All Building articles in 2004 issue 19
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Comment
A sharp reminder
The publication this week of the National Audit Office's report into health and safety on building sites has done the industry a favour.
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NewsReady for the off
Building Design Partnership has unveiled this £34m redevelopment of Aintree racecourse in Merseyside. Its plans include a grandstand, a weighing room and a stable complex. Work is scheduled to start after next year's Grand National and should be completed in time for the 2007 meeting.
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Comment
A pricing problem
The defendant desired to sell his property, No.1 Horbury Mews and engaged the claimant (an estate agent) to assist him. On the advice of the claimant the defendant agreed, on the 29 June 2001, to market his property at £1.5m. An offer from a third party was received and accepted. ...
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CommentPicking the ponies
The people who hire adjudicators want intelligent, nimble beasts that cover the ground at a gallop while safely leaping legal hurdles. But how can they get them?
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FeaturesNothing doing
The Paddington Health Campus was always going to be problematic, but nobody expected it to take so long to do so little, or for costs to rise from £360m to £827m. We tell the inside story of the PFI hospital from hell
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Features
Local lowdown
The continued boom in London Docklands means the area is attracting construction staff as well as City suits. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose reports
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CommentMarketwatch: retirement housing
In 2001 there were 9.4 million people aged 65 or above in the UK, a 51% increase from 1951.
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Comment
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Ann Minogue welcomes us to the tedious, futile, wasteful, aggressive, pointless, hypocritical, irrelevant, bullying, baffling and pretentious world of her top 10 pet hates
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News
Latham group to focus on late payments
Sir Michael Latham has unveiled plans to review provisions of the Construction Act over late payment and non-payment.
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Comment
Permanent fixes
The Institution of Chemical Engineers has a model form that seems to eliminate disputes. So should any of it be adopted by the construction industry?
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News
Property firm enters regeneration field
Property firm MacDonald Egan has launched a development arm that will focus on delivering regeneration schemes
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Comment*Cosying up ...
Why you should get chummy with the rapidly expanding Pegasus Retirement Homes
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Costain strengthens presence in northern Iraq
Contractor Costain has beefed up its presence in northern Iraq as it looks to bid for a £1bn-a-year reconstruction programme in Kurdistan.
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FeaturesCost study: Scottish gas headquarters
Built on a former gasworks (appropriately), Scottish Gas’ HQ is an elegant and energy-efficient addition to Edinburgh’s rapidly changing waterfront. Architect Foster and Partners, environmental engineer Battle McCarthy and cost consultant Davis Langdon explain how they did it.
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NewsCracking the safety conundrum
Construction's safety record may be improving – slowly – but a 5% decrease in site deaths over five years simply isn't good enough. The industry is out of time to hit that 40%-by-next-year target … So what now?