All Building articles in 2004 issue 26 – Page 2

  • News

    Self-certifying options for electrical firms

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Electrical contractors will be able to use one of five self-certification schemes to comply with Part P of the Building Regulations.

  • Features

    Down Under

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    It's the tug-of-love pulling the industry's heartstrings … Is there a long-term home for Bovis with Lend Lease, or could it be snatched by fast-talking, big-spending Multiplex? We review an Aussie soap with a difference.

  • News

    Marco Goldschmied quits as Rogers' managing director

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Speculation grows about Marco Goldschmied's future, as space is made at practice for younger directors

  • Comment

    What Mr Pigott didn't tell you

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Ashley Pigott's article a couple of weeks ago on the firm that signed a final account agreement by mistake left a few things out. A Man Who Knows All About It explains

  • News

    One more roll of the dice

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The government is set to invest considerable time, money and effort on resurrecting its anti-cowboy builder scheme, the Quality Mark. But will this gamble pay off?

  • News

    Taskforce to tackle South-east development

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    A group of 13 council leaders, business people and charity heads is to meet for the first time today to work out how the South-east can combine 200,000 extra homes with sustainable development, as required by John Prescott's communities plan.

  • News

    Rejig at Housing Corporation

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The Housing Corporation was expected to announce a revamp of its management structure as Building went to press.

  • News

    Whitehall considers design tsar

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The government is looking at proposals that would replace its network of departmental design champions with one minister in charge of design

  • News

    English Heritage to be put in charge of listing system

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Heritage minister announces fresh role for agency after public consultation backs reform plan

  • News

    Campus in the park

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    A learning resource centre designed by Building Design Partnership will kick off Middlesex University's Trent Park campus, located in the green belt near Enfield in north London. The campus, which was masterplanned by Tibbalds TM2, will replace a post-war training college. The learning resource centre will be wrapped around a ...

  • News

    Brooke tells RICS staff to freeze out rebel Hackett

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The president of the RICS has recommended that headquarters staff ignore questions raised by rebel QS Jeremy Hackett in future.

  • Features

    Bright young things

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Saba Salman asked some of the UK's leading architectural practices what they look for when recruiting graduate architects – and why graduate architects should come and work for them

  • Comment

    Looking on the bright side

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Your report on the industry's reactions to the DTI's withdrawal of ringfenced construction research funding (25 June, page 44) was so negative I was prompted to write.

  • News

    Cleveland Bridge booted off Wembley

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Wembley stadium steel contractor Cleveland Bridge has been given 28 days notice to leave the project by main contractor Multiplex.

  • Comment

    Just blow the whistle

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    It is very important that referees bear one simple rule in mind: when organising a contest between two teams, you're not allowed to kick the ball yourself

  • Features

    A world beyond conference centres

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Stan Hornagold, senior partner at management consultant Hornagold & Hills, gives us some principles to follow if the Thames Gateway development is to succeed

  • News

    Berkeley shocks City with urban regeneration switch

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    City applauds Pidgley's decision to pull out of traditional housebuilding and corner regeneration market

  • News

    Paris collapse triggers Beijing review

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Several projects planned for Beijing have been reviewed after the collapse of Terminal 2E at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.

  • News

    Hackney plans basketball Mecca

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Hackney council has plans to create a national centre of excellence for basketball at one of the stadiums to be built in the borough for the 2012 Olympics

  • Comment

    I scratch your back …

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    As a subcontractor, main contractors often tell me about the benefits of partnering.