All Building articles in 2003 issue 14 – Page 2
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Contracts
Mowlem wins £10m MoD workMowlem has landed a £10m contract from the MoD to develop the Otterburn army training area, which will be managed by Defence Estates. Sheffield council picks KierKier Group has signed a £640m limited liability partnership contract with Sheffield council for the provision of the council’s building ...
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Features
The road to completion
Mark Birchenhough explains how four types of meetings can create the perfect project
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School cap
School cap: Galliford Try and specialist Vector have just put this ETFE foil dome over Kingsdale School in Dulwich, south London. The roof brings the whole school under one space and puts a lid on a new auditorium, library, dining area and assembly hall. The scheme’s client was Southwark council, ...
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Comment
Not a holiday camp
A decade after it was launched, journalists have finally been given their first glimpse of Britain's biggest and most awesome building project, Heathrow Terminal 5. There's not much to see yet – just a few cranes and the odd dumper truck rumbling through the dirt (pages 24-27). But this is ...
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Comment
Calling like-minded lawyers
I read with interest Colin Harding's article "A paradise for parasites" (21 March, page 37). I write as a lawyer who has been involved in PFI deals in the industry (for Carillion and Bechtel) and in private practice with a firm fully committed to Rethinking Construction.Although lawyers, among other advisers, ...
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CABE calls for flexible listing system
The government's overhaul of listing buildings should aim to kick-start regeneration, architectural watchdog CABE said last week.
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Vining buys final part of defunct Citex
Birmingham consultant Vining Management has bought 12-strong French arm of Citex, the last remaining part of the former QS.
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FeaturesIf I were in your boots
In the first of a new series of columns in which industry figures sort out other people's messes, Andrew Gay, former chief executive of M&E contractor Drake & Scull, tells how support services firm Amey can climb out of the mire
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Brown: Less red tape and a boost for SMEs
The Government this week promised to cut red tape in the construction industry and boost investment in small and medium businesses.
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CITB plans training blitz
The Construction Industry Training Board has launched a trial scheme with the Learning and Skills Council to give extra training to 10,000 construction workers.
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NewsUse civil servants as roving reps, contractors tell Blair
Major Contractors Group puts pressure on government to be more active in enforcing safety on public projects.
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NewsGeorgia's big night
Young achiever of the year Georgia Elliott-Smith takes centre stage in the parade of winners at the 2003 Building Awards on Tuesday night. The 18 successful entrants with her included Taylor Woodrow, Bellway Homes, Arup and George Brumwell, general secretary of UCATT, who was personality of the year. The awards, ...
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C&M to beef up board
Acquisitive housebuilder Country & Metropolitan is to appoint former Prowting boss Terry Roydon as a non-executive director.
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BBC goes for avant-garde
The BBC this week announced a shortlist of cutting-edge architects for its music centre in west London.
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Scots parliament report attacks Bovis and DL&E
A leaked report for the Scottish Auditor General has lambasted the project team for the Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh.
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Liquid asset
Liquid asset: The Tropicana swimming pool on Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, is undergoing renovation. Located on the man-made peninsula reaching out into Weston Bay, the revamped Tropicana will include an indoor pool, a five-screen cinema, a bowling alley and a variety of bars and restaurants. Architect and planning consultant Scott Brownrigg + ...
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Prescott asks Egan to tackle skills 'disgrace'
Sir John Egan is to head a review of skills shortages in the construction industry. Deputy prime minister John Prescott has called him over fears that the industry may not be able to deliver the government's regeneration programme.
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NewsSouthwell re-emerges to make shock bid for Amey
Former head of Atkins considers offer that could make him boss of debt-ridden support services group.
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Comment
America's playground
Was the war against Saddam undertaken to liberate Iraq for the Iraqi people, or to liberate Iraqi assets for US capitalism? The signs so far are rather ominous
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Thames Gateway chief poached by Cornish agency
Tim Williams leaves east London scheme after six years to tackle renewal project in West Country conurbation.
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