All Building articles in 2003 issue 46 – Page 2
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NewsSecurity crackdown for Bush visit forces site closures
Unions demand compensation for Bovis and Skanska workers as Treasury and MoD sites are cordoned off.
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Brussels to thrash out PFI compromise
Members of the European Council and European Parliament are to meet next month over a compromise text of a European directive that could otherwise outlaw the government's PFI programme.
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NewsBrave new homes
To date, off-site manufacture has been more about hype than homes. But with the Housing Corporation pushing standardised housetypes, the time may be ripe for the production-line solution to revolutionise the market. We assemble the story
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Foreign Office boxes clever
Foreign Office Architects has won a competition to design the BBC's £22m music centre at White City, west London. The project, dubbed the Music Box, is expected to open in 2006. It will house the BBC Symphony Orchestra and provide two state-of-the-art studios. It will also have an audience capacity ...
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Broker's notes: Wilson Bowden enter the scrum
Lucky swines. It seems half the UK construction industry is off sunning itself on the other side of the world.
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O'Rourke ends rumours of key boss quitting
Speculation that a regional head at Laing O'Rourke is on the brink of leaving has been knocked on the head by the disclosure that he has in fact been away from his office on a study course
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Comment
The good book
Professional negligence claims are often of the 'there but for the grace of God' variety, so a guide on the subject may help you swing things in your favour
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Prescott champions body to deliver Olympic site targets
ODPM proposes giant urban development corporation to push through regeneration of key east London areas.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Simon Allford raises a cheer for a much-loved oval but is unable to celebrate one of the world's most famous squares
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NewsFurther and better particulars of … Keith Lovelock, Chief executive and chairman, McCarthy & Stone
In the second of a monthly series on industry executives who steer headline-hitting companies, we meet Keith Lovelock, the unfamiliar face of retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone
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NewsBavarian nights
British architect Michael Wilford & Partners has completed the £14m second phase of building material manufacturer Sto's production plant at Weizen in Germany's Black Forest. Dynamic forms and vivid colours resemble the famous original phase designed by Wilford and completed in 1997. The two buildings comprise a silo tower containing ...
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Beware of the bats
Two recent cases in the Court of Appeal illustrate how tortuous and legalised the planning process has become – especially when animals are involved
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Four firms bank on Barclays tower fit-out
Four contractors are competing for the £25m fit-out of the 34-storey Barclays Bank tower in London Docklands.
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Mobile ban will hurt contractors
Contractors could face huge bills in the wake of government legislation prohibiting the use of handheld mobile phones in cars
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Subcontractors team up to recover Ballast losses
Subcontractors owed large sums by failed contractor Ballast are continuing to join forces in an attempt to recover their money.
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DTI helps foreign workers avoid exploitation
The Government has published guidance for Portuguese workers in the UK explaining their working rights amid concerns that some of them have been exploited.
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Green ideas, grey areas
Carbon-counting websites, environmental profiles, tax breaks for investors in renewable energy… Good ideas? Well, only if they're thought up by the right people
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NewsRafael Moneo wins over the RIBA with timeless approach
Spanish architect – a follower of form and function, not fashion – is awarded Royal Gold Medal at the age of 67.
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NewsM&E firm hits trouble after collapse of Sunley Turriff
Maxwell Stewart loses £300,000-plus and seven staff after problems on two contracts with insolvent group.
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Erinaceous set to take AIM and acquire
Building consultant and facilities manager Erinaceous Group sees its proposed AIM status as a springboard for future acquisitions.
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