All Building articles in 2004 issue 38 – Page 2
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FeaturesWhat a result!
Last week, Wembley stadium opened its doors to the public to win over those who would be the Arch’s stiffest opposition – local residents and fans of the old twin towers. We went along to watch the project engineers rack up some PR points
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FeaturesSpecialist Q&A
John Doyle Construction, part of the John Doyle Group, specialises in the construction of substructure, superstructure and infrastructure projects. Stef Stefanou is the firm’s urbane chairman.
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News
Prescott sets out vision for regeneration of the North
Deputy prime minister draws up plan – with high-density, mixed-use development at top of agenda
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Features
People who need people
This year’s Building/Hays Montrose careers survey found that construction’s workforce is overwhelmingly concerned with the problem of recruitment and training staff. We analyse the statistics
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CommentMoney’s silver tongue
You can ask an adjudicator to step down from an adjudication but as it is his decision, and his fee, the likelihood is that he’ll find compelling reasons to stay
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FeaturesRichard McCarthy
The sheer get-up-and-go of the head of the ODPM’s sustainable communities group is proving increasingly valuable – particularly in easing the ‘creative tension’ between government and housebuilders. We got him to sit still for a minute.
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Latham sets out plans for payment reform
Sir Michael Latham has submitted his review into the Construction Act, giving recommendations for improving industry payment practices and adjudication.
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Features
Not an ivory tower …
… so much as a giant titanium egg, which Napier University has cooked up to attract students away from Edinburgh’s other universities – with a little help from Building Design Partnership.
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CommentWhat are you implying?
The hills of Stockport were alive with implied terms, or so Mowlem and one of its subcontractors, PHI Group, thought. But were they right?
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NewsLuton’s high-flyer
The Luton headquarters of a BAE Systems subsidiary was opened this week by the Duke of York.
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Government to hold home inspector recruitment show
The ODPM is holding a trade show to kickstart the recruitment of 7500 home inspectors over the next 28 months.
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Comment
Getting the wind-up
There are less catastrophic, but just as effective, methods of securing payment than resorting to a winding-up petition (13 August, page 34; Letters, 17 September, page 32).
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CommentGenerals and mercenaries
If construction and warfare have anything in common, it’s that the top brass position themselves a safe distance from the people on the front line
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News
Ex-BBC man joins Paddington PFI team
Former BBC property director Ian Robertson is to have a key role in talks on delivering the £800m Paddington Health Campus PFI project in west London
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Comment
Transatlantic drift
The neat substitution of “USA” for “UK” in a quote attributed to me (“Architect quits over troubled Nato project”, 10 September, page 10) certainly makes for more titillating and incendiary copy than the facts.
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Lawyers in the dock over ethics
Construction lawyers may be required to comply with an ethical code to be recommended in a report later this month
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Comment
Designers in the dock
The Health and Safety Executive is targeting consultants who do not comply with the CDM Regulations. Two recent cases highlight the dangers of non-compliance
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Comment
Delayed reaction
The letter from Peter Atherton regarding the lack of skilled labour (3 September, page 35) brings to mind some information I read in Peter Nicholson’s Encyclopedia of Architecture.
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