All Building articles in 2004 issue 42 – Page 3
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Cricket, lovely cricket
Contractor Bowmer and Kirkland has completed the Derwent Gateway Centre, a combined community centre and cricket academy in Derby. Commissioned by Derbyshire County Cricket Club and the Derwent Community Team, funded by Sport England and designed by London-based architect Fluid, the £3.9m centre is on land previously occupied by ...
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NewsCountryside results deepen housing gloom
Housebuilder Countryside Properties issued its third negative trading statement in five months last week.
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FeaturesCost model: Off-site manufacture
The market for off-site manufacture is expanding rapidly, boosted as it is by public sector investment programmes. Davis Langdon looks at the cost benefits, barriers to innovation and procurement issues involved in OSM
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Comment
A loss of confidence
Be warned: anyone who acts as an expert witness, instructs lawyers or prepares documents in support of claims can no longer take legal privilege for granted
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HOK to conduct science experiment
International architect HOK is seeking to expand its work in London by branching out into science and technology design.
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FeaturesUp and coming from down under
This is a good time to be in salary negotiations – especially if you’re a young professional from the antipodes. Victoria Madine analyses the 2004 Hays Montrose/Building contractors’ salary guide, Brett Ryder provides the kangaroo
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Davis Langdon combines UK regi
Qs Davis Langdon has embarked on a regional restructuring programme to create bigger offices across the UK.
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Sex gap closes on pay
Female construction workers are closing construction’s sex gap, according to an industry job agency.
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Comment
My safety record is clean …
Gillian Birkby (24 September, page 72) refers to my prosecution as an “illustration of how designers need to implement the CDM regulations” and of how designers “could avoid accidents by providing more information about hazards”. However I feel sure that she could not have intended to imply that I failed ...
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NewsHollandia drafts in Canary Wharf team at Wembley
Dutch steel contractor hires extra help as Cleveland Bridge wins adjudication case against Multiplex
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FeaturesThe greatest buildings never built
A dome that would have covered half of Manhattan … a cathedral that would have towered over Liverpool … the National Gallery’s ‘monstrous carbuncle’ … Naomi Stungo looks back over the 10 finest projects that never made it past the concept stage
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NewsGolden brown
Hopkins Architects has won the Wood Awards 2004 Gold Award for its design for the Norwich Cathedral Visitors’ Centre. The centre came first in the Commercial and Public Access category, and was then unanimously voted overall winner. The project team included structural engineer Buro Happold, main contractor RG Carter and ...
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NewsBovis scoops Construction Mana
Bovis Lend Lease stormed to victory in the Construction Manager of the Year Awards this week, scooping the overall title on top of other awards.
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Professional bodies plan joint strategies
Construction’s professional bodies are set to join together to implement a range of strategies across the UK and China.
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Trade bodies raise fears over cash for vocational training
Institutions welcome Tomlinson proposals to teach trade skills from age of 14, but warn that no funding is in place
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New face in Rogers’ boardroom
Architect Richard Rogers Partnership has made its first significant managerial appointment since the departure of managing director Marco Goldschmied in July.
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News‘Best room in London’ wins RIBA Stirling prize
Foster and Partners’ iconic Swiss Re tower has scooped this year’s RIBA Stirling prize, the most prestigious award in British architecture.
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News‘Best room in London’ wins RIBA Stirling prize
Foster and Partners’ iconic Swiss Re tower has scooped this year’s RIBA Stirling prize, the most prestigious award in British architecture.
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NewsBellway’s record profit bucks market slowdown
Housebuilder makes £200m and is set to achieve forward sales target, despite market gloom
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Shuttleworth beats Gehry to Birmingham station
Ken Shuttleworth’s firm Make has seen off a shortlist that included some of the world’s best known architects to win a transport project in Birmingham.
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