All Building articles in 2001 issue 49 – Page 2
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Features
Colour me beautiful
Sexy and tough, polycarbonate has a great future and Tate Modern architect Herzog & de Meuron has just covered the Laban Centre in south-east London in it. Thomas Lane meets the new kid on the cladding block
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BDP links up with PCM
Building Design Partnership, the UK's largest architect, has formed a joint venture with project manager PCM to offer management consultancy on large capital projects.
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The dock of the bay
Hertfordshire housebuilder Furlong Homes has been chosen to develop this £80m residential project at the Royal Docks in east London. The Jestico + Whiles scheme includes 440 apartments alongside a yacht basin and the refurbishment of a listed hotel. Civil and structural engineer is Alan Baxter Associates and ground remediation ...
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Green group submits rival masterplan for Bath
Council for Protection of Rural England asks county council to rethink £900m 30 ha riverside scheme.
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Building picks up five trophies at the IBP awards
Reporter Stuart Black was last week named as the International Building Press journalist of the year – the fourth year running that a Building writer has picked up the accolade.
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Specialists slam Glaxo's online tendering auction
Heating and Ventilating Contractors Association says the tending process undermines Egan principles.
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Atkins to hire more Chinese engineers
WS Atkins intends to increase the number of Chinese engineers it employs to work on global road and rail projects in the next 18 months.
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Client body backs Asite internet portal
Construction internet portal Asite has gained the backing of client body the Confederation of Construction Clients.The confederation said it would work with Asite to encourage its members to use online collaboration tools on projects.Confederation chief executive Zara Lamont claimed that clients' take-up of internet services would lead to improved margins ...
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Appointments
Housebuilders Cala Homes has appointed Catherine Padgett (right), previously with Wilson Connolly, sales adviser.Brownfield housebuilder Linden Homes Western has appointed Toby Ballard managing director. He was the land director for its South-east division.ClientsNevin Holden has been appointed land and planning director of strategic land company Barwood Land.Roger Duncombe (right), previously ...
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Housebuilders' bosses quit after divisions are merged
Rationalising initiatives at Berkeley Group and Crest Nicholson have led managing directors to leave.
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Sweett aims for Afghan work
Quantity surveyor Cyril Sweett aims to pick up reconstruction work in Afghanistan by setting up an office in the United Arab Emirates.
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Egan warns against turning to architects for advice
Strategic forum proposes role of independent construction adviser to give occasional clients impartial advice.
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Contractors snub £600m Barts PFI over cost fears
UK's largest hospital scheme may struggle to attract interest after only one contractor sets up consortium.
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HBF warns Livingstone of looming crisis over 50% rule
Trade body the House Builders Federation has stepped up its opposition to London mayor Ken Livingstone's proposal that half of all new schemes should be made up of affordable housing.
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NBA Quantum's profit leaps 40%
Construction consultant NBA Quantum has posted a 40% rise in pre-tax profit to £690,000 for the year ending 30 June.
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Heathfield goes as Ballast Nedam loses £40m
Dutch company Ballast Nedam this week announced a major restructuring of Ballast, its UK construction arm, writes Gordon Jon Thompson.
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Redrow to lose Tay bosses after £30m takeover
Housebuilder's chief executive and chairman will leave in January, after the takeover deal is signed.
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Stanton Williams bags £30m university job
Stanton Williams has won a competition to design the £30m headquarters of the National Film and Television School at South Bank University.The practice beat off three other practices – Alsop Architects, Bennetts Associates and Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners – to win the contest.The school selected Mace as project manager for ...
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Crane quits Arup after 22 years
Ray Crane, former chairman of Arup USA, has left to start a US office for Australian consulting engineer the Meinhardt Group.
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Mowlem settles for £17.3m after six-year MoD dispute
Contractor Mowlem has received £17.3m from the Ministry of Defence after a six-year dispute over a £254m scheme in Bristol.
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