All Building articles in 2004 issue 28
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Comment
Troubleshooters
Being involved in a fledgling association of project neutrals, I read with interest Simon Lewis’ article on their potential use (2 July, page 52).
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News
A Tricky Operation
It was supposed to go out to the PFI market this summer, but a further delay has hit the £800m “health campus” planned for Paddington. Fours years after it was first proposed, what hopes are there for one of the UK’s biggest PFI deals to get off the ground?
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NewsManchester scores!
Manchester council has appointed a consortium led by Kerzner International and Ask Developments to develop a £260m casino and an entertainment centre at Sportcity in east Manchester. Ian Simpson Architects will design the complex at Sportcity, already the home of Manchester City FC. It will include a hotel, a 4000-seat ...
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Comment
Lucky mistakes
If your client happens to benefit from your negligence, can you offset that benefit from any damages you owe? This is what the court had to say
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FeaturesLaw report
A Court of Appeal case has just boosted the legal rights, and financial security, of disabled workers
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FeaturesJack Pringle
Reforming the PFI and tackling the brain-drain of newly qualified architects are the top priorities of the incoming RIBA president. We find out how Jack Pringle plans to navigate the choppy waters of the architecture business.
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FeaturesNormans Invasion
With the paint barely dry on the viaduct at Millau, Foster and Partners is set to add another iconic building to the southern French landscape
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Comment
Trespassers may be injured
The appellant was a police officer who was investigating a suspected stolen trailer that had been parked in the service yard of a supermarket in the centre of Glastonbury. He entered the respondent’s property which adjoined the service area, in order, eventually, to take up a position overlooking the service ...
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Network Rail to hire top QSs
Consultancy firms face a battle to hang on to their top quantity surveyors after Network Rail was allocated more money to employ more of its own staff
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Comment
The shadow of Hatfield
Faced with the prospect of a tough new corporate killing bill in the autumn, Norton Rose has done some research into how the construction industry expects to be affected
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NewsPrivate housebuilders hail ‘great opportunities’ in spending review
Gordon Brown announces extra £1bn for housing over next three years, some of which goes to private
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Features
Fast forward
Way back in 1994, Building asked Sir Michael Latham to explain his controversial Rethinking the Team report. Ten years after its publication, we can see that it marked a watershed in the industry’s culture … but how does its author feel about it?
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NewsVoyage of discovery
A consortium led by architect Austin Smith:Lord has beaten five other shortlisted teams to design the Ashford Discovery Centre in Kent. The £10m building celebrates the importance of Ashford International Station to the town centre. The building, which is bounded by a ring road and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, ...
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David Curry
Second-home owners are have long been blamed for aggravating the decline of rural communities. In response, councils are beginning to develop ‘locals first’ policies
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Cost of hazardous waste disposal to rocket
The cost of disposing hazardous waste could triple when the European Landfill Directive is brought in this month, industry experts have warned.
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NewsGoodbye Suburbia Hello Urban Cool
Tony Pidgley, the man who sidestepped the 1980s crash, has ditched the luxury home for city apartments – and, as Josephine Smit reports, others are bound to follow
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NewsLinden: No consolidation this year
Philip Davies, chief executive of Linden Homes, has predicted that there will be no big mergers in the sector this year because of the low rating of housebuilders on the stock exchange.
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Clergy sue over tower damage
Angry clergy at a Kent church are suing contractor RMD Kwikform for £355,000 after its scaffolding damaged the church tower.