All Building articles in 2001 issue 19
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Lipton rounds on Westminster planners
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment this week slammed new planning guidance proposed by Westminster council as "seriously flawed".
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Features
Smells like team spirit
They're troubleshooters who go into a project early, build up a team, break down barriers and resolve conflicting agendas. Welcome to the exciting yet non-adversarial world of the facilitator.
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The last word on Part L
The much-delayed, eagerly anticipated new energy regulations are here at last – in draft form at least. Here's what they will mean for designers, builders and their clients.
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Comment
Get real, m'lud
Tony Bingham - John Redmond is wrong about Judge Bowsher. Adjudicating in 28 days is a job for Superman. Restricting phone calls would be like helping him with kryptonite
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Planning gain
Huw Jones - What construction can learn from car makers, part two: don't do anything without a detailed plan.
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Green think tank formed
A government-sponsored partnership has been launched to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from office buildings.
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FMB: Workload still rising
Builders' workloads increased by more than a quarter in the first three months of the year, the Federation of Master Builders' latest figures reveal.
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HBF slams 'extraordinary' Tories
TORY plans to end national and regional housebuilding targets have been branded "extraordinary" by the House Builders Federation.
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Features
End of term report
Is construction a better place since New Labour came to power? Will it deliver on its promises in its seemingly inevitable second term? Marcus Fairs asks industry leaders how they'd grade the government's performance …
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Comment
The employer-bashers
Colin Harding - New Labour started off as the friend of small and medium-sized businesses, but ended up, predictably, drowning them in regulations. Drastic changes are called for
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Industry questions role of Egan safety taskforce
Construction bodies fear fragmentation of safety agenda as DETR announces "compromise".
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Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth campaigners staged a protest over the building of the controversial Ilisu Dam in Turkey at Balfour Beatty's annual meeting last week.
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Wates doubles fit-out turnover
Family-owned contractor Wates nearly doubled its fit-out turnover last year and says it is on target to crack £100m by 2003.
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Features
Five London restaurants for power dining
Globe Theatre RestaurantThis offers fabulous views of the City along the Thames, an interesting menu and widely spaced tables that deter eavesdropping. It also has quite a good theatre attached.New Globe Walk, Bankside SE1, 020-7928 9444The Grill Room at the DorchesterThis is top tucker with service so smooth that you ...
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Dear Robert
More work queries answered by Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose. This month, going freelance and how to make a good impression
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A deal worth doing
Frank Devoy - Mergers and acquisitions are full of potential pitfalls. Here are three ways to make them work.
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Whole-life cost study: Egg's Pride Park
Almost two years after its first call centre cost model, Building revisits Egg’s Pride Park, updating the whole-life costs and comparing it with a model call centre by Citex
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Contracts
Fitzpatrick wins £7.7m RAF jobDefences Estates has appointed Fitzpatrick to undertake a £7.7m refurbishment contract at RAF Kinloss in Morayshire, Scotland.Aukett secures work worth £5mArchitect and engineer Aukett Europe has secured £5m worth of projects in Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam and Glasgow.Infirmary deal goes to TaywoodTaylor Woodrow Capital Developments and its ...