All Building articles in 2004 issue 15 – Page 2
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Damage limitation
The claimant, a development company, issued proceedings for negligence against the defendant, their retained architectural consultants, as a result of water penetration into the rear basement structure of a number of houses in a terrace which the claimant was refurbishing for investment purposes. The defendant issued Part 20 proceedings against ...
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News
David Curry
Kate Barker has proposed far-reaching tax and planning reforms to steady a volatile housing market. But a lack of political consensus could mean her suggestions make matters worse
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Mott and May make hay in Norfolk council deal
Consultant Mott MacDonald and services firm May Gurney have been selected by Norfolk council as part of a £400m partnership to deliver planning and transportation.
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FeaturesCost model: Office refurbishment
Although recovery in the commercial market may be just around the corner, canny developers are already active generating good returns in refurbishment. Here Davis Langdon & Everest and Mott Green Wall look at the opportunities and constraints in bringing existing buildings bang up to date
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NewsSeven-storey slab completes Manchester's urban oasis
Allies and Morrison's No 1 Piccadilly Gardens is the focal point of the city centre's public square regeneration
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RICS says Prescott's housing renewal plans 'lack clarity'
Report criticises ODPM for lack of joined-up thinking and says it has not checked if schemes offer good value
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Carillion fights for director
Carillion has offered its London operations director Richard Houson a better job in an attempt to keep him at the firm.
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NewsWales gets Gehry's second cancer centre
Architect Frank Gehry is to design his second Maggie's cancer centre in Britain, this time in Swansea, South Wales.
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Comment
We can buy Poland!
Poland's accession to the European Union in May will fire a starting pistol for foreign investors who want to get their hands on the country's land
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NewsBritish firms stay put in Iraq despite panic over security
UK guidelines remain unchanged but France and Germany recommend their nationals leave country
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NewsHenry Boot braces itself for a bumpy ride
Contractor–developer warns of volatility in fortunes because of exposure to uncertain commercial market
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Features
Eastern block
London's Whitechapel district is one of the most aggressively hard-core inner city areas in Britain. Architect Wright & Wright was asked to design a law department for London Metropolitan University on a long, thin slice of it. We find out how it tackled the brief.
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Bath council launches into fresh row with industry
A scheme for one of Europe's largest regeneration sites, Western Riverside in Bath, has become bogged down in a dispute between its developer and Bath and North-east Somerset council.
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Asite beefs up board as it plots route into black
Construction portal Asite has strengthened its executive board as it tries to break into profit.
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CommentBe reasonable, Ann
A reader writes Stavry Onissiphorou of ACE picks a good-natured – and closely argued – fight with Ann Minogue over whether it’s fair for consultants to limit their liabilities
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NewsBroker's notes: We're all going to Dye
Oooohhhh! I'm sooooo scared! Dr Doom has declared that the housing market is about to collapse!
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NewsCourt of Appeal upholds ruling against 'unconscionable' Mace
Judges find construction manager knowingly allowed subcontractor to sign misunderstood payment agreement
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Rail union calls off strike after jobs promise
RMT union members at rail maintenance firm Jarvis have called off plans to strike after settling a dispute over the transfer of staff to Network Rail.
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Administrator launches probe at Miletrian
The administrator of fit-out contractor Miletrian is investigating actions taken before and after the firm collapsed last year
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