All Building articles in 2000 Issue 23
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Features
Nature studies
It might resemble a medieval hill village encircled by meadow, but this is Arup Associates' bold take on student accommodation. Are they experts in this field?
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Features
Show me the money
As you’ll be aware, adjudication is a cheap way to resolve disputes. One reason for this is that parties may try to avoid paying the adjudicator’s fee. This is upsetting for the adjudicator, but what can be done about it?
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Comment
Mind your manners
Call us old-fashioned, but whatever happened to politeness and common courtesy in the workplace?
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Features
Shoes made for walking
Once upon a time a third-party beneficiary was unable to sue. Not any more. The implications of the “shoe borrower’s act”, in terms of supply chain litigation, for instance, could be far reaching.
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News
Part M seminars planned
The government is seeking the views of the disabled community over a revision of the Building Regulations covering access and facilities.The DETR is sending out questionnaires and organising seminars to gauge opinion on Part M. Designers and developers will also be consulted.The survey will consider whether the regulations should cover ...
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Livingstone offers Rogers top job
Key role on Greater London Authority will allow urban taskforce head to implement his vision.
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Features
Just the job
Antony Akilade meets the chief executive of Schofield Lothian, the construction consultancy with a global outlook.
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News
First quarter growth to tail off
The UK’s construction economy continued its strong growth in the first three months of 2000, but economists warn that the second quarter may show a significant slowdown.According to the DETR, output in the first quarter was 7% up on a year ago, thanks to increases in private and public sector ...
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Comment
The phoney war ends
Tony Blair has sounded the death-knell for those who fought against the Egan revolution. Now let’s win the peace.
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Features
Judging the design judges
Stuart Lipton’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment has been reviewing projects and educating clients for nine months. Is it making Britain better designed?
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Features
CyberHype.com?
Portals dedicated to UK construction are jockeying for position on the Internet. But can they deliver what they promise – and does the industry really want them anyway?
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News
Head of cowboy taskforce turns wrath on dot-coms
Customers should scrutinise claims of on-line builders’ lists, says Tony Merricks.
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Features
Whole-life cost model
Reduced life costs can prove a useful selling point when renting out industrial buildings. Citex looks at some of the ways developers are making industrial units more cost-effective to run and details the capital and maintenance costs for a typical unit.
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News
Crane quits troubled Christiani & Nielsen
Alan Crane, the managing director of troubled contractor Christiani & Nielsen, resigned suddenly on Tuesday morning. Crane offered his resignation at a meeting in London attended by board members of the firm’s Thai parent company who came to the UK to approve a £10m rescue package for the contractor. Crane, ...
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Crane keen to keep industry role despite Christiani exit
Movement for Innovation chair wants to stay in job after leaving his troubled contracting firm.
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Features
Brownfieldsites.com: Sites and skills on-line
Brownfieldsites.com, which goes on-line later this month, is a specialist web site that carries information on sites along with details of companies and professionals that can help develop them. The web site is the brainchild of developer Ian Humphreys, who says the idea grew out of a frustrating experience he ...
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Features
Certa: Taking the risk out of the brownfield quagmire
Certa is the underwriting agent for Allianz Cornhill’s contaminated land insurance policy and provides cover for the risks associated with developing brownfield sites.Environmental risks expose developers to liability that is difficult to quantify. Since 1 April, local authorities have had to produce a strategy for regular inspection of contamination. The ...