All Building articles in 2000 issue 50 – Page 2
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'Skills shortages critical,' says Pidgley
Berkeley chief blames lack of training and tax policy for skills crunch and calls for industry-wide response.
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Comment
The comeback kid
For 10 years, negligence claims have been subdued but a new ruling suggests that there are still many cases where the law will impose a duty of care for economic and physical loss.
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Features
Virtual Christmas
So what does the internet have to offer at this time of year? From the really useful to the spectacularly tacky, don't miss this guide to festive web sites.
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News
DETR planning powers challenged in court
The DETR's right to call in planning applications was this week called into question under the new Human Rights Act.
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Centex to offer UK mortgages
US housebuilder Centex has hired three big guns from the financial services industry to lead an assault on the UK mortgage market.
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Features
King of the castle
The energetic lawyer leading the £2bn regeneration of the unloved Elephant explains how it will be transformed.
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News
Irish step up campaign to lure skilled labour
IRELAND IS intensifying its campaign to recruit skilled construction workers from around the world to carry out its £14bn infrastructure spending plan.
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CABE calls for PFI hospitals to have design watchdogs
Commission wants NHS trusts to appoint champions to oversee quality in the second wave of schemes.
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Brunswick on the prowl
Brunswick Developments, the property company that made two failed bids for Alfred McAlpine last year, is still on the prowl for a major housebuilder.
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But floods boost Weeks
AIM-listed consulting engineer Weeks Group is looking forward to a busy second-half clearing up after the recent bad weather.
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Features
From Mo Mowlam to Michael Palin - The best of Wonders & blunders
Six years ago, Building had an inspired idea for a new column: why not ask people to tell us about their favourite and least favourite buildings? Wonders & blunders made its debut in the magazine on 3 June 1994, when Phillip Ward, then director of construction sponsorship at the Department ...
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Features
Bah, humbug!
William Wiles talks to Ebenezer Scrooge about how a little Christmas spirit transformed his company.
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News
DLG links up with US architect
London- and Leeds-based architect DLG has formed a transatlantic link with top US leisure design firm Gould Evans International to target commercial and entertainment clients across North America and Europe.
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsIan Lawson (right), previously with Bickerton Group, has joined Kier Group as managing director of its PFI division, Kier Project Investment.George Shields has been promoted to director, projects unit, at Balfour Kilpatrick, the multiservices and power systems business of Balfour Beatty. He will be supported by Gerry Black who has ...
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CBI boss asks for planning ammo to fire at DETR
Digby Jones tells firms to give him details of disputes as confederation lobbies to speed up planning process.
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Features
All shook up
What a year. From the wobbling bridge to the dome, nothing quite went to plan over the past 12 months. Building looks back over the industry's rollercoaster millennium experience.
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News
HTA wins £70m estate contest
A team led by HTA Architects has won a competition to masterplan the £70m regeneration of a deprived east London estate.
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FM group's profit up 30%
Strong demand for refurbishment in the South-east helped facilities management group Mitie record a 29.8% leap in pre-tax profit to £10.9m for the six months to 30 September.
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