All Building articles in 2004 issue 17 – Page 2
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Government tells industry how to design out crime
First report on crime prevention in 10 years lists key attributes of safe neighbourhoods and offers 17 case studies
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Comment
RICS roadshow fails to convince
Readers of Building who intend to hear Nick Brooke at one of his whistlestop meetings should be warned that those meetings are unlikely to address the questions that they will expect to be answered.
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Director leaves Foster to join former colleague at Hamilton
One of the 12 directors at Foster and Partners is to leave after 20 years.
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The CITB is getting there
Tony Bingham is right to say that the Construction Industry Training Board ought to have such a damn good package on offer that joinery manufacturers would be happy to pay the compulsory levy (2 April, page 50).
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NewsPFI maths: Five schools = one campus
Contractor the Kajima Corporation has started work on site in Darlington, County Durham, on a £34.9m "education village". Designed by architect RyderHKS, the campus is to be built at Haughton community school. It is the first facility in the country to embrace primary, secondary and special education under PFI. The ...
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Green tests planned for public building
Buildings constructed for government departments must now meet energy efficiency standards
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Government to halve major hospital build programme
DoH will limit schemes to just six over next year as industry runs out of wherewithal to build large facilities
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FeaturesHow to build a model community
Two reports have tried to provide assembly instructions for the ideal sustainable community. We find out if they work.
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NewsOne thousand perforations in every bridge … Webb Bridge, Melbourne
A bridge for pedestrians and cyclists designed by architect Denton Corker Marshall opened last month in Melbourne's Docklands area. The Webb Bridge's sculpted form was prebuilt and brought on site by barge. Dramatic lighting at night makes the perforated steel cladding appear transparent. The project team working for Docklands Authority ...
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Comment
Wonders & blunders
Trisha Gupta rejoices in the art nouveau interior of an unimposing Essex church, but fails to see why anybody worships the mall
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CommentBlood and treasure
Firms who took part in the foot-and-mouth massacre were treated like pirates when they presented their bill. This is how they eventually got their gold
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The big picture
If you’ll indulge us for a moment, we’ll tell you a little bit about the legal system as seen by a legal journalist – and it’s a huge and complex thing
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Shuttleworth teams up with Carey Jones on first bid
Make helps to prepare bid for three-acre mixed-used scheme in Leeds; council to announce shortlist next month
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Home exorcism for beginners
Simon Tolson says there are better options for both contractor and client than partial possession. And he's been longing to move back into any part of his home for 10 months …
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Features
March passed: the MoD becomes Britain's top client
£555m garrison makes ministry UK's biggest spender – and puts Sir Robert McAlpine top of contractors' table
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New arrival set to help Jarvis move on
Troubled contractor Jarvis, which this week accepted liability for the Potters Bar rail crash in May 2002, is about to bring in a former chief executive of the Highways Agency to reinforce its management
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NewsM&E firm SEC aims to double over next five years
Top-10 M&E group Southern Electrical Contracting aims for top spot through organic growth and acquisitions
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Against understanding
Not understanding creates innovation, innovation creates risk, risk creates a chance of success, success creates understanding – so we can stop innovating …
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Livingstone demands half Wood Wharf be affordable
London mayor Ken Livingstone intends to insist that the eventual developer of the £2bn Wood Wharf scheme next to Canary Wharf guarantees that more than 50% of the accommodation is affordable housing.
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