All Building articles in 2002 issue 12 – Page 2
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NewsThe rise of Croydon
The rise of Croydon: A masterplan for the £500m redevelopment of Fairfield Halls arts complex in Croydon has been revealed by architect Timpson Manley. The scheme's landmark is a 64-storey office tower, in line with London mayor Ken Livingstone's tall buildings policy. Client is Croydon council, QS on the masterplan ...
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Contracts
Cowlin wins £8.3m hospital jobBristol-based contractor Cowlin Construction has won a £8.25m deal to build a mental health unit at the Royal Hospital in Llantrisant for Pontypridd and Rhondda NHS Trust.Shepherd lands university dealShepherd Construction has been awarded a £5m contract to build a nanotechnology research centre at the University ...
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Judge rules HTA had no Greenwich contract
HTA Architects has been told that no contract existed between itself and the developers of the £250m Greenwich Millennium Village when it was sacked from the scheme in June 1999.
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Features
Conscientious objectors
Almost 80% of fund managers are deterred from investing in firms with bad human rights or environmental records, which means that ethics has suddenly become big business. Matthew Richards finds out what construction can do to impress the money men
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CLS takes stake in new project manager
Developer CLS Holdings has taken a 25% stake in a new London-based construction and project management consultant.
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Comment
How Part L will change your life
Nick Raynsford's decision to make buildings greener by overhauling the Building Regulations was always going to have dramatic consequences for the industry. When first mooted in 2000, it threatened everything from masonry construction to the dear old lightbulb – and might have forced the Queen to fit PVCu windows in ...
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On the champagne trail
What MIPIM has to offer – as well as bubbly – is a whole continent of opportunity
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CITB launches first prefab training centre
Courses start this summer at the UK's first national training centre for workers dealing with prefabricated houses on site.
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Capita poaches Railtrack boss
Multidisciplinary business Capita Property Consultancy has poached a senior Railtrack executive, one of three new directors the firm has appointed this month.CPC, part of the listed Capita Group, said this week that John Southgate, Lindsay McCombe and Andrew Harnett had joined the firm. Southgate was formerly head of investment strategy ...
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Features
New year blues
In this month's tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reports a weak start to the year with both activity and order books down on the previous month
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Comment
Biologically better
When is a project like a biology lesson? When clients have to distinguish between parasitic, value-sucking consultants and their symbiotic integrated cousins
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FeaturesBathed in light
British architect Pringle Brandon Botschi's Austrian spa hotel encourages indulgence in its sun-drenched terraces, elegant, light-filled rooms and generous bathing areas. Pass the loofah …
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MPs slam 'squalid' South Bank
Stalled plans to refurbish the cultural complex at the South Bank Centre in London have been given a fillip by MPs.
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Egan backs project insurance
Strategic forum chairman Sir John Egan has put his weight behind plans for project-based insurance cover in a bid to integrate project teams and circumvent the rising price of professional indemnity insurance.
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Bovis and Balfour tipped to bid for Holzmann's US arm
City expects UK giants to lead chase for JA Jones, the collapsed German contractor's prize asset.
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FeaturesAppointments
HousebuildersHousebuilder Lovell has promoted Alan Taylor regional manager for Scotland. Berkeley Homes (Oxford and Chiltern) has appointed Alison Graham (left) marketing manager in Abingdon. She will work alongside Jan Howe who has recently been appointed sales and marketing director. ClientsBrixton has appointed Paul Weston, previously with Gazeley, director of development ...
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Five things to look for in annual results
Turnover This is the biggest number in the results, and the best indicator of how the business is performing. If turnover is significantly up on the previous year, that means the business is doing well. But you need to distinguish between organic growth and additional turnover from mergers and acquisitions.Profit ...
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Arup is industry’s best employer
Arup has been voted the best firm to work for in the UK construction sector, according to a Sunday Times survey.
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Brownfield fund lands £600m deal
THE English Cities Fund, a public–private partnership regeneration body launched by English Partnerships last year, is close to concluding a huge deal in east London.
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