All Building articles in 2003 issue 01 – Page 2

  • Features

    Flight from reality?

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Airports have to expand, but doing the work seems strangely problematic

  • Features

    Whitehall’s thrilling finish

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    The government’s last minute race to upgrade public services

  • Features

    Nowhere fast

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Rail policy is still hopelessly entangled in funding crises

  • News

    Guggenheim drops plans for New York HQ

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    American architect Frank Gehry's plans for a £613m follow-up to the Guggenheim art gallery in New York have been abandoned because of the client's financial problems.

  • Features

    Difficult neighbours

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    How the government will tackle impossible house prices in the South and impossible houses in the North

  • News

    London developers team up

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Developers Hammerson and Pillar Property are planning to to link their projects on neighbouring sites in north-west London.

  • News

    HSE: Fall in site deaths is not yet a ‘trend’

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    The Health and Safety Executive told the government this week that a trend towards fewer fatalities and major non-fatal injuries on site has not been established.

  • Features

    Death watch

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Safety will come under intense scrutiny from government and clients

  • Features

    Tough days in the office

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Stagnating demand in the commercial sector will overshadow 2003

  • Features

    Crash!

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    The prospects for IT in the wake of the great Atkins debacle

  • News

    Corner-cutting

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Corner-cutting: Architect Rem Koolhaas’ design for the £385m headquarters of the Chinese television corporation in Beijing has been revealed to the public. Koolhaas’ practice, Office for Metropolitan Architecture beat off 10 competitors to win the project, including Dominique Perrault, Kohn Pedersen Fox and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The 230 m ...

  • News

    Contracts

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Overbury lands £12m contractOverbury, the fit-out arm of contractor Morgan Sindall, has won a £12m contract to refurbish central London offices of financial consultant Deloitte & Touche.Mansell wins £10m MoD workContractor Mansell has been awarded three contracts worth £10m by Defence Estates, the property arm of the Ministry of Defence. ...

  • Features

    Contracts to watch

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    PFI abroadPFI is going global – and UK firms’ expertise is required everywhere from Ireland to Turkey. Beijing Olympics 2008This year, China will start awarding tenders for what is likely to be the most ambitious Olympics of all time. Firms are licking their lips at the prospect of the £23bn ...

  • Features

    People who need people: Construction's management in crisis

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    The modern industry demands news skills from its leaders

  • Comment

    We have to close now

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    If your various legal proceedings have failed to get your debtor to pay up, you might consider a winding-up petition. But you may also find that things turn against you

  • News

    Tube deal heralds bumper profits

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    PPP is set to bring handsome rewards for the consortium that has just taken over part of the London Underground.

  • Features

    Changes to the Building Regulations

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Part A: StructuresConsultation on amending this section took place in 2001 and the part on disproportionate collapse has been rewritten. However, the events of 11 September have meant that this section has come under intense scrutiny, which has delayed the publication. Expect new guidance late in the year. Part B: ...

  • News

    DL&E to get new boss

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Rob Smith is taking over the reins from Paul Morrell as senior partner at quantity surveyor Davis Langdon & Everest.

  • News

    Ex-Skanska boss set to take over Galliford Try

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Former Skanska boss Andy Sturgess has been tipped to succeed David Calverley as chief executive of Galliford Try after his appointment as managing director of the construction arm.

  • News

    Egan bodies set to cut numbers by merging

    2003-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Rethinking Construction, the umbrella body overseeing the implementation of the Egan agenda, is considering a merger with one of its subsidiary organisations.