All Building articles in 2004 issue 14 – Page 2

  • News

    Reshuffle at Foster in wake of Shuttleworth departure

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Architect creates flexible six-division structure, with senior partners becoming less involved in specific projects

  • News

    See Cowes

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The construction industry sailing regatta, the Little Britain challenge cup, will be held from 9-12 September at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The event, sponsored by Building and its sister title Building Design, is now the largest sailing event in Europe. Last year it raised £120,000 for charities. ...

  • Comment

    *Cosying up ...

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Building's series of profiles of clients with lots of work to hand out continues with Mitchells & Butlers, one of the UK's largest licensed retailing companies.

  • Comment

    He stands corrected

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    I always considered Hansom to be the (almost) perfect English gentleman, but my doubts were raised following one of the items in one of his columns (26 March, page 33). He referred to "the trooping of the colour" in Horse Guards Parade, London, when any ...

  • News

    MSPs considered 'firing' DLE from Holyrood job

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The client of the Scottish parliament building considered "firing" QS Davis Langdon & Everest, it emerged last week at the Fraser inquiry.

  • News

    Four chosen for regeneration in Liverpool

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Four developers have been selected to regenerate deprived areas around Liverpool city centre as part of a £50m housing investment programme.

  • Comment

    Reality check

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The Court of Appeal has just added two heaped spoonfuls of common sense to the rules on what adjudicators can do without breaching natural justice

  • Comment

    No busted flush

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    I must take issue with Nick Henchie's article "Mediation is a busted flush" (19 March, page 64), particularly the suggestion that the parties need to spend "massive amounts" to prepare a case for mediation and that mediators need to be involved "procedurally, often many months before the mediation, and ...

  • News

    Construction Client Group opens for business

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The industry's client representative body, the Construction Clients Group, started work on Monday.

  • News

    Brooke hits campaign trail to win over RICS rebels

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    President hopes that charm offensive in 24 towns and cities will turn the tide of criticism of the institution

  • News

    Broker's notes: Posh forever

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    I would like to issue the following statement on the stories that circulated this past weekend: During the past few months I have become accustomed to reading more and more ludicrous stories regarding my private life. The simple truth is that I am married, and whether I like it ...

  • Comment

    Wonders & blunders

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Tony Miller pays his respects to the shrine of natural history but finds no enlightenment in Le Courbusier’s celebrated chapel

  • News

    Network Rail hands upgrade contracts to big three

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Contractors Amey, Balfour Beatty and Carillion have been awarded track renewal contracts by Network Rail.

  • News

    ISG man goes to Bellwater

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Interior Services Group board director Steve Root is to leave the firm this summer to take up a role at private contractor Bellwater.

  • News

    EH begins radical overhaul of listed building system

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Heritage quango launches plan to simplify protection of buildings, parks and archaeological sites

  • Features

    When the battle's lost and won

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    For weeks, clan McAlpine has been locked in a High Court battle over possession of the family name. Last Wednesday the drama reached its denouement. We report on what happened

  • News

    Barratt blazes a trail in US brownfield regeneration

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    UK housebuilder wants half of its Californian operations to be in urban renewal sector by 2009

  • News

    Bert's back, hurrah!

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Albert Hall was reopened by the Queen last week after a £70m redevelopment programme that took 10 years.Building Design Partnership was commissioned in 1990 to devise a plan for the overhaul, the first since the venue was completed in 1871. The auditorium and foyers have been improved ...

  • News

    Arthouse scene

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Architect Austin-Smith:Lord has released its designs for One Arthouse Square in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, a scheme jointly funded by developer Frenson and the North West Development Agency. The building will provide 30,000 ft2 of office space and a backdrop to the centre's external cinema screen. It is due ...

  • News

    Architect calls for LIFT design champions

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    A senior figure at architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has called for LIFT projects to include "project design champions".