All Building articles in 2003 issue 14 – Page 3

  • Features

    Against the grain

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Tucked away in a Lincolnshire village, Gordon Cowley has been quietly revolutionising the world of timber design. Thomas Lane reports on his experimental approach to complex projects – and his very own product inventions

  • News

    Setback for Atkins after candidate snubs job offer

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Consultant draws up shortlist of six for chief executive after applicant declines chief operating officer post.

  • News

    US firm wants my advice on post-war work, says Iraqi

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Kellogg Brown & Root may hire exiled historian to help select UK partners and advise on Islamic issues.

  • Comment

    Premature adjudication

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances – and heaven help them if they get the timing wrong

  • Features

    An 80s revival

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    You remember the 1980s: big hair, De Lorean cars, awful music and the free-fire enterprise zones that gave us London Docklands. Now Labour is going to bring back at least one of the above, with its idea for creating areas where the usual planning process is suspended. But will they ...

  • Features

    Catch-55

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    The prospect of earning £55,000 a year at Heathrow Terminal 5 should prompt a stampede of skilled labourers to west London. But are they ready to live in a community of 4500 men, under constant surveillance, with the same security checks used in the Occupied Territories?

  • News

    Canaries plan £45m scheme

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Norwich City FC has unveiled a £45m development plan that includes a stand, a hotel and 300 waterfront flats.

  • News

    £13m paid for shipyard regeneration plan

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    The South East England Development Agency has bought the Woolston shipyard site in Southampton for £13m from support services and shipbuilding company VT Group.

  • Features

    £1000 Building Essay prize

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    This year, Building will be celebrating its 160th birthday. To mark the occasion we will be publishing a special supplement, Building160, that will look at how the construction industry is likely to fare over the next 30 years.

  • News

    CCS Group in national top 100 for growth

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    North London-based contractor and civil engineer CCS Group has been named as one of the 100 fastest growing mid-market companies in the UK for the third year running.

  • News

    Wembley site to earn Quintain £1.1m a year

    2003-04-11T00:00:00Z

    Developer Quintain Estates has bought a site in Wembley to help pay for its £500m plan to regenerate an 18 ha area surrounding the national stadium.

  • Features

    Thames Gateway chief poached by Cornish regeneration agency

    2003-04-10T17:57:00Z

    Tim Williams leaves east London scheme after six years to tackle renewal project in West Country conurbation.

  • Features

    CITB plans 10,000-worker training blitz

    2003-04-10T17:56:00Z

    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.The trial project, which will cost £9m, is funded by the learning council. It is being run in 10 areas and will end in July next year.If ...

  • Features

    Appointments

    2003-04-10T13:17:00Z

    This week's movers and shakers

  • Features

    Just the job

    2003-04-10T12:57:00Z

    Ian Strathdee talks to James Hughes about setting up Mackenzie Partnership's contract consultancy