All Building articles in 2004 issue 40 – Page 3
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FeaturesDon’t supersize me
The Peabody Trust’s latest exercise in modular housing at Barons Place, west London, houses key workers in compact-and-bijou microflats. We mind our head and step inside a new fun-sized way of living.
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NewsLivingstone lays into RHWL’s design for Waterloo tower
London mayor demands redesign of 33-storey Elizabeth House, and calls one aspect as a ‘design disaster’
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CommentDear site diary
Project manager Andrew Farrer extols the virtues of keeping a comprehensive works log – if only to provide valuable evidence in the event of a dispute
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Comment
The dangers of dropping an E
A court found that a developer accidentally dropped a crucial clause ‘E’ from a contract, but then deliberately ignored its own mistake. The judge was not happy …
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Comment
In criticism of Michael
Any investor in the construction sector must have read Sir Michael Latham’s article “In defence of Peter” (17 September, page 31) with dismay bordering on disbelief, particularly his final paragraph regarding the general public’s “envious carping about salaries of industry leaders”.
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NewsProperty magnate raises stake in Crest Nicholson
Takeover speculation intensifies after Gerald Ronson increases Heron International’s stake to 19.6%
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Council rejects Paddington masterplan
Architect Terry Farrell & Partners’ revised masterplan for the Paddington Health Campus has been strongly criticised by Westminster council.
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Housebuilders confront ODPM over planning
The House Builders’ Federation held a meeting this week with senior ODPM officials to warn the government against introducing planning guidance that it says would permit local authorities to dictate the design of residential schemes.
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Comment
The value of conflict …
Peter Rogers’ argument for one professional institute to replace all the existing bodies (24 September, page 24) is a step too far – too radical for the “silo mentality” of the individual professions (the unhappily accurate words of your perceptive leader that week, page 3). But perhaps more importantly, the ...
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Conference pledge: Tories would match Labour spend
Shadpw DTI minister Stephen O’Brien has pledged to match Labour’s spending plans in schools and hospitals if the Conservatives win the next general election.
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C&M doubles profit
Listed housebuilder Country & Metropolitan almost doubled its profit last year after focusing on the first-time buyer market.
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Hunt for Clissold contractor
Hackney council has begun to look for a new contractor to carry out repair work on the Clissold Leisure Centre in north-east London.
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Features
A touch of class
This City Academy is the first of 200 the government wants to build in deprived inner city areas. However, it’s unlikely that the others will be designed by Richard Rogers and boast a really pukka kitchen garden
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Mears Group creates chief operating officer role
Mears Group, the maintenance firm, has appointed Stuart Black chief operating officer.
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CommentGood times don’t come cheap
“We’ve had six fantastic years of steady growth. Now it feels much more fragile.”
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NewsSharewatch: Takeover chatter
The share price of AMEC shot up almost 16% to 342p last week. The boost, of course, came from renewed takeover speculation, the ripples of which surfaced last Friday
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CABE savages Leicester Tigers’ stadium
CABE has panned proposed developments around the home of the rugby team Leicester Tigers, in Welford Road, Leicester.
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NewsMoayedi buys firm from Jarvis
Businessman Paris Moayedi has disclosed this week that he bought a shell company from Harvey Bard, a former colleague at the troubled support services group Jarvis
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Comment
BIW response
Your article “Inland Revenue probes IT provider BIW”, (24 September, page 14) is, in our view, sensationalist and potentially misleading.
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Multiplex hires Aussie IT firm
Contractor Multiplex has hired a fellow Australian firm to put its two biggest UK projects – Wembley national stadium and the White City retail scheme – on line.
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