All Building articles in 2002 issue 28 – Page 2
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NewsDebut in Britain
Debut in Britain: Architect Ushida Findlay has been selected by Hastings council to design a tourist information and exhibition centre and fish restaurant for the maritime Stade area of Hastings old town. The project will be the first public commission for the practice in the UK. The building will occupy ...
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Engineers threaten boycott of Constructionline service
Association of Consulting Engineers warns it will stop supporting vetting list next year if service fails to improve.
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Stunted Birmingham tower gets go-ahead
Revised proposals for a major residential tower in Birmingham were granted detailed planning permission last Thursday.
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Crash Barrier
If there's one thing that will bring the runaway housing market screeching to a halt, it's a sudden loss of confidence in the City. So, asks Gordon Jon Thompson, how can the listed housebuilders convince investors that the wheels are not about to come off?
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Barking neighbours
Your neighbours from hell may claim that what they're doing is perfectly legal, but if they're causing a nuisance, they can still end up in the doghouse
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Government backs plans to use ex-prisoners in building
Two-hundred former offenders to be offered full-time jobs after receiving six months' construction training.
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BAA backtracks over direct employment
Airports operator BAA this week went back on its promise to use only directly employed labour on the £2.5bn Heathrow Terminal 5 project.
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NewsBallast Nedam in crisis talks with loss-making UK arm
Dutch parent group discusses ways of pulling out of Britain after subsidiary loses £32m in six months.
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FeaturesAppointments
HousebuildersLaing Homes has promoted Sarah Bailey (left) to managing director of the North Home Counties branch, making her the first female MD in the housebuilder's 150-year history. She joined the company as sales and marketing director in 1999. Also at Laing Homes, Sue Marjason, previously a cabin crew attendant at ...
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FeaturesNaked ambition
Peter Stringfellow has made a mint from the industry, and now former contractor John Gray is on a mission to take his chain of lap dancing clubs to the regions. Matthew Richards asked the Californian entrepreneur about how design is key to the clubs' money-making potential
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NewsAllies and Morrison draws up Tate HQ masterplan
Redevelopment on Tate Britain’s Millbank site will include ‘architecturally distinguished’ headquarters.
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Where will it all end?
Enron's collapse should encourage construction firms to ask themselves a few hard questions
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Fire alarm
Almost 20 years after a devastating World in Action exposé, the timber frame industry is back under the microscope. This time, government-backed research has found that poor workmanship is exposing occupants of timber frame buildings to potentially fatal fire risks.
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NewsAmey to restructure after PFI crisis and share plunge
Sources claim changes may include the departure of one director and a return to pre-2000 company structure.
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Ken ‘should adopt’ bridge
London mayor Ken Livingstone should adopt the heavily delayed £15.5m Jubilee Bridge scheme, according to a new report.
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Former GLC housing architect dies aged 92
Kenneth Campbell, who headed Britain's largest council housing design department, has died aged 92.
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NewsRedrow links with Corus in £6m prefab pact
Housebuilder Redrow says a prefabrication joint venture with steel manufacturer Corus will cut building time 30%.
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Mitie profit leaps 21%
The pre-tax profit of support services group Mitie surged 21% for the year to 31 March, despite falling operating margins.The group’s profit increased from £25.1m last year to £30.4m and turnover jumped 25% to £518.9m. Turnover rose £41m to £291m in Mitie’s building services division and pre-tax profit increased from ...
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Top 100 Contractors and Housebuilders 2002
Welcome to Building’s annual league of the top 100 contractors and housebuilders in the UK. The tables clearly show another great year for construction, with total turnover, pre-tax profit and margins all breaking records.
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C&M buys Northcountry Homes for £10m plus shares
Deal to create £100m-turnover group includes £1.9m to be paid if Northcountry hits performance targets.
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