All Building articles in 2000 issue 45
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Features
Wrapped up warm
Rockwool's R&D building near Copenhagen uses cutting-edge technology to meet likely Danish energy regulations in 50 years' time. Guess what they used for the insulation …
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Features
Seeking Western wisdom
Hong Kong's construction industry is still feeling the effects of last year's high-rise public housing scandal. The story began when the wrong type or wrong length of piles were found under two blocks owned and managed by the Hong Kong government's housing authority.In one of the blocks at Sha Tin, ...
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News
McCarthy relief at slowdown
John McCarthy, chairman of housebuilder McCarthy & Stone, expressed relief at the slowdown in the housing market – after announcing a record profit.
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Comment
Limited opposition
With so many chinks in the government's armour – everything from cows to petrol – why are the Tories failing to strike?
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Features
Lead times
Mace tracks the lead times of 38 works packages and, Gardiner & Theobald takes a closer look at enquiries, orders and tenders in the stone cladding market.
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News
HLM sidelines stock market plans
Architect reviews options for reverse takeover of listed advertising group.
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News
Firms may 'kill PFI goose'
Senior officials have this week warned contractors against taking excessive profits from PFI schemes, according to national newspaper reports.
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News
UK firms score in Taiwan
Four British firms have scooped contracts on a £9bn rail link in Taiwan, one of the largest transport schemes in the world.
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News
Figures show industry is on the up
Activity in the construction sector showed a 13.5% rise in the third quarter of 2000 compared with the same period last year.The volume of new orders increased from £5.6bn for the same period last year to £6.2bn this year.Large infrastructure contracts contributed to the increase, with infrastructure orders for the ...
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Features
Meet the expert
Tapping into the huge pool of information available from its magazines and databases, Building's publisher this month launches a huge new portal. Here's what to expect …
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News
Railtrack war of nerves enters second week
Railtrack confirmed this week that it is continuing negotiations with suppliers over new maintenance contracts despite chief executive Gerald Corbett's hints last week that existing deals may be suspended.
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Features
Sandbags are not enough
Climate change will happen whatever cuts are made to greenhouse gases, and that means floods, driving rain, mass subsidence – and a whole different way of building.
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Features
The return of the dragon
Frightened by the handover to China and weakened by Asia's flu, it's been a rough few years for Hong Kong. Now it's back in business like never before.
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Features
The design of risk
Thinking of a venture into the public-private battlefield? In the first of a series of articles on PFI, find out how your contract can protect you in the skirmishes over design.
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Features
Message to deliver
For new Construction Confederation chief Stephen Ratcliffe, focusing on external issues is the best way to unite its members.
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News
Davidson steps down in Persimmon rejig
Housebuilder Persimmon is to streamline its main board and has announced that founder and chairman Duncan Davidson will step down at the end of next year.Deputy chairman Mike Allen, and non-executive directors Harry Littlefair and Brian Taylor, will all retire from the board on 31 December 2000 and will ...
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News
Crystal Palace faces new legal threat
Residents may use Human Rights Act to scupper planned south London multiplex as European Commission questions council's actions
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Features
Spotlight on stone cladding
Lead times The overall lead time for panellised stone cladding was 41 weeks in the third quarter, a figure that has not changed since the fourth quarter of 1999.However, the lead time is likely to be a month or so longer for a complex facade, even if the design is ...