All Building articles in 2001 issue 47

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  • Comment

    Synchronise watches

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    If you are going to accuse someone of failing to progress work diligently, then you'd better make damn sure you have given them the correct extension of time

  • News

    Sun trap

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    PCKO Architects has incorporated 200 m2 of photovoltaic tiles into its design for a £1.25m accommodation complex in Llanelli, Wales. Solar panels on the roof and the front elevation will generate electricity for six townhouses and nine studio flats, as well as communal spaces and training facilities. Client for the ...

  • Comment

    Sticking to it

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Making unrealistic promises leads to a domino effect of missed deadlines, bitter wrangles and wrecked projects. Keeping to agreed delivery dates engenders trust

  • News

    Sharewatch

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Share indices in the week to 16 November 2001

  • Features

    Rethinking the team

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Sir John Egan's proposals for improving site safety by overhauling the CDM regulations are likely to have profound implications for the way buildings are designed and constructed – but not everyone is happy.

  • Features

    Just the job

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Building talks to new graduate Ahmet Ucakan of Fluid about the frustrations of being a trainee and the thrill of seeing his designs come to life

  • News

    Regeneration scheme hits road-funding snag

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    One of Britain's largest regeneration projects may have to be scaled down because it is unclear who will pay for road construction.

  • Features

    School of hard knocks

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Designing and building a European university in 10 months was quite a feat. The fact that a hastily assembled team managed it while under sporadic shellfire was even more impressive …

  • News

    Fine forum

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Norfolk's millennium project, the £63.5m Forum, designed by Sir Michael Hopkins and Partners, has opened in Norwich. The 21,000 m2 building contains a library, visitor facilities, television studios and a restaurant, all grouped around a covered piazza. Half the project's funding came from the Millennium Commission and the other half ...

  • News

    MPs' report slams national stadium fiasco

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    The government's handling of plans for a national athletics stadium has been slammed by a select committee report this week.

  • News

    EH makes new objections to Heron Tower

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    English Heritage has this week attacked the architecture quality of Kohn Pedersen Fox's design for Heron Tower in the City of London.

  • News

    ECD does it

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    ECD Architects has won planning permission for a £11m, 192-home scheme in the Coopers Road Estate in Southwark, South London. The scheme, for joint client the Peabody Trust and Southwark Housing, mixes three-storey houses and four-storey apartment blocks grouped around communal gardens. The project team includes structural engineer Price and ...

  • News

    Disappointed Morgan directors opt to stay

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Four former directors of Morgan Sindall's regional contracting business are staying with the group, despite missing out on seats on the board of the restructured business.

  • News

    Three wait for Spitalfields decision

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Three contractors were this week waiting for a crucial planning decision on the £400m Spitalfields Market redevelopment.

  • News

    Contracts

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    YJL wins £14m market schemeContractor YJL has been awarded a £14m contract by Brittanic Asset Management for an 11,600 m2 office and retail scheme at the former Kensington market site in London. HBG scoops £6m hospital dealHBG has won a £6m contract to provide facilities at the City General Hospital ...

  • News

    Major contractors sign up to roving rep pilots

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Major Contractors and project managers are signing up to the roving safety representative pilot schemes, thanks to a union campaign to win their support.

  • News

    UCATT condemns concrete contractors' tax deal

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Inland Revenue promises to investigate union claims about bogus self-employment schemes.

  • News

    Rise in profitability is coming to an end

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    The growth in the profitability of construction firms has slowed and may be about to come to an end, according to a report published by information solutions firm Experian this week.

  • Comment

    Root clauses

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Beautiful trees are an asset to urban environments. But a recent House of Lords decision implies that tree owners may have wider responsibility than previously thought

  • Features

    Brand new tradition

    2001-11-23T00:00:00Z

    The New Haberdashers' Hall in London is a contradictory project – a modern design that reflects the history of its occupants, built using ancient craft techniques. Andy Pearson visited the site and met a very proud project manager