All Building articles in 2003 issue 07 – Page 2
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NewsSecond delivery
Balfour Beatty has won the £32m design-and-build contract for phase two of the redevelopment Edinburgh's post office. The building, in Waterloo Place, is to become offices. Balfour is completing the first phase of the project – demolition of the core and retention of the grade A-listed facades. The offices will ...
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Comment
Dead men tell no tales
We have a death, an explosion and some suspect information. Thank the House of Lords for making it easier to prove whodunnit
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Comment
A shot in the dark
The cavalier way ministers have dealt with planning reforms could mean that the promised bright new dawn in planning turns quickly into a long cold night …
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David Curry
Prescott's communities plan may mean well – despite upsetting Daily Mail readers – but it still creates more questions than it answers
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HSE moves to tighten tower crane safety rules
Safety body aims to create tighter standards for testing and use following Canary Wharf tragedy in 2000.
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Five in running for Coventry masterplan
Architects Levitt Bernstein and HTA head a five-strong shortlist to oversee the £200m redevelopment of four rundown housing estates in Coventry.
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Confusion reigns at St Pancras
A question mark hangs over the £16m fit-out of one of the rail stations at the centre of the regeneration of the King's Cross St Pancras area, writes Sally Mesner.
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NewsIn Dublin's fairer city
Construction of 95 homes in the Shangan area of the Ballymun estate in Dublin is nearing completion. The £8.5m Levitt Bernstein-designed scheme is part of the first phase of the regeneration of the estate, which will involve the demolition and rebuilding of 2000 homes. The masterplan for the scheme, which ...
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NewsMy brilliant Korea
Multidisciplinary consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff has been commissioned to draw up the architectural, structural and M&E designs for this £40m Qatar Broadcasting Services Complex in Doha, Qatar. The complex will consist of two towers flanked by two three-storey structures shaped like the wings of an aeroplane. These will house ...
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Wales wants jobs for the boyos
The Welsh assembly has called for local workers to be favoured on large projects in Wales, and has called for European rules on discrimination to be bypassed.
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NewsBoom time for fit-out, says Bluu
Construction group Connaught said this week that it had bulging order books for the fit-out and social housing divisions.
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Comment
Call their bluff
The legal system is tilted in favour of claimants, thanks mainly to the 'pre-action protocol' that lets them growl defendants into submission. But you can fight back …
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NewsBetter yet
The Peabody Trust had a simple brief for Feilden Clegg Bradley: take the lessons learned from prefabrication at Murray Grove and Raines Dairy and do better. We find how the architect did just that
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FeaturesBattle of Trafalgar
The pigeons have left Trafalgar Square, but a new menace has arrived – contractors causing chaos. And yet the British public has such low expectations of builders, it hasn't logged a single complaint. With this going on, what hope do we have of attracting talent to our industry?
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Government attacked over Constructionline
The vetting service Constructionline is proving ineffective because the government is failing to provide support, according to Peter Elston, chairman of the Construction Confederation
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Llewellyn arm is bought out
Forge Llewellyn, a subsidiary of contractor Rok, has completed a management buyout.
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FMB finds new ammo for war on VAT
The Federation of Master Builders aims to use fresh evidence in its long running struggle to reduce VAT on domestic repair and maintenance.
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NewsRogers, Hadid, Alsop, Farrell Cullinan, Grimshaw: No war
Lord Rogers spearheads architects' public opposition to attack on Iraq with march and open letter to Blair.
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NewsLend Lease aims to stop the rot with board shake-up
Giant Australian developer switches key personnel and merges divisions prior to announcing huge loss.
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NewsPidgley Jr unrepentant after bid for Berkeley collapses
Son of Berkeley chief says he has warchest of £1bn to scoop up another big housebuilder and take it private.
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