All Building articles in 2001 issue 45 – Page 2
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Good copper
A warehouse scheme in Bermondsey, south London, has won a Copper in Architecture Award 2001. Designed by architect Glas, the scheme for Acorn Homes involved the refurbishment of a five-storey printer's warehouse into offices, and was completed last month. The project team included Acorn Homes as project manager and Barton ...
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Contracts
HBG in court winContractor HBG has won a £24.6m deal to provide magistrates' courts in Derby, Chesterfield, and New Mills, Derbyshire, for PFI consortium Derbyshire Courts.F&G wins £80m Brum jobCost consultant Faithful & Gould has bagged a project management deal on an £80m office development in Birmingham city centre for ...
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Drainage, energy and flue rules change
The final version of the government's amendments to the Building Regulations have been released.
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University challenge
Studio Libeskind's crumpled surrealism won the design competition for the University of North London's £2.5m graduate school. The practice beat Future Systems, Jestico + Whiles, Pascall & Watson Architects, Nicholas Hare Architects and Hodder Associates to the contract. The Orion project is Libeskind's first university building in Europe. The team ...
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Schal broken in half and merged into Carillion
Clients predict move heralds the end of contractor's involvement with construction management.
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ICE boss to restore confidence in Railtrack
Railtrack has brought in one of the most respected civil engineers in the industry in an attempt to build bridges with disillusioned contractors.
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HBG takes bite of More London
Contractor HBG will take on the latest phase of the £1.5bn More London development, confirming developer CIT's move from construction management to traditional contracting.CIT switched to a traditional JCT contract for More London after using Mace as construction manager for the GLA project. HBG will construct the £15m Building 6 ...
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Terrorism fears shrink Birmingham's towers
A planned Birmingham skyscraper is to be sharply reduced in height because of safety fears after New York's World Trade Centre attacks.
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Wates puts its housing eggs in one basket
Wates Group has restructured putting three businesses in a single division.Executive housing, strategic land, and joint ventures and development operations will now operate out of Wates Residential Developments. Paul Phipps, formerly of Taylor Woodrow, will lead it.Chief executive Struan Robertson said the move was part of a strategy to consolidate ...
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Pidgley Jr is back in the housebuilding business
Former Berkeley Homes boss starts Cadenza after quitting father's firm for "a fresh challenge".
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Welsh assembly row could end in court
The dispute over the Welsh assembly building could lead to legal action, a senior official has warned.John Bourn, auditor general for Wales, made the admission in a letter to members of the assembly audit committee this week.Bourn wrote: "This is a very complex and technical area, and the issues disputed ...
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Features
Appointments
Contractors Construction group Fifehead has appointed David Boult chief executive. He will be based in Cardiff Bay.Jon Edmonds has been appointed group financial controller of Kier Group.Kier Venture has appointed David Currie head of its Midlands division.HousebuildersNigel Smith has been promoted to research and development director of Redrow Homes. Stamford ...
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American architects cut UK jobs as US recession bites
Practices cut UK staff as American clients shelve projects and UK firms expect workload to fall 25% in 2002.
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Features
It's all in the timing
Picture a site where materials are delivered moments before use, in exactly the right order, and where everything fits into place in terms of space and time. Andy Pearson examines how a new three-step software system could help make this vision a reality
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Skanska boss rejects global criticism after big losses
Bjork unrepentant about dash for growth, despite Polish problems, saying that firm has "things under control".
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Building activity hits new low
Construction activity fell to its lowest rate for more than two and a half years last month, according to the UK Purchasing Managers' Index.The PMI, compiled by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, said there were signs that order book growth was nearing stagnation as activity fell to its ...
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Mouchel tipped for listing and acquisitions
Consultant engineer Mouchel is likely to seek a stock exchange listing in the near future, according to industry and City sources.
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Comment
Absorbing the impact
Take care with environmental impact assessments because (a) they're tricky, and (b) a mistake could leave your precious consent open to a legal challenge
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Government to spend £55m on GP surgeries
Health secretary Alan Milburn has set aside £55m to fund public–private partnerships aimed at improving doctors' surgeries.The package includes £10m for LIFT (local improvement finance trust) initiatives to replace or upgrade 600 surgeries over the next two years.The Department of Health and Partnerships UK, a body set up by the ...
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Bids invited for £136m Leeds cancer unit
St James's University Hospital in Leeds is inviting bidders for a £136m oncology wing.The plans have been adapted from a smaller initial design, developed in 1999, which was scrapped after several government reviews into the treatment of cancer patients.A spokesperson for Leeds Teaching Hospitals said: "The project is now much ...
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