All Building articles in 2001 issue 51
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Small success
This 15 dwelling unit in London's Royal Victoria Dock was designed by DSDHA for an architectural competition run by housing association the Peabody Trust. DSDHA was one of three winners; Ash Sakula and Niall McLaughlin Architects were chosen for two neighbouring sites. The competition was open to businesses with seven ...
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Return to the skies
This 52-storey headquarters for The New York Times is the first skyscraper proposed in the city since the 11 September attacks. If built, it would be Italian architect Renzo Piano's first large project in New York. Piano said: "It is not with defiance we launch this project. The truth is ...
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People's palace
Sir Terry Farrell has been calling for the walls around Buckingham Palace to be knocked down since 1999. Now he is to tell the television-watching public what he would do with the grounds if they were – this picture shows a proposed plaza at the front of the palace. Farrell ...
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Tender prices to outstrip RPI
QS EC Harris this week predicted that building tender price rises in London are likely to outstrip the retail prices index over the next two years.
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PCM launches internet safety tool
Project manager and planning supervisor PCM is developing an internet-based system to prevent accidents on site.
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Hope for the new year
To mark the launch of the new-look Building website we look back at the events that shaped the construction industry in 2001.
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DTLR plans to rationalise planning gain system
Government aims to introduce transparent formula-based process with aim of boosting affordable housing.
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Contracts
Amec awarded 10-year air dealContractor Amec has been awarded a 10-year £410m deal to provide environmental and engineering services for America's Air National Guard.Laing wins £10m refurb jobLaing Construction has been appointed construction manager for the £10m partial refurbishment of Manchester's Arndale shopping centre, set to begin in February.DL&E clinches ...
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Westbury makes prefab dream come true
Westbury Homes is to realise its vision of entirely prefabricated estates in a development in South Yorkshire.
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Top housebuilders calm market jitters
The housebuilding sector was given a pre-Christmas boost this week when Berkeley and Persimmon made bullish statements about its prospects.
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Benson poaches Mansell director for new venture
Contractor lures Mansell regional executive to head new maintenance division.
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Balfour Beatty fails to win place on NHS pilots
Balfour beatty has failed to get on the shortlist for the £300m pilots of Procure 21, compiled by NHS property arm NHS Estates.
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Multiplex Wembley plan wins FA backing
Australian contractor Multiplex's ambitious bid to underwrite a new national football stadium at Wembley received a boost after the FA announced that it was their preferred option.
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New model army
In a frantic bid for seasonal frivolity, we accosted an assortment of industry types, plied them with wine, and locked them in a room with a vast pile of household junk and a brief to recreate 2001's iconic buildings in true Blue Peter style. But would the architects, engineers or ...
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Let's work together, says new Railtrack boss Armitt
Former Costain chief executive calls for collaboration between Railtrack, operators and contractors.
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AIM hits the mark for Telford
London-based housebuilder Telford Homes has £12m to spend on its landbank after it raised £4.4m by listing on the alternative investment market and securing lending facilities.
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650-house demolition gets go-ahead
Kirklees council has given the go-ahead for the demolition of 650 houses as part of a £50m urban regeneration project in the Deighton and Brackenhall areas of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
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Amec to build £600m Scottish wind farm
Contractor Amec is overseeing the construction of the largest wind farm in Europe, which is to be built off the west coast of Scotland.
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GLA: Greenwich plan exempt from 50% rule
The office of London mayor Ken Livingstone said this week that the 50% affordable housing rule would not be enforced on the redevelopment of the Millennium Dome site.