All Building articles in 2004 issue 30 – Page 2
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FeaturesWhat makes Ray run?
Out of all the hundreds of thousands of labourers in the industry, a few thousand take degrees. Out of them, a few hundred start a business. But only one has turned that business into a global power in his own lifetime: Ray O’Rourke. We spent three years chasing him to ...
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News
Last-ditch talks over V&A spiral
The fate of architect Daniel Libeskind’s £70m spiral extension to the Victoria and Albert museum in South Kensington, London, will be decided at a meeting of museum trustees in September
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O’Rourke slams ‘top-heavy’ Laing regime
Ray O’Rourke has criticised the former leadership at Laing, the family contractor he bought for £1 in 2001, saying it had been top-heavy with management. O’Rourke said that the merged company Laing O’Rourke had gone back to basics. He said: “Laing started by building houses in Scotland. It didn’t start ...
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Comment
It’s a long, long road
Tony Bingham Those canny Irish have put their £4bn roadbuilding programme on hold until they see what happens to the English experiment with design-and-build
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Features
Light and flexible
Three architects have made the shortlist in David Wilson Homes’ competition to update the Regency townhouse. So what did they have that the others didn’t?
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EP dismisses fears over sustainability standards
English Partnerships has played down fears that developers bidding for its London-Wide Initiative will be able to turn a blind eye to sustainability standards.EP met the five bidding consortiums last week and told them they could issue bids that were non-compliant with its standards on sustainability, good design or modern ...
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Comment
A reader writes: The facts of death
After our interview with the family of Patrick O’Sullivan, who was killed on the Wembley site, a reader gives us his experience of a fatality during a concrete pour
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News
Crisis in Croydon
12-acre site in Croydon, Surrey.Arrowcroft is locked in a dispute with rival Stanhope over who will develop this 12-acre site in Croyden, Surrey. The council supports Arrowcroft’s £400m Michael Aukett-designed scheme (pictured), which has a 12,500-seat arena – but Stanhope owns most of the land. John Prescott this week refused ...
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Comment
Conspiracy uncovered
Dominic Helps If you’re in any doubt about what constitutes collusive tendering, the Office of Fair Trading has just published a decision that makes it absolutely clear
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FeaturesHow did it come to this?
Four dead and Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle airport in ruins. A nation is waiting for answers. But while the French ministry of transport blames a concrete fault, others have been searching elsewhere for an explanation. Thomas Lane spoke to some of the doubters
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FeaturesThe clan McCarthy at work and play
John McCarthy helped to create arguably the most successful housebuilder in Britain, then left after a failed buyout and a row. Now sons Clinton and Spencer are hoping to repeat the trick – with a little assistance from dad, of course.
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News
Sacked Multiplex manager claims ethnic discrimination
A sacked Multiplex manager on the Wembley stadium project is taking the firm to an employment tribunal alleging unfair dismissal on the grounds of ethnic discrimination.John Cousins, who worked as an quality assurance manager on the Wembley site for the Australian contractor, was sacked in March. He has since taken ...
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CITB urges Home Office to fund migrant worker scheme
Training body plans ‘integration package’ to give foreign workers language and health and safety skills
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McCarthy turned down chair of Churchill
John McCarthy, co-founder of McCarthy & Stone, declined the chance to chair Churchill Retirement Living, a niche housebuilding firm run by his two sons. McCarthy joined the company as a non-executive director at the start of the month but his son Spencer wanted him to be more involved and offered ...
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NewsYeang in surprise return to Elephant & Castle
Developer St Modwen in negotiations over two 40-storey skyscrapers for deprived south London borough
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Paddington campus to be on three sites
The £800m PFI hospital campus planned for Paddington, west London, is likely to be based on three sites, it emerged this week
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Ratcliffe calls for more HSE inspectors
The Construction Confederation has backed a Department for Work and Pensions select committee report that calls for more health and safety inspectors in the industry.The confederation told the committee that the Health and Safety Executive was too stretched to do more than react to events.The National Audit Office found that ...
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Half of buyers think new homes are poor quality
More than half of house buyers believe the quality of workmanship and materials of new-build homes is inadequate. The finding emerged in a survey of the attitudes of almost a thousand homebuyers, published this week. The survey shows that prospective buyers want more information from housebuilders. Almost 90% of people ...
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Business and pleasure
Stonebridge ParkThe Liverpool Land Development Company has been given permission to build an environment-friendly business centre in Stonebridge Park in the Gilmoss area of Liverpool. The 29 ha park will also provide the community with cycling and fishing amenities. The project will be managed by Cass Associates with St Modwen ...
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