All Building articles in 2003 issue 18 – Page 2
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Comment
Dawn of the übermanager
Regarding your "Go-faster bunnies" article on 25 April (pages 50-52), it was heartening to hear people in the industry talking about the benefits that education brings.
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FeaturesDavid Langdon & Everest's Rob Smith
Davis Langdon & Everest’s new boss tells us about his plans for the QS in the chilly days to come. Nothing drastic – just a complete change of culture and business strategy …
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NewsPrescott sets up taskforce to crack housing crisis
ODPM pulls 180 officials into dedicated regeneration team to tackle shortage of homes in South-east.
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PFI slammed for 'concealing cost overruns'
PFIs conceal cost overruns by increasing their budgets between the appointment of the preferred bidder and financial close, a leading critic of the PFI has claimed.
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Comment
Drawing to a close
Architectural drawings were once signature pieces that told us a lot about those who did them. Now the RIBA has a great scheme to save them from extinction
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Comment
Cheap and far from cheerful
I am moved to comment on Building's news story about Romanian workers to be given work permits for the UK (21 March, page 11) and the article on foreign staff working on a London site (17 April, page 36).
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News
CABE goes to Paris to improve social housing
Design watchdog CABE has teamed up with its French counterpart, Direction de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, to launch a competition for social housing in London and Paris, writes Sally Mesner.
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Comment
CABE on the threshold
One of the more remarkable British success stories since the millennium has been the rise of CABE, whose leading lights feature on this week's cover.
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FeaturesBudget? Fudge it!
Politicians, bureaucrats, voters and contractors all want to believe that ambitious public projects offer value for money – but the costs quoted in a shocking new book tell another story. Could PFI be the solution?
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News
Pay row could lead to brick crisis, says NFB
The National Federation of Builders has warned members that they could face brick shortages if workers at materials supplier Hanson vote for strike action.
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MDA directors set up rival QS with former boss
David Clark and Paul Mansell join forces with former boss David Somerset to found Matrix.
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CommentBlow your rights
Why try to compare litigation with mediation when they do different things? We have mediation because we can't afford to find out what the truth is
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News
Bigging up the style council
The industry's architectural watchdog has grown from a small group of dedicated personnel to a multi-layered organisation with staunch government backing. Here we chart the rise and rise of CABE
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NewsLevitt Bernstein wins German design contest
Architect Levitt Bernstein has won an international design competition for 221 homes in Straelen, a town near Düsseldorf, west Germany.
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NewsBabtie curbs staff travel because of fears over Sars
Consultant's Hong Kong and UK offices hold meetings by video as virus epidemic shows no signs of abating.
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Bucknall Austin hires boss
Quantity surveyor Bucknall Austin has appointed John Morgan chief executive.
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NewsLatham rebuffs Prescott attack
Construction Industry Training Board chairman Sir Michael Latham has written to deputy prime minister John Prescott to reject his allegation that the CITB is a "disgrace"
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NewsArts in gear
Britain's latest centre for the visual and performing arts has been opened at Oxford House in Bethnal Green, east London. The £2m Oh!art facility, the work of All Clear Designs, is an 770 m2 extension to a Victorian building. When it opens in July, it will provide a 180-seat dance ...
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Atkins races to appoint boss
The board of consultant Atkins is hoping to appoint a chief executive by July.
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