All Building articles in 2003 issue 44 – Page 3
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NewsBig in Beijing
A joint-venture team consisting of architect Foster and Partners, engineer Arup and Dutch airport planner NACO has won a contest to design the Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3. The terminal is to be built between the airport's eastern runway and a planned third runway. The terminal building to be ...
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Look before you leap
I'd like to invite Paul Reeder (24 October, Wonders and blunders, page 40) to come and visit the new-look Hayward Gallery.
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Brief encounter: The battle of words
Is the new 30-page JCT Major Projects Form dangerously scanty, or fashionably lean? Our chatroom guests weigh up the contract and its implications
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FeaturesCecil Balmond
He doesn't recognise fixed systems of order, closed symmetries or assumptions of hierarchy, and sees structure as connective patterns. Man's clearly a bounder. We try to talk some sense into him.
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Bilfinger Berger withdraws bid for Ballast
German contractor Bilfinger Berger has withdrawn its bid for the PFI and facilities management arm of failed contractor Ballast, leaving outsourcing specialist Mapeley as the clear frontrunner
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Getting from A to B
The government can't work out why construction isn't delivering the schools and hospitals it promised the public. Actually, it's not that hard to see why
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Interior wins best of best in Specialist Contractor Awards
Building's first ever awards for specialist contractors have been won by Interior Services Group.
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HSE asks courts to give tougher safety fines
Tim Walker, the director-general of the Health and Safety Executive, has called for a sharp increase in fines for companies who put staff at risk in the workplace by breaking safety regulations.
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NewsPrince Charles joins bidders for Ashford masterplan
Prince's Foundation joins shortlist of five, raising prospect of a 31,000-home Poundbury in Kent growth area.
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Heirs and graces: Prince Charles gets in on Ashford shortlist
The Prince's Foundation has a fair chance of winning the 31,000-home masterplan for the Kent growth area – they're pally with Prescott, and win points for planning-delay-busting design codes. So is Ashford set to be another Poundbury?
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FeaturesWinner takes all
Giving up your job to become a freelancer will always involve some risk, especially if you are under 30. But as Amanda Hales, a 29-year-old QS, testifies the gamble can definitely pay off
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Spot the adjudication loophole
I am advising a builder who has a dispute with a private residential client. His contract, a standard JCT98 form, states that there is provision for adjudication.
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NewsSpiderman faces legal action over Taywood crane protest
Fathers' rights activist has halted work on firm's Tower Bridge site by living on top of crane dressed as superhero.
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Liverpool shortlists six for £85m dock
Six renowned architects are in the running to design an £85m arena and conference centre at King's Dock on Liverpool's waterfront.
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Skanska seals £620m Bart's hospital deal
Contractor Skanska confirmed in its quarterly results that it had won the £620m St Bartholomew's hospital PFI contract, as revealed in Building last week.
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52 ways to improve the industry
Congratulations on a review full of positive thinking and good ideas (Not the Egan review, 24 October, page 42).
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Bovis consortium wins £500m MoD property deal
The Ministry of Defence has chosen a consortium led by Babcock International and Bovis Lend Lease for a £500m property maintenance and capital works contract.
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Fairview sued for £538,000 over brick job
Housebuilder Fairview New Homes is being sued for £538,000 by a subcontractor on a project in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
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Appointments
Housebuilders Redrow Commercial has promoted Peter Howarth to construction manager. He was previously a senior project manager, and has been at Redrow for seven years. Howarth will be based in Manchester.Charles Church has hired Mitch Woods as the site manager for Admirals Keep, a 33-home development in Hampshire. Woods previously ...
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