All Building articles in 2000 Issue 16
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Features
Ooh,Missis!
Michael Wilford's brash, blowsy arts centre is more fat ladies than matchstick men. But this disjointed Salford landmark could well become as popular with the public.
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Features
Just the job
Dealing with protesters and meeting the Terminator are all in a day’s work for Carillion’s special events operations manager.
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News
High-Point plans next shopping trip
Breakdown of MDA takeover talks fails to dent 400-strong consultant’s enthusiasm for an acquisition before July.
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News
Output hits six-year high, says RICS
Construction output reached a six-year high in the first quarter of 2000, according to figures released by the RICS.A quarter of chartered surveyors saw their workload rise in the three months. This compares with 6% in the same period a year ago, and is 1% up on the last quarter ...
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News
Hackney teams named
Three development teams have been shortlisted for a £35m, five-year housing regeneration project in east London’s Hackney.The teams in contention for the project at the King’s Crescent Estate are led by housing associations North British, Circle 33 and the Peabody Trust.North British has architect John Thompson & Partners and Wimpey ...
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How to make money and still go to heaven
Steve Wright, head of Gusto Construction, has been taken aback by the interest in his ecologically virtuous Nottinghamshire development. But he’s a quick learner. Now he’s thinking of setting up as a green consultant.
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Features
Strewth! Oz gets tough
Cowboy builders in Australia will be chopped off at the knees by legislation that’s far more hardline than ours. In New South Wales, firms face blacklists, huge fines and even prison if they transgress.
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Features
Gatecrashing parties
New legislation giving rights to third parties is a bona fide grey area, and contracts will have to exclude it until the courts can set out some case law. It is also a wonderful opportunity …
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News
Eastern Europeans still on London sites
The faces and nationalities have changed, but one year after Building’s exposé of the exploitation of Kosovar refugees by British contractors, other eastern European workers are gathered on the same London street corner looking for work on the capital’s building sites.Within a month of last year’s article (23 April 1999), ...
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Features
Where do you draw the line?
The Plant Construction vs Clive Adams and Another case was the first time that the courts have ruled on a contractor’s obligation to warn of potential hazards in design and construction plans.
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Comment
Greater London counsel
First person Daily Mail scare stories aside, the GLC was an effective, efficient friend of construction. Shame none of the mayoral hopefuls seem aware of it.
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News
Intria to hold on to Costain stake
Malaysian contractor Intria, which owns 37.5% of Costain, has indicated that it may not sell its stake as previously indicated.Speculation has surrounded Costain since Intria suggested that it was looking for a buyer. However, Intria shares rose sharply last week after reports that the company was confident of quickly overcoming ...
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Civic pride should be new motto, says prime minister
Tony Blair tells Building Awards audience that designers and contractors must set the highest standards.
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MPs: cheaper rural homes
One hundred Labour MPs representing rural constituencies have called on the government to tackle the lack of affordable homes in the countryside.The MPs, members of Labour’s Rural Group, launched the Manifesto for Rural Britain campaign this week. Central to the group’s demands are calls for the amount of affordable housing ...
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Hunting Gate managers buy firm
Hertfordshire-based property developer Hunting Gate has sold its construction arm to a management buyout team for an undisclosed sum. The £50m-turnover construction business will be renamed HG Construction and will be run by Chris Benham and Ian Saunders, formerly managing director and commercial director, respectively, of Hunting Gate Construction. Between ...
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Features
Budding genius
Ian Wall’s Edinburgh developer started with £5m; 14 years later, it’s worth £70m. And the funny thing is, its main aim wasn’t to make money at all.
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Features
Invasion of the bodysnatchers
Top executives are disappearing. They are being taken. Not by a dark alien force but by headhunters, who are making a comeback in construction.
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Features
Every body welcome
Fitting legislative requirements into building policy is not easy at best, but a DDA compliance system could be the answer to builders seeking to avoid future legal action
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News
Rogers to design Wembley Bluewater
Leisure, retail and residential scheme will give urban taskforce chairman chance to put ideas to the test.
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Henry Boot set to buy back shares
Construction group will buy back its stock if price falls, but denies plans to go private.