All Building articles in 2004 issue 24 – Page 2
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CommentA reader writes - Hobson's choices
John Hobson, until recently the man in charge of construction at the civil service, gives us his take on the future of sustainability and regulation
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NewsLiverpool's new chapter
David Morley Architects has won a limited competition for a £10m extension to Liverpool University's library. The building will be linked by an atrium to the university's main library, designed by Sir Basil Spence in the 1970s. The extension will be contemporary in style and faced with diagonal precast concrete ...
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CITB deputy chairman rewarded in honours list
Peter Rogerson, deputy chairman of CITB ConstructionSkills, is one of the few in the construction industry to win an accolade in the Queen's birthday honours.
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Canary Wharf Contractors to go national
Canary Wharf Contractors is set to compete for work across the UK and in European construction markets
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CABE's problem of perception
Did Stuart Lipton jump the CABE ship or was he pushed? A critical government audit warning of a conflict of interest left him little choice, and means future chairmen will not be property developers
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NewsCapita buys Percy Thomas
The architect of the £100m Welsh Millennium Centre (pictured), Percy Thomas Architects, was this week bought out of administration by Capita Symonds. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, was struck on Tuesday and cements Capita Symonds as one of the UK's top five architectural practices with 300 staff. Percy Thomas ...
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NewsRow breaks out
This extension to a terrace, by ECD Architects, is part of a £40m regeneration programme of four council estates in Tower Hamlets, east London. The design for estates, which are south of Mile End Road, is split between ECD and BPTW Architects, with Carter Clack as structural engineer, David Miles ...
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CommentWonders & blunders
Paul Burgess praises an atrium that makes the heart soar, but missed chances just make it sore. And check out the new Back Issues …
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NewsA bigger splash
This modernist swimming pool, designed by Eva Jiricna Architects as an extension to a Georgian terrace house in Westminster, has been given a specialist conversion award by the Royal Fine Art Commission Trust. The winner of the trust’s building of the year was Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre in Dundee, designed ...
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FeaturesBeauty is but skin deep
… especially on these iconic buildings, made infamous by latent defects. The question is, why do problem projects keep getting built – and how can the industry learn from its mistakes?
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NewsShuttleworth wins first battle with his old boss
Make takes over detailed design on Foster and Partners' masterplan for Elephant & Castle regeneration project
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Government backs plan for retentions taskforce
Paul Boateng, chief secretary to the Treasury, has confirmed that the government supports plans to establish a taskforce to address the complaints about retentions.
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Housebuilders back King's warning despite share falls
Housebuilders have supported a speech by Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, warning that the housing market had peaked.
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Aukett to design Asda's big idea
Listed architect Aukett has teamed up with retailer Asda to design a £150m mixed-use scheme in the Isle of Dogs, east London
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Comment
no, it's the architects
I was interested in Colin Harding's letter to John Prescott and that of Brian Law regarding the CDM Regulations (4 June, Letters, page 34).
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April's no fool
The April survey from Experian's Business Strategies division reports an increase in the industry's activity levels, with employment prospects and tender prices set to follow in the same direction
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CommentDemons and angels
Claims mongerers are chasing ambulances in every walk of life. But adjudication shrived them of their sins in construction, and could be the answer elsewhere
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NewsWalking on Aire
Assael Architecture has won an international competition to design a large residential and commercial scheme on the banks of the River Aire in Leeds. The 2.5 ha site is close to Leeds' main train station and will comprise offices, restaurants, shops and 600 apartments with a large open piazza facing ...
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NewsCABE advised not to appoint developer as chairman
Report warns against conflicts of interest as commission's developer–chairman Sir Stuart Lipton steps down
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