All Building articles in 2002 issue 21 – Page 2
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NewsDance fever
Dance fever: Leeds practice Carey Jones has received planning permission for a £16.5m HQ for the Northern Ballet Theatre and Phoenix Dance companies. The building will be on Quarry Hill in the heart of Leeds' cultural quarter. The development, jointly funded by the Arts Council and local firm KW Linfoot, ...
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Immigrant 'working holiday' scheme to ease skills crisis
Home Office puts forward plan to allow foreign labour into country for up to six months to meet needs.
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The cost of the labour shortage
The construction confederation says that the skills gap can be closed by putting more money into vocational courses. The government, meanwhile, is looking overseas for a solution.
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Contracts
ouble win for ShepherdShepherd has bagged two projects – the £15m first phase of the £150m Clarence Dock scheme in Leeds for housebuilder Berkeley, and a £9.7m deal to build a seven-storey block for the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University.Balfour wins Forth Bridge jobBalfour Beatty has won a ...
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NewsConference homes in on housing issues
The Tibbalds TM2-designed Ingress Park housing scheme at Greenhithe in the East Thames corridor (second phase pictured left) is one of the featured schemes at the Building for Life conference on 3 July.The one-day conference for planners, housebuilders and consultants will be at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London. The ...
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NewsTropus denies sour grapes claims over Wembley report
Consultant rejects allegation by client WNSL that it wrote critical study because it lost contract.
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NewsCapital gain
Capital gain: Skanska's specialist fit-out company Kontor, has refurbished and linked two buildings in Whitfield Street, central London, for London Merchant Securities. The buildings were extended to provide 3363 m2 of floor space and incorporate two lifts, a seven-storey emergency staircase and a rooftop pavilion and terrace. Architect was EPR, ...
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Features
Five tips on group brainstorming
There's no such thing as a bad idea It's a brainstorming session, not a serious debate. Remember, this is supposed to be fun, so don't criticise other people's ideas.It's a collaborative effort One good idea can grow another and an idea suggested by one person can trigger a better one ...
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HWA will be bought by management
Laing has signed an exclusivity deal with the management team leading a buy-out of its niche contractor Holloway White Allom.
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Building boss jailed for double manslaughter
The owner of a building firm has been jailed for 18 months after he was found guilty of the manslaughter of two workers.
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EP boosts housebuilding in North-west
Regeneration quango English Partnerships has agreed the sale of land for 400 homes across the north-west of England.
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C&M boosted by sale of stake in Tay
Housebuilder Country & Metropolitan announced mediocre results for the six months to 28 February, disguised by the sale of a stake in Tay Homes that artificially boosted profit 66%.
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DTLR bites the dust in departmental shake-up
The resignation of Stephen Byers as secretary of state for transport, local government and the regions on Tuesday has resulted in the break-up of the DTLR.
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Bishopsgate demolition could start 'within weeks'
Tube bosses aim to begin knocking down arches in disputed goods yard to push through East London Line.
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Wage bill threatens Labour's public services plans
RICS warns that shortages of skilled staff at a time of peak demand is fuelling a sharp rise in construction costs.
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NewsBack to the future
Back to the future: This Michael Hopkins-designed art gallery in Manchester opened last week. The gallery, for the city council, unites and extends two early 19th-century buildings designed by Sir Charles Barry. The buildings are joined by a frameless glass link. The project's structural and services engineer was Arup, the ...
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Stores to axe unsafe contractors
Contractors will be forced to comply with tough new health and safety targets or face being axed from the tender lists of leading clients.
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Overseas firms dominate the UK market in April
Ironically, Jarvis had a good month, but the other top spots are taken by French, Swedish and Australian firms.
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FeaturesAppointments
HousebuildersCharles Church has appointed Mike Tilley, previously with Alfred McAlpine, sales and marketing director of its South Midlands region. Independent housebuilder Britannia Developments has appointed Kate Norton field sales manager.ConsultantsMultidisciplinary practice FaberMaunsell has taken on Peter Hirst, previously with Aspen Burrow Crocker, as associate director of its Birmingham building engineering ...
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