All Building articles in 2000 Issue 01
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Features
Reinventing the wheel
At first glance, the capsules for the Millennium Wheel look fairly conventional. In fact, nobody has ever built anything like them before – and the problems were unprecedented, too.
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News
Price makes recruitment priority in new job
Jennie Price took over leadership of the Construction Confederation this week, pledging to make attracting recruits to the industry her top priority. The 39-year-old former director of the Major Contractors Group also wants to raise the profile of the Construction Confederation, and steer through the latest negotiations of the Working ...
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Features
Flexible friends
The Institute of Management’s Karen Charlesworth on how flexible working can help your career and your firm.
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News
European market set for three-year surge
New century to begin with three years of growth in construction sector, Euroconstruct reveals.
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News
UK should look to Europe, says global forecast
Report says US market will tail off in next two years – but Europe is set to boom.
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Features
Smart design
We keep hearing that 3D modelling and intelligent objects are the future of building design. Can AutoCAD Architectural Desktop Release 2 smooth the transition to the new era?
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News
Westminster Station delivered just in time
It was almost two years late and £1bn overbudget, but the Jubilee Line Extension was finally completed when Westminster Station opened in time for the new year’s celebrations.The Michael Hopkins and Partners-designed station opened on 22 December, in time to take VIPs to the Millennium Dome.The opening also ensured that ...
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Features
Materials life costs
The Building Performance Group guide to how long building components last and their whole-life costs. This week: asphalt, single-ply polymer and bituminous membrane flat roofs.
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News
Industry set for a year of consolidation
City expects a wave of corporate activity as smaller firms are taken over and big ones merge.
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News
Failed clutch means London Eye misses its turn
Decision not to operate wheel on millennium eve expected to cost project manager Mace £300 000 bonus.
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Comment
How to lose clients
First person Now it’s a seller’s market, architects don’t have to put up with the kind of treatment they get from bad clients. Do they?
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Features
Inflated claims?
An adjudicator decided he had the authority to referee a compromise agreement. One of the parties disagreed and refused to abide by the adjudicator’s decision. So what next?
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Features
A certifiable nuisance
The DETR’s latest consultation paper on self-certification under the Building Regulations makes businesses vulnerable to court action, and introduces yet another time-consuming approval mechanism.
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News
Log on, link up, branch out
E-commerce, partnering and global thinking will shape the year ahead. But what faces and landmarks will drive the industry in 2000?
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News
Best of times
The next two years will see the market heading for the nirvana of 2-3% growth – but not every sector will get there. Also, top analysts give their share tips – but could you do better?
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News
Siemens bales out of Tube
London Underground has dismissed fears about the viability of the public-private partnership plan for running the Tube after engineering giant Siemens withdrew from a consortium bidding for the project.Siemens’ withdrawal from the NewMetro group comes amid mounting concerns among bidders that the government will abandon the funding scheme in the ...
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News
Wembley compromised despite athletics deal
Dual-purpose design to stay despite culture secretary’s decision to make national stadium football-only.
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsDoug Elliott has been made managing director of design-and-build firm TNG, part of Unite Group.Birse Construction has promoted Steve Barker to marketing director of its civil engineering division. John Branton replaces Barker as marketing manager of the North-east civils business.Mark Kirwan has been appointed general manager at fit-out specialist Crispinteriors, ...