All Building articles in 2002 issue 49 – Page 2
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FeaturesCost model: High-rise housing refurbishment
The government is reappraising the UK’s social housing in order to meet its decent homes target by 2010. Here, Davis Langdon & Everest examines the costs, key issues and associated problems of refurbishing a tower block
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Contracts
Jarvis wins three school PFIsJarvis has been appointed preferred bidder by Salford council to design, build and operate three PFI special needs schools in Salford.Lovell estate gets approvalA consortium including affordable homes provider Lovell has won the go-ahead from Barnet council to draw up plans to redevelop the West Hendon ...
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Contaminated land rules to be tightened
The government this week proposed changes to the Building Regulations to deal with global warming and the difficulties of developing brownfield land.
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Digital Construction
Soon, we are going to have to ditch all the elaborate, expensive paraphernalia of the paper world, from fax machines to photocopiers. Here is a selection of articles from Building's guide to what's going to replace it and how it's going to change the way we do business.
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Foster unveils World Trade Centre designs
Architect Foster and Partners this week presented its designs for the World Trade Centre site in New York.
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NewsFirst terror-proof tower in UK goes up at Canary Wharf
Barclays headquarters will contain panic rooms, anti bioterror air-conditioning and extra fire escapes.
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Comment
Digital building is here
There's a scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise walks into a fashion boutique in 2054 and is greeted by intelligent adverts that know everything about him from what clothes he buys to what toothpaste he uses. This, say retail experts, is not inconceivable. Now substitute the mall with a ...
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Selfridges boss picks Ito for Glasgow store
Japanese architect Toyo Ito has been selected to design a £90m department store for Selfridges in Glasgow.
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Bolt in the blue
Bolt in the blue: The £50m first phase of Farnborough airport in Hampshire has been completed. The largest part of the development, designed by Reid Architecture for TAG Aviation, is a 300 × 45 m hangar and the project also includes an air traffic control tower with illuminated lift. Structural ...
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FeaturesHow to cut paper (before it cuts you)
BuildOnline's net-based project collaboration tool is designed to eliminate paper drawings and slash administration costs. Andy Pearson meets the intrepid team in Gateshead that has been testing the system, and asks: did they resist the temptation to print?
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The bank with backbone
Barclays is paving the way for terror-proof skyscrapers at its new head office in Docklands. Is its reinforced core the way to convince tenants to move into tall buildings?
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Amey faces City pressure to write down more assets
Analysts warn that contractor's overvaluing of US subsidiary Comax will lead to readjustments next year.
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NewsAmec and WSP temper profit expectations
AMEC and WSP added to the black clouds gathering over the construction and support services sectors, by issuing warnings of a deteriorating market.
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Alsop wins Fourth Grace
A consortium led by architect Will Alsop has been chosen to develop the £100m Fourth Grace cultural project in Liverpool.
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MoD chastised for £300m Plymouth overspend
The Ministry of Defence has been ordered to take greater control of its construction projects after cost increases of almost £300m on the Devonport nuclear submarine facility in Plymouth.
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Skanska to bid for £290m Beijing subway job
Skanska has set up a joint venture with Beijing's largest contractor to bid for a £290m extension to the city's subway.
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Site deaths fell by quarter in 2002, HSE report reveals
Number of fatal injuries to construction site workers falls by 25% to 79 from last year's high of 105.
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News£190m Victoria office to go ahead despite downturn
Land Securites to persevere with Esso Glen project in the hope of cashing in when market recovers in 2004.
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Building firms among UK's 100 fastest growing
construction firms figured strongly in the list of the 100 fastest growing UK firms compiled each year by The Sunday Times.
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