All Building articles in 2002 issue 01 – Page 3
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News
Amec boss knighted in new year honours
Queen rewards Peter Mason, Eden Project architect Nicholas Grimshaw and Arup's Nigel Thompson.
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News
Alsop condemns rejected housing estate scheme
Architect brought in to sell £234m renewal plan for London estate slams project after tenants vote against it.
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Contractor admits safety breach
Contractor Billington Structures has admitted breaching health and safety regulations in connection with the death of a worker at Sheffield United's football ground in December 2000.
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Features
Working abroad
Mandy Clarke, personnel director at engineer Buro Happold, tells Victoria Madine how the company selects and prepares employees for secondments abroad
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Comment
When in Rome …
Will there ever be a European standard form? Maybe, says Henry Sherman, but don't hold your breath
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News
Euro HQ may be £800m over budget
The European Commission's headquarters in Brussels could become one of the world's most expensive buildings because of spiralling renovation costs, a report by two Belgian senators has claimed.
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Gleeds chosen as QS for £8m hospital job
Consultant Gleeds has been appointed as QS on this £8m redevelopment of the Devonshire Royal Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire. The building was originally constructed as stables in the 18th century for the fifth Duke of Devonshire, but will now become the centrepiece of a campus site for the University of ...
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£47m scheme gets go-ahead
Housebuilder Persimmon has been given the go-ahead for a £47m development on the site of the old Orwell Terminal timber works in Ipswich, Suffolk. The development includes an 11-storey tower with 354 houses and apartments, restaurants and bars. Persimmon said the Robert Macdonald-designed scheme would trigger the regeneration of Ipswich ...
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Hanson spends £41m in Canada
Building materials group Hanson has paid £41.4m for Canadian firm Centennial Concrete Pipe and Products. The company said Centennial would strengthen its presence in Ontario. Hanson only spent £28m on acquisitions last year as it was concentrating on reducing its debt, which stood at £1.47bn at the end of the ...
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25-storey Deptford tower receives CABE approval
Architectural watchdog Cabe has this week given the go-ahead to one tall building in London, but rejected another.
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News
Balfour buys Euro rail projects for £25m
Balfour Beatty says the purchase of rail electrification projects in five European countries will strengthen its dominant position in the rail infrastructure market.
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News
Bovis Lend Lease wins £134m City scheme
Bovis Lend Lease has won a £134m construction management contract for phase one of Plantation Place, one of the largest office developments in the City of London.
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Bovis takes over £1.2bn World Trade Centre clear-up
Contractor beats off competition from US firms to take charge of work at disaster site.
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Comment
As you were
Judges would be advised to tread carefully when asked to scrutinise adjudicators' decisions
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