch-up over the Bath Spa project; what you may not know is that it has interesting legal implications …

  • Comment

    *Cosying up ...

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Building’s series of profiles of clients with lots of work to hand out begins with Manchester University, which is about to launch Project Unity …

  • News

    Contractors pay price

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Contractors Carillion, Balfour Beatty and Interserve have all increased the amount of money they contribute to their staff pensions.

  • Comment

    *Tips on voicing your confidence

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Voice coach Susan White has worked with architects such as Terry Farrell & Partners, and Squire and Partners, as well as contractors such as Kajima, Interior and Mace.