All Building articles in 2002 issue 16 – Page 2
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FeaturesCity of Manchester Stadium
It's the roller-coaster roof, visible from miles around, that is the big giveaway. Manchester's £110m stadium, designed by Arup and Arup Associates, is Britain's answer to the Stade de France, north of Paris, completed in 1997. It has a similar lightweight canopy that swoops up and down over the stands ...
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NewsA new chapter
A new chapter: Bournemouth's millennium library opened to the public on Wednesday. The four-storey, £10.5m project comprises a 3600 m2 PFI-funded library on the top two floors and speculative retail space on the bottom two. The architect is Building Design Partnership, main contractor is Kier, QS is Northcroft and civil, ...
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Comment
An offer you can't refuse
Is mediation now mandatory? Well, parties that refuse an offer to mediate without good reason may find they lose out on costs even when they they win the case
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Comment
Business as usual
The City largely ignores construction, believing it to be far too risky an enterprise. We should return the compliment and just get on with making money
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O'Rourke is Building's personality of the year
Ray O'Rourke, Sir Frank Lampl, Carillion, Barratt and Mace were among the 18 winners of the 2002 Building Awards, the construction industry's biggest annual event.The awards were held at a gala dinner at London's Le Meridien Grosvenor House Hotel, attended by a record 1600 guests, including ministers and industry leaders.The ...
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Features
Sir Robert McAlpine ends reign of Bovis Lend Lease
McAlpine takes top spot on yearly table as Bowmer & Kirkland climbs from 16th to first place for March.
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Tax rise will boost cowboys, warns industry
National Insurance and tax changes introduced in last week’s Budget will encourage bogus self-employment and the black economy, the Construction Confederation said this week.Deputy chairman Peter Elston said proposed changes to VAT for businesses with a turnover of less than £100,000 needed to be reviewed, as they would give subcontractors ...
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NewsBlackpool's bulge
Blackpool's bulge: KSS Sports and Leisure has designed this snow dome for a site just outside Blackpool. The 55,000 m2 scheme includes a ski village, water park and cinema. The client is Whyndyke Development Corporation. The project team includes Sinclair Knight Merz as structural engineer, WSP Environmental as environmental consultant, ...
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EH outlines vision for Bishopsgate site
English Heritage has issued two reports outlining its vision for the redevelopment of a controversial site on the fringe of the City of London. The conservation body has recommended that a mixed-use development be built above the Bishopsgate Goods Yard site.
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Comment
Prudence's big gamble
So, what did Gordon Brown do for – or to – us in the Budget? Depending on your degree of cynicism, he either put 42 new hospitals in the post, or republicised those already sent. Either way, the good news is that a glistening 21-century NHS will boost employment through ...
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Two big Gallagher schemes get go-ahead
Birmingham developer Gallagher Estates has received planning consent for two enormous brownfield housing schemes in Bedfordshire and Scotland.
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Features
So what happened to Labour's big ideas?
In 1997, after 18 years of Tory rule, Tony Blair’s Labour government won power with gushing promises of integrated transport systems, world-class public services and an urban renaissance. Five years on, it’s time to make an assessment of how many it has delivered on.
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Bechtel turnover down but profit steady
Infrastructure giant Bechtel’s turnover fell 6.3% to £9.4bn last year.
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NewsBalfour defends Ilisu Dam role
Balfour Beatty has used its first environmental and social report to defend its involvement in the Ilisu Dam project in Turkey.
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Features
Better on balance
In this month's tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reports firms are starting to feel a little more positive with order books and tender prices balances improving across the board
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Comment
The claimant strikes back
A judge may not like it when a party fails to comply with a court order, but they should think twice before striking out the claim altogether
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NewsAudit office backs Portcullis procurement
The government was right to use construction management to build the £250m Portcullis House, the government spending watchdog has found.
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NewsRogers attacks Brown's 'short-sighted' Budget
Cities must be renewed before NHS or money will be 'partly wasted', says former chairman of urban taskforce.
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CABE to ask contractors how it is doing
Architecture watchdog CABE has asked the chief executives of Britain’s 30 largest contractors to a meeting today to discuss design.
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FeaturesManchester Art Gallery
Designed by Michael Hopkins & Partners, the £35m extension to the rear of Manchester's classical art gallery is a perfect fit. Before the extension was built, the gallery comprised two free-standing stone buildings designed in the classical style by Charles Barry, the architect of the Palace of Westminster. In contrast, ...
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