All Building articles in 2001 issue 27
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Features
Scream test
When John Roberts was asked to build the world's most fearsome wooden roller-coaster, it was all a question of making it as frightening as possible without actually causing anyone's head to come off …
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Features
The right thing to do
On why doing good in the world and doing well for shareholders are not incompatible – in fact, they can be mutually reinforcing
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News
Passing the port
This £500m Glasgow harbour masterplan, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, received outline planning permission this week.
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Comment
Nothing personal
Although an adjudicator must act in his personal capacity when deciding a case, he is under no obligation to do this when it comes to recovering his fees
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Features
A monumental statement
One of Scotland's most famous beauty spots, Loch Lomond, can now be enjoyed in full by tourists thanks to £60m of visitor facilities. And as we found out, it's helped the locals, too
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Features
Perfect merger
Angela Baron says planning and communication are required to stop a merger or acquisition becoming a marriage made in hell
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News
PFI long-winded, says watchdog
The Audit Commission this week joined in the onslaught on the PFI, claiming in a report that some projects took too long and were too complex.
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News
New minister Wilson launches quality mark
New Construction Minister Brian Wilson launched the government's quality mark scheme in Birmingham this week in a bid to rid the industry of cowboy builders.
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Features
Just rewards
The built schemes recognised in this year's Housing Design Awards cater for yuppies, special needs and seaside residents
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News
Space inventors
An atrium created in the 1980s to connect three buildings at GlaxoSmithKline's UK headquarters in Harlow, Essex, has been transformed by Mark Roche Associates.
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News
Firms face ruin over Independent
Several small and medium-sized firms face ruin because of the collapse of Independent Insurance. Many other contractors, subcontractors and architects have also been badly hit.
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Features
The world is not enough
Project managers, quantity surveyors and engineers may be in demand across the globe, but salary prospects in the world's hotspots may leave travellers cold
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News
Damning report puts Ilisu project in doubt
THE future of the troubled Balfour Beatty-led Ilisu dam project in south-east Turkey is hanging in the balance after a critical environmental impact assessment was published this week.
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News
Rogers cuts Paddington tower in two
Richard rogers Partnership's design for a landmark 41-storey tower at Paddington has been scaled down to twin towers of 20 stories each.
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News
Traffic cure
This 100 m swing bridge over the River Ouse is to be built by Skanska as part of a £42.6m contract for a bypass in Selby, North Yorkshire
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News
Tube impasse to be taken to High Court
The government's proposed £20bn public–private partnership plan for London Underground is certain to go to judicial review this month.
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Comment
Corrupt practices
As the use of electronic document storage and transfer increases, the risk of corruption grows, and professionals are advised to have an effective back-up system.
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Comment
Creative contracts
For expert services to fall within the Construction Act, they must be to do with construction operations, and if they are not, then you should pretend that they are
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News
Construction sector growth strong in June
The UK construction sector's growth in June was the fastest for 12 months, according to a report by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and BuildOnline.