All Building articles in 2004 issue 36 – Page 2
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NewsThree major deals revive London commercial market
Contractors vie for £35m British Land scheme and two Foster-designed tower blocks worth a total of £90m
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Wembley subbies threaten legal action over GMB picket
Subcontractors consulting solicitors about legal validity of picket line and level of intimidation against workers.
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NewsORourke launches surprise attack on labour market
6000 temporary workers will have working week slashed for same money – if they become permanent staff.
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CommentWhodunnit?
I write a play and you direct it. In rehearsals, you change some of my lines. When it is performed, it is a huge success. So are you entitled to a share of my money?
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Comment
At source
The claimants, Thames Water Utilities Ltd (TW) brought a claim against the defendants, London Underground Ltd (LUL) arising from a burst water main. They contended that the burst water main was caused by works carried out by LUL on the construction of the Jubilee Line extension (pursuant to powers conferred ...
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NewsStreet in the sky
This development in Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, south London, was one of six winners of the Completed Scheme Award at the 2004 Housing Design Awards.
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Sharewatch
This is my first week as business editor at Building, but already I find myself in familiar territory.
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NewsUnited Manchester
Major structural work is complete on the £21m refurbishment of the Manchester Museum at the University of Manchester.
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Comment
Our man of many words
Further to Jonathan Meades article on five great architects you’ve never heard of, could I suggest George Edward Tonge, who designed Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, and CE Mallows who came up with Tirley Garth in Willington, Cheshire. And could someone enquire of Mr Meades what on earth “farniente” ...
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Comment
Iron will
Davis Langdon’s article on the costs of metal roofing (Specifier, July, page 13) missed an important point.While it is true that base metal prices vary, data from the Building Cost Information Service shows that an increase in roofing cost of £1/m2 adds only about 0.1% to overall building cost. This ...
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Skanska stands by HOK
The consortium behind Britain’s biggest hospital PFI scheme, Skanska Innisfree, has denied that it is about to change the project’s architect.
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Comment
How to be good
Using sustainable timber is an ethical and environmental responsibility. And where the client is the government, it’s about to be a legal requirement too
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CommentThrough the looking glass
When is an agreement in writing not an ‘agreement in writing’? When, as one subcontractor found out, it takes place in the crazy world of construction law
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Firms urge RICS to set up Quality Mark rival
Construction firms have asked the RICS to set up a competency scheme in a bid to expose rogue traders.
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FeaturesThree years of fear
9/11 was the day the world changed – if only in how scared people became. To quell these fears, the way we put up buildings has since undergone some pretty radical changes itself. We report on how Osama Bin Laden’s terror attacks transformed our industry
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NewsEco warriors fight HBG’s gallery
Eco protesters have forced contractor HBG to halt work on an art gallery refurbishment in a row over the sourcing of materials
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