All Building articles in 2004 issue 13 – Page 2
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FeaturesKeith Clarke
We meet the man with one of the truly epic jobs in British construction: taking over Britain's biggest consultant, redefining its strategy and making it work. Here he talks to us about how he plans to tackle this mammoth task – with detours around plastic lunchboxes and leather underpants.
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News
Swimming pool clarification
A report in Building (page 39, 6 February 2004) referred to the Optimum Pool, commissioned by Sport England from S&P Architects, and S&P's launch of a new swimming pool project called Swim25.
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NewsThe resurrection of a lost city
Four ideas have been unveiled for a structure that will do for East Anglia what Antony Gormley's Angel of the North has done for Northumberland. The project shown here, Dunwich, was devised by German architects Anne Niemann and Johannes Ingrisch to mark the drowned city of Dunwich off the Suffolk ...
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NewsCIPER to tackle European regs
CIPER, the construction industry’s new government forum, is to focus on ways of tackling problematic European regulations
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Comment
There's a limit to capping
The claimant, Westminster Building, tendered for building works in respect of a property owned by Mr Beckingham. The specification stated that the contract would be in the form of a JCT IFC 1998 incorporating amendments. A letter of intent dated 27 June 2002 instructed the claimant to proceed with the ...
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CABE tears up Leicester tower designs
Government design watchdog CABE has slammed the designs for two adjacent high-rise mixed-use developments that will form a southern gateway to Leicester.
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NewsKier's team building
Kier subsidiaries Kier Southern and Moss Construction have formed a joint venture to build a £13.7m office building in Uxbridge, west London, for client Arlington Business Parks. The joint venture will deliver integrated design and installation solutions for the three-storey building's M&E services. The consultants' team includes architect Fitzroy ...
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St Modwen to build Swindon sports village
Swindon Town Football Club has signed up Birmingham-based developer St Modwen Properties for a joint venture to deliver a new stadium and sports village on the edge of town.
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CommentMan bites dog
With the scent of unpaid levy in its nostrils, the CITB can be a bit of a rottweiler. Perhaps it needs to change its image and pay more attention to its product?
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NewsFoster and Herzog make Beijing museum shortlist
Architectural elite lines up for chance to redesign enlargement of National Museum of China in Tiananmen Square
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FeaturesRoll up the beige carpet
It's a fact that all office workers hate their offices. But what if the workspace changes beyond recognition? What if wireless devices replace phones and cafes replace desks? Well for one thing, we'd find it harder to moan about our jobs
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Comment
Hunter becomes prey
It always pays to read the small print, especially when employers hide booby traps in it. Luckily, these traps are excellent guidance for the reform of the Construction Act
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News
Sir Robert wins High Court battle of clan McAlpine
Judge rules that the firm of Alfred McAlpine must desist from shortening its name to 'McAlpine'
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NewsNew chief's Euro vision for Aukett
The new chief executive and chairman of Aukett, the only listed architect in the UK, is looking to make the firm the major stakeholder in a European umbrella company
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NewsAtkins boss plans to slash equity investment in PFI
Keith Clarke sets out his vision for consultant – which could involve selling off its 20% stake in Metronet
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NewsWhitby aims to engineer change in Archers' storyline
MARK WHITBY, the founder of consulting engineer Whitbybird, has devised an imaginative way of alerting the British public to the possibilities of oilseed rape as a green fuel: by introducing it as a plotline on Radio 4's The Archers.
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Council threatens Bath Spa legal action
Contractor Mowlem and architect Grimshaw could face legal action from Bath and North East Somerset council over the Bath Spa project.
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