All Building articles in 2002 issue 35 – Page 2
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NewsHappy campus
Happy campus: Work is due to start on these Percy Thomas Architects-designed plans for a £40m main campus building for the Combined Universities of Cornwall. The 20,000 m2 development is a collaboration between eight institutions, including the universities of Exeter and Plymouth. The engineer on the project is Buro Happold, ...
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Cambridge may slash spending by one-third
Cambridge University is to review its building and maintenance programme after it predicted revenue deficits over the next three years.
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NewsWimpey deal to buy Laing Homes fails to materialise
Disappointed City cuts share price of the firms after they do not announce sale at their interim results meetings.
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NewsMPs: London does not need tall buildings
Select committee report says high-rise towers do not make best use of space or prevent urban sprawl.
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FeaturesCost model: Tall buildings
Despite the fate of the World Trade Centre, developer interest in tall buildings hasn’t diminished – and will increase if the mayor’s plan for London is put into effect. Here Davis Langdon & Everest, Arup and Mott Green and Wall summarise the key issues and examine the costs of building ...
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Consultants gear up for British casino boom
A multidisciplinary group of construction firms has teamed up to take advantage of expected changes in British law that they believe will lead to a boom in casino construction.
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NewsCamberwell beauty
Camberwell beauty: Chetwood Associates has submitted a planning application to redevelop a derelict bus depot in Camberwell, south London. The two-acre brownfield site, which has a reputation as a crime blackspot, will be regenerated to include retail, leisure and residential units. New town centre parking will be provided, along with ...
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Meacher backs RICS’ global plan
A BODY set up by UK building consultants to promote international best practice has been praised by environment minister Michael Meacher at its inaugural meeting in Johannesburg.
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NewsFoster called back to save Elephant & Castle scheme
Council backtracks and asks architect to return five months after it was kicked out along with its consortium.
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NewsThe Empress strikes back
The Empress strikes back: West London's landmark Y-shaped office tower, the Empress State Building in Earl's Court, is being refurbished to designs by Wilkinson Eyre Architects. The £78m project involves recladding all three concave facades and adding aluminium sunshading on the south facade. The tower will be topped by a ...
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NewsAustralia fair
Australia fair: American architect Skidmore Owings & Merrill, in association with local practice Woods Bagot, has scooped three awards for its £35m Adelaide Convention Centre, completed last year. “The centre exudes vitality and colour,” said one judge at the Royal Australian Institute of Architecture, which gave the centre awards for ...
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Knockout argument
The received wisdom nowadays is that adjudication is better than going to court. But sometimes the court can offer a quick victory at a bargain price
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Putting an end to it all
An employer who wishes to terminate a deal had better not take the contract too literally, as sometimes its most important rule is an unwritten one
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FeaturesAfter the fall
A year after the day that everybody said would change everything forever, we have apparently returned to business as usual. But, as Matthew Richards reports, the commercial and psychological trauma of 11 September is still very much with us
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Five things you need to know about office romance
Know any architects? A whopping 48% of designers are single. So if your office isn't packed with available talent – you know where to go.Who needs dating agencies? One in four long-term relationships starts at work. Long working hours and a shared interest mean you're as likely to meet someone ...
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National Trust presses ahead with £50m housing scheme
Redrow and Bryant to build 650-home development in Cheshire – 25 years after it was first suggested.
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Terminal 5 must have union official on site, says UCATT
Call comes after breakdown in talks between construction unions and Laing O’Rourke over workers’ pay.
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G&T lands £5m Clarence House revamp
The construction management arm of Gardiner & Theobald has won the race for the £5m contract to refurbish Clarence House.
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Jarvis regroups for £3bn army job
A Jarvis-led consortium bidding for a £3bn defence PFI scheme has been reorganised after three of its members pulled out.
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NewsBBC suspends decision on £200m Broadcasting House
Corporation still split between construction managers Schal and Bovis Lend Lease for high-profile scheme.
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