All Building articles in 2002 issue 41 – Page 2
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Help for Thames Gateway
The co-ordinating body behind the 1100 ha Thames Gateway regeneration project is looking for up to three urban regeneration companies to be set up.
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Manchester's SportCity enters second phase
Countryside Properties is to submit a planning application in February for the second phase of SportCity's residential quarter, part of the £2bn east Manchester regeneration programme.
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Comment
Don't be nice, be fair
Partnership and trust are great, but that's not what contracts are are there to promote. They are there to make sure that people do what they say they will
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Farrell director to head Swanke’s London office
US architect Swanke Hayden Connell International has poached a Terry Farrell & Partners director to lead architectural design at its 100-strong London office.
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Housing starts fail to plug hole in demand
Government figures published this week revealed that Britain's housing supply crisis is worsening.
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Tube PPP: Further delays in the pipeline
Consortiums endure yet more frustration and expense as deal closure is postponed until Christmas – or beyond.
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HSE inspections cut by over half, says report
The number of Health and Safety Executive inspections in construction has fallen by more than half in the past five years, according to a new report.
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PPPs are here to stay, Prescott tells critics
The government owes it to the electorate to continue with public–private partnerships, deputy prime minister John Prescott said this week.
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NSCC urges government to intervene in insurance crisis
National Specialist Contractors Council calls for government review, as situation becomes 'desperate'.
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FeaturesFoster's cover up
First Norman Foster gave us his erotic gherkin, now he's come up with an apartment complex that has more curves than a Rubens nude. But far from baring all, he's draped an elegant roof down its flank. Thomas Lane measures the vital statistics
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FeaturesCost study: Phoenix Natural Gas HQ
Northern Ireland’s gas supplier didn’t want to have to pay astronomical energy bills, fall behind and end up suing itself for its own money. Cartwright Pickard Architects and QS Gardiner & Theobold explain how the team managed to avert this fate by delivering a building that not only achieved a ...
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Comment
The unbearable cost of cover
Few tears were shed outside the Square Mile when crisis struck those apparently loathsome insurance companies after 11 September. A year on, though, insurers – in the great tradition of that industry – are passing the burden on to their customers. Now it is construction firms that face ruin as ...
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NewsCorridor of learning:
Corridor of learning: A planning application for a £10m arts complex at Hull College was submitted last week. The scheme includes a school of art and design and a school of media and performing arts. It is the first element in a £1bn regeneration scheme, called the River Hull Learning ...
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Prescott takes control
John Prescott's recent changes to regeneration policy have persuaded some that things might really get better for deprived communities. And they might, too …
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Contracts
Balfour signs Durham dealContractors Balfour Beatty and Wates have signed seven-year alliances with Durham council to handle all its construction and road work. The deal is expected to be worth up £140m.Chilean prisons lure HLMArchitect HLM Design will work as lead designer and concept architect on three PFI prisons in ...
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Closing time
Clear contractual arrangements can save arguments over when practical completion has occurred. But be careful – an overly stingent definition can backfire
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Whitehall can’t regenerate our cities, says Rogers
Urban taskforce chairman says devolvement of power, not government policy, is the key to urban regeneration.
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Features
Five museums of the built environment
Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Contains more than 25 historic buildings spanning seven centuries with detailed accounts of their design. The collection includes a 1940s prefab, a 15th-century merchant's house and a windmill. Call 01527-831363 for details.The Building of Bath MuseumThis covers the masterplanning that transformed a small provincial spa into ...
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Features
Give yourself a break
Keep yourself up to date with tax concessions and you can save your firm loadsamoney
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Industry on verge of internet boom
Construction IT firm BuildOnline has predicted an explosion in the use of collaboration software to replace documentation.
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