All Building articles in 2004 issue 44 – Page 2
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Councillors vow to block government housing plans
South east Councillors are set to clash with planners from the regional assembly over moves to allow further developments in the area
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Cleveland Bridge awarded another £500,000 in dispute with Multiplex
Cleveland notches up another two victories over Australian contractor in Wembley dispute
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Extra special Keller tops survey
Ground engineer Keller heads survey of largest specialist contractors in UK.
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Piling specialist wins top award
Cementation Foundations Skanska win the best of the best award at the Specialist Contractor Awards 2004.
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Alsop hit by second departure
Troubled architect Will Alsop was hit by another blow this week when a second key director quit to set up his own practice.
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NewsMultiplex admits Wembley has fallen behind schedule
Contractor abandons 32-month construction programme – but will be ready for the 2006 FA Cup Final.
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FeaturesUntapped talent
ow one quantity surveyor discovered a source of skilled staff in a most unusual place … Carol Greed of GF Partnership tells the firm’s story
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NewsReinventing the wheel
Reinventing the wheelA circular steel roof structure that is just like a bicycle wheel except that it is 50 m in diameter was dropped into position over a sports pavilion in London’s Regent’s Park last week. The £3.3m pavilion was designed by David Morley Architects. The two-storey structure will contain ...
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Comment
A taste of union medicine
I was interested to read in your above article (22 October, page 10) that the TUC is stepping up pressure on the government to press ahead with its manifesto commitment to introduce corporate manslaughter legislation.
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FeaturesHot topic: Offices
This quarter, a look at the slow but steady resurgence of the London office market – plus what’s happening around the regions
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Comment
No room for horse traders
Once upon a time, you could end a dispute with a global settlement and trot off to your insurer to ask for compensation. It is no longer that simple
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NewsTax haven
Tax havenFoster and Partners’ design for the £182m refurbishment of 1 Parliament Street, Westminster, has been delivered ahead of time and on budget. The building will become the headquarters for the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise next year. The project was financed through a PFI team, the Exchequer ...
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Comment
Our lives in your hands
Designers seem to ignore their responsibilities under CDM regulations, in that they should be designing out risk wherever possible.
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Comment
Garbage in, garbage out
Being armed to the teeth with a fancy computer program is all very well but, as a recent case illustrates, what matters is the quality of the data fed into it
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NewsTowering feat
This 900-tonne tower designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership was the subject of a dramatic feat of engineering last week when airport operator BAA moved it almost 2 km across the runways at Heathrow Airport. The conical structure will form the top section of the traffic control centre. It was ...
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CommentTackle it with Eezyjudge®
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CommentHow our house fell down
British domestic design in the 20th century is a story of architectural vandalism committed by the very rich and eagerly emulated by the middle class
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FeaturesDesperately seeking surveyors
With the shortage of talented QSs now at its most acute, practices are turning to more and more imaginative methods of recruitment.
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