All Building articles in 2004 issue 27 – Page 2
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News
Trained diplomats to join UK's regeneration salesforce
DTI initiative will teach urban renewal skills to British embassy staff in order to promote UK firms abroad
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NewsThe difficult handover
Another key senior director has left one of our world-renowned signature architectural practices. Where does this leave succession plans at Fosters, Rogers & Co?
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Comment
Farrell & Nash (deceased)
Sir Terry Farrell's grand plan for a central promenade linking Primrose Hill to the South Bank captures a little of a Georgian ancestor's grand vision
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Comment
Damned if you do …
Doubts are growing about whether adjudication can deal with professional negligence claims, the reason being that it struggles to cope with expert witnesses
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FeaturesEuropean whole-life costs
Quantity surveyor Franklin + Andrews takes its annual look at labour, construction and running costs for a notional factory in 12 European lands. Greece and Portugal come out looking good … again
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News
Eight contractors in UK prison framework deal
HM Prison Service has set up a framework agreement with eight contractors to build jails and carry out minor refurbishment works.
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FeaturesA report from the escape committee
Had enough of the longest hours, worst weather and most disappointing football team in Europe? Want to move abroad but can't decide where? Well the 2004 Hays Montrose/Building international salary guide has briefs on nine possible destinations ranked by money, lifestyle and work–life balance
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CommentCapper's way
Professor Philip Capper has just made a super speech about adjudication, about judges, about lawyers … and especially about his girlfriend Iris
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John McAslan makes California shortlist
Architect John McAslan + Partners has reached the last six of a masterplanning competition in San Diego, California.
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Comment
Jarvis on the brink
There won't be too many tears shed in the construction industry this week over the spectacle of Jarvis teetering on the edge of the precipice.
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News
Cleveland Bridge may sue over Wembley sacking
'Unhappy' steelwork specialist considers legal action against Multiplex over decision to end contract
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CommentWonders & blunders
David Birkbeck finds populist excitement at an Essex town, but only prophylactic disappointment in an East End designer home
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News
New blow for Paddington PFI
Plans for a £800m PFI "health campus" at Paddington, west London, are expected to suffer further delays because of recommendations in a government review of the project
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Roof collapse: Experts blame concrete
The collapse of the terminal roof at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris was caused by weakened concrete, according to a French government report published last Tuesday.
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NewsBroker's notes: Beating the Greeks at tragedy
Not even the ouzo consumed in the wake of the glorious victory by the Greeks could dispel my depression after yet more financial black holes opened up at Jarvis.
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Review fails to get to the bottom of Bath Spa
The Bath Spa project is still beset by problems and the council in charge of the project says it is unable to say how much it will cost – two years after it was supposed to be finished.
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Housing associations under the microscope
Housing associations are to have their efficiency scrutinised in the wake of a government review of the Housing Corporation.
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Comment
A call to arms
I am becoming extremely frustrated with the mainly positive press that adjudication receives and which in my view is not deserved.
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NewsChina hosts the architects' World Cup
Aedas Architects' Hong Kong office has drawn up this masterplan for one of three bids for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. The 30-year commission will involve building and operating 200,000 m2 of cultural facilities beneath a 220,000 m2 canopy (pictured). The masterplan envisages a performance venue ...
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News'Jarvis appears unlikely to get to the end of July in its present form'
Analysts openly question how long the contractor can survive as shares fall again in the wake of a fourth profit warning this year
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