All Building articles in 2002 issue 06 – Page 2
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FeaturesCost model: Prefabrication and preassembly
How can prefabrication and preassembly deliver the buildings that clients and designers aspire to? In this cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest looks at case studies of recent applications of preassembly techniques
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News
Contracts
Mansell wins library contractMansell Construction Services has won a £4m contract to repair and restore the grade I-listed King’s Library in the British Museum.HBG secures £33.5m dealContractor HBG Construction has won a £33.5m contract to design and build seven retail showrooms for Chartwell Land Developments at Imperial Park in Bristol.Fitzpatrick ...
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FeaturesThe mask of command
After an exemplary career in the military, Sir Antony Walker has taken up service with Aqumen. He tells Marcus Fairs some of his secrets of leadership.
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Clock ticks for ruling on Sir Robert McAlpine death
HSE to decide within next two months whether to prosecute McAlpine for subcontractor's death at City site.
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Strategic choices
What was so interesting about the league of European contractors Building published last month?
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London can't handle Olympics, says Kaufman
Influential backbench MP Gerald Kaufman has said that London should drop its plans to host the Olympic Games in 2012.
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NewsMorgan Sindall calls halt to spending spree
Group to digest recent purchases before make further acquisitions as orders top £1bn for first time.
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Call for construction GCSEs
The Construction Confederation has called for vocational subjects taught in secondary schools to be tailored to the construction industry.
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NewsBush whacker
Bush whacker: Developer Baylight Properties has opened its £12m office refurbishment in Shepherd’s Bush, west London. The scheme, designed by London practice Harper Mackay, has transformed a 1940s tax office building. It includes a glazed tower on the side of the block and a new sixth floor. The project team ...
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NewsRailtrack launches charm offensive at Bishopsgate
Forty architects invited to draw up sensitive plans for controversial goods yard on outskirts of City.
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Product innovation: Composite structural beams
Composite structural beams could revolutionise the way long-span structures such as stadiums or bridges are built. They are less than a quarter of the weight of traditional reinforced beams and have the same ultimate load capacity. Their light weight is also an advantage in situations where transporting and installing them ...
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The battle for Bishopsgate
If the City is to stem the tide of office workers leaving for Canary Wharf, it will have to overcome opposition to the development of sensitive sites such as Bishopsgate Goods Yard.
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Bart's trimmed to attract bids
Contractors Bovis Lend Lease and Bouygues have been tipped to join Skanska in the bidding race for the £620m Royal London and St Bartholomew's PFI hospitals scheme.
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Appointments
Contractors Midlands contractor William Sapcote & Sons has appointed Phil Livesey, previously with Mansell, senior project surveyor. HousebuildersJayne Boldison has been appointed sales adviser at Cala Homes. She was previously with property agent DTZ. David Taylor has joined Crest Nicholson Residential as design manager for Attwood Green in Birmingham. Consultants ...
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Alsop's C-Plex art plan gets green light
Architect Will Alsop's C-Plex arts centre scheme in the West Midlands was given the go-ahead this week after winning a lottery grant from the Arts Council of England.
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YJL turns round Allenbuild
Allenbuild has returned to profit eight months after it was acquired as a loss-maker by contractor YJL.
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FeaturesAction stations
The British Army is about as tough as clients get: complex, demanding, and heavily armed. Victoria Madine looks at how contractors can get a piece of its rapidly increasing capital budget, and on pages 45-46 Marcus Fairs interviews a general who's also a construction guru
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Five things to know about accounting standards
Why worry about International Accounting Standards?All stock-market listed companies in the European Union must prepare their accounts under International Accounting Standards by 2005 at the latest. This will make it easier to compare companies throughout the Continent.Isn’t 2005 still a long way off?Annual reports for 2005 must contain IAS-compliant comparative ...
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NewsIt’s a wrap
It’s a wrap: Wilkinson Eyre Architects has won planning permission for the remodelling and extension of a 1980s office building above Aldgate East underground station in east London. The six-storey building is to be extended by one floor and a 16-storey tower built alongside it. Curtain walling will wrap around ...
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Laing makes 41 HQ staff redundant
Laing has halved head office staff after the sale of its construction arm to O'Rourke for £1.
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