All Building articles in 2000 issue 50
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News
Wolseley warns of weather
Building materials giant Wolseley has warned the City that the recent bad weather in the UK was having "an adverse impact on major siteworks"
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Features
On with the show
Canadian circus troupe Cirque du Soleil needed its tent pitched double-quick on a site without planning permission, in the middle of the storms. That meant no clowning around.
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Features
Products of the year
Short of ideas for Christmas presents? Join Building on a tour of the year's best products for inspiration.
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Rogers quits Prescott's villages panel
Regeneration guru resigns from advisory body as Prescott opens Greenwich Millennium Village.
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Prescott's village rises slowly from the mud
As John Prescott opens the first four units of the Greenwich Millennium Village today, is it living up to his vision as a "showcase to the world" or simply another Milton Keynes?
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Comment
No time to lose
Contractors on privately financed projects carry a heavy liability for delay and should be aware of restrictions on the type of delay events for which they can claim.
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Village life
A pioneering school, community hall and health centre designed by Edward Cullinan Architects is being completed this week in the Greenwich Millennium Village.
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Comment
Improper procurement
In Germany, public procurement decisions are routinely challenged for breaching EU rules on how contracts should be awarded. Such challenges are rare in the UK, but this could soon change.
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News
Heart of glass
Aukett Europe has designed this £20m shopping precinct in the centre of Coventry.
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Rain and flooding paralyse siteworks
Berkeley Group reveals £3m loss since May as construction suffers the effects of bad weather, and delays are expected to continue after the new year.
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Flat hunting
Planning permission has been granted for this £30m 154-apartment development in Whitworth Street, central Manchester
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FaulknerBrowns tipped to win Picketts Lock job
Newcastle-based architect FaulknerBrowns is tipped to win the commission to design the £95m Picketts Lock athletics stadium in north-east London.
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Comment
False sense of security
For owners of new homes, the NHBC guarantee and insurance offer are reassuring – but what if it later transpires that they were issued by a builder who had no right to do so?
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Jarvis' profit falls in tight PFI market
The Heavy bidding costs for PFI contracts hit Jarvis' results for the six months to 30 September, with profit falling 31% from £12.6m to £8.7m.
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Features
Eat your heart out, Nigella
Construction has its own domestic gods. Alan Crane, Richard Ryder and Malory Clifford get busy in the kitchen, while Building columnists taste test 10 wines.
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'Treat safety failures like drink driving'
Construction Confederation agrees broadbrush get-tough policy over health and safety after latest site death takes total to six in 10 days.
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Wembley stadium team plays on, despite doubts
Fifty-strong design team carries on "full steam ahead" despite radical rethink of entire plan.