All Building articles in 2004 issue 08 – Page 2

  • Comment

    Marking your cards

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    George Brumwell’s hopes of saving lives by registering all foreign workers with the CSCS card scheme (13 February, page 14) is flawed.

  • News

    Rouse leaves CABE to head Housing Corporation

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    CABE chief executive Jon Rouse is leaving the design watchdog to become chief executive of the Housing Corporation, the public sector body that funds and regulates housing associations.

  • News

    Building sewage systems face overhaul in Sars threat

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Airborne viruses can spread through soil pipes – raising fears that they may be exploited by bio-terrorists

  • News

    Broker’s notes: Mysterious revival

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    By the time this most illuminating of columns has hit your desk, dear reader, Peter Andre should be well on his way to lighting up the singles charts with the rerelease of his 1990s pop anthem Mysterious Girl

  • Comment

    Wonders & blunders

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Mike Driver bends a reverential knee to a Finnish church but makes the sign of the cross before a north London office block …

  • Comment

    You've been warned

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Your article "Click to Survive" (30 January, page 36) was thought-provoking and timely.

  • News

    Solution in sight at Bath Spa

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    The troubled £26m Bath Spa project moved a little closer to completion after client, contractor and architect agreed on a solution to its peeling paintwork

  • News

    Ken Yeang on shortlist for European Central Bank HQ

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Ken Yeang is on a shortlist of three architects to design the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.

  • News

    Brumwell calls for audit office to probe government's skills card policy

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    UCATT boss urges investigation into use of CSCS cards on public projects and as part of registration scheme for migrant workers

  • News

    Tile firm attacks 'handcrafted' label

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Europe's oldest handmade roof tile manufacturer, Keymer, has warned it may be put out of business over a row between rooftile manufacturers about the definition of "handcrafted" roof tiles.

  • News

    Arsenal's other double

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Arsenal Football Club announced on Monday that it had secured funding for this £357m, 60,000-seater stadium at Ashburton Grove. The ground, which will have twice the capacity of the Gunners' Highbury venue, is due to be completed in time for the start of the 2006/07 season.

  • News

    The Cambridge arc

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    This dramatically curved elevation is from TP Bennett's design for the Centre of Advanced Photonics and Electronics at the University of Cambridge. The building has two wings joined by a wintergarden. It will provide laboratories, cleanrooms, workshops and offices for academic and research staff. The facility is ...

  • Comment

    All the difference

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    It doesn't just make you feel all warm and gooey – a bit of gratitude is worth as much as hard cash if it helps you with marketing, productivity, legal disputes, morale …

  • Features

    Laing O'Rourke tops January chart with £517m contracts

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    New year success also puts Laing into a strong second place in annual tables, threatening Bovis' supremacy

  • News

    Desmond's mansion to get £5m makeover

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Media mogul Richard Desmond, proprietor of the Daily Express, the Daily Star and Asian Babes, is planning a £5m refurbishment of his Hampstead mansion

  • News

    Cost of Scottish parliament rises to £431m

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    The cost of the Scottish parliament rose another £30m to £431m this week

  • News

    Architect slams Channel 4 show

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Architect Sarah Wigglesworth has criticised the TV producers making a series about the £4m Castleford regeneration project for underestimating the complexities of the scheme

  • News

    Housing Futures: The next 20 years …

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    A major feature series assessing radical changes that will affect the housing sector in the next 20 years starts next week in Building.

  • News

    McLean swallows up £20m Devon rival – for starters

    2004-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder begins drive to become a top 10 firm within seven years by acquiring Sharman Group