All Building articles in 2004 issue 39 – Page 2
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Waterman posts £2m profit despite commercial lull
Work on large urban regeneration schemes helps Waterman offset lower demand in commercial sector.
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Rooms with a view
Architect Penoyre & Prasad has won planning permission for a mixed-use development adjoining the River Lea at Fish Island in the Lower Lea Valley, east London. The 14,000 m2 scheme is situated at Riverside Works and will include live-work units and retail space. The design is Z-shaped, maximising the number ...
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CommentAn ouzo to the Olympics
Perhaps we should have consulted the Oracle at Delphi before the Athens Olympics, because the project managers turned out to be inaccurate soothsayers
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FeaturesPFI in limbo
Ten years after it burst on the scene, PFI has become bogged down in project delays. As research published this week reveals yet more missed PFI targets, We report on how contractors are upping sticks and taking their expertise abroad
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Comment
Laboured, not loved
“The British people have lost confidence in Tony Blair but still prefer him as prime minister to Michael Howard,“ a poll in The Times revealed this week.
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Features
Are parliaments inherently unmanageable?
Solicitor Matthew Bell argues that Holyrood was always going to be a problem – but at least it is in good company …
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FeaturesHolyrood reaction
The Fraser Report may have passed down its judgment on the Scottish parliament building, but the mud is still flying. Here, Building’s readers join the fray and Rob Smith, senior partner at Davis Langdon, defends his firm’s decisions as cost consultant on the project
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CommentHarsh reality
Rudi Klein goes in search of the ideal integrated supply chain – and instead stumbles upon another subcontract that perpetuates inequality, unfairness and risk-dumping
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CommentWhy Will has no Grace
If the axing of my Fourth Grace has taught me anything, it’s that politicians may demand iconic architecture but they actually want safe designs with no financial risk attached
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House prices fall for third month in a row
House prices have fallen for the third month running after the market failed to make its usual early autumn recovery
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Eternal triangle
Fit-out contractor Dean & Bowes has completed its £3m overhaul of the Triangle shopping centre in Manchester for owner Milligan.
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CommentUncool customer
So MSPs are peeved they had to pay £431m for their parliament. But if the contractors delivered what the client said it wanted, why accept less than the true cost?
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Crossrail tenders to be issued
The first tenders for construction work on the £9.2bn Crossrail project, linking east and west London, will be issued next year – two years ahead of the first scheduled building work.
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Comment
A costly cargo
By various contracts made during the period between April 2001 and July 2001 Log-o-Mar agreed to charter five vessels (one of which was the Mega S) to Croyndon/ Craft for voyages carrying steel from Black Sea ports to Umm Qasr in southern Iraq. Disputes arose in relation to these contracts, ...
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RIBA calls for sustainable planning rules
RIBA president George Ferguson is lobbying deputy prime minister John Prescott and planning minister Keith Hill to adjust the planning system to ensure the government’s new communities are sustainable.
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FeaturesTricky business
In the fourth of five monthly articles, Building, in association with ConstructionSkills, investigates why construction operates so inefficiently – and asks what can be done to improve performance.
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FeaturesIT workshops: How builders are updating their skills
Robin Hood-Leeder explains how the Federation of Master Builders is trying to help its members improve their performance by setting up IT workshops
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NewsBucknall’s resurrection of QS dynasty pays dividends
Former chairman restores name and fortunes of Bucknall Austin – and plans move into higher-value work
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FeaturesB-Trac Services: A business success story
Paul Banner is managing director of B-Trac Services, a small maintenance company in the West Midlands working for housing associations. He explains how his firm achieved Investor in People status
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