All Building articles in 2003 issue 36 – Page 2
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Cracking the crusties
Remember Swampy? You might think those noisy, unkempt students who hijacked bulldozers at Twyford Down would have settled into a placid middle age in Basingstoke by now.
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FeaturesCost model: Offices
Sustainability issues are rapidly rising up the corporate agenda. We consider the impact of sustainability measures on commercial buildings and reveal that going green need not cost the earth
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NewsConstruction couture
Interior design company Skansen will co-host an exhibition during London Fashion Week (20-25 September) in partnership with clothing designer Neil Cunningham. Demonstrating design links between fashion and construction, the exhibition will showcase photographs of Cunningham's work alongside building materials. The set, pictured, was designed by Matthew Calvert Architects.
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NewsTreasury to launch PFI charm offensive
The Treasury is planning to begin a PR offensive to counter unions' attacks on the PFI
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Carillion to free up funds by selling PFI stakes
Carillion is expected to sell some of its PFI portfolio, including a stake in the Dartford and Gravesend hospital.
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Government tests industry's capacity to do school work
Whitehall calls in Ernst & Young to assess industry's ability to carry out £60bn school refurb programme.
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Call for legal limit on office heat
Building services provider Mitie has called for the introduction of legal maximum temperatures in offices after Britain's hottest recorded summer
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Forum for young builders
The first International Youthbuilding Congress is to be held in London on 16-17 October, bringing together young people from underprivileged backgrounds in Europe and the USA.
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Brief encounter: Trust or bust
Do partnering contracts promote co-operation, or are they doomed attempts to legislate for virtue? Here the father of PPC2000 faces two of his critics …
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NewsMusic box
The Asymmetric Chamber, designed by architect David Adjaye, will be exhibited at the CUBE gallery in Manchester this month. Measuring 12.5 m × 4.5 m, the chamber's frame is made from parallam (a resin-bonded material) with a plywood floor and latticed plywood ceiling. Visitors to the chamber, which is lined ...
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Cut to the bone
If anybody on a site ever heard the great and good discussing Egan reforms, it would sound like a sermon on brotherly love delivered in the middle of a firefight
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Unhappy QSs create rival body to challenge RICS
Quantity surveyors unhappy with the RICS are setting up a rival organisation, with recruitment to begin in November.
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NewsVarsity blues
Work is under way on Foster and Partners' faculty building at Imperial College's South Kensington campus. The four-storey structure, due for completion in April 2004, will provide 4000 m2 of office space with two basement levels for parking and storage. The project team includes Exterior as contractor, Buro Happold as ...
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FeaturesThe great office meltdown has begun
After our first real taste of global warming this summer, experts are predicting that 70% of Britain's office buildings will be unusable by the summer of 2030. We find out just what this means for the construction industry
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At home with Bluestone: Contractor duped by BBC
Regional contractor Bluestone fell victim this week to a practical joke by Dead Ringers on BBC Radio 4.
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Ballast Nedam shakes up UK division
Dutch group to axe 275 jobs in UK arm Ballast as it recovers from £32m loss in first half 2002.
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NewsAukett in line for Sky studio
Television broadcaster Sky has enlisted architect Aukett Europe to assess plans for a studio in west London
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Atkins sells US subsidiary
Consultant Atkins has sold its US engineering and architecture subsidiary, Atkins Americas Holdings, to a management team for £11m.
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Bristol's arts centre gets a makeover
The Arnolfini centre for the contemporary arts in Bristol is about to receive a makeover.
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NewsBallast Nedam sells troubled UK arm to management
Dutch contractor clinches deal with buyout team after 14-month search and interest from Montpellier and Bilfinger.
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