All Building articles in 2005 issue 03 – Page 3
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Comment
French leave
With regard to your article “ODPM losing battle to speed up planning” (10 December, page 10), I refer you to the situation in France.
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FeaturesVive la France!
Building’s round-up of the 300 biggest European contractors reveals that French firms Vinci and Bouygues have stormed to the top. Sonia Soltani went to Paris to meet the men responsible for the Gallic triumph.
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Comment
Experience (over)valued
David Bucknall suggests (14 January, page 36) that if the industry really wants to prove it can learn from its mistakes, it should clamour for teams such as the one which failed so miserably on the Scottish parliament to be appointed on the next major public sector project.
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NewsRogers furious at dismissal from Shanghai World Expo
Chinese government drops RRP from 2010 expo masterplan – two months after it won design competition
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Developers and RSLs fume at social housing shake-up
Each side complains of unfair bidding advantages under the Housing Corporation’s new grant system
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Essex relaunches influential design guide
Essex council is to update its famous design guide to fit in with the government's sustainable communities agenda.
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Features
Galliford Try surges to top of December league
Education and healthcare schemes push contractor into first place ahead of HBG and Kier
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Comment
Data overload
I would like to bring your readers’ attention to the fact that the raft of new legislative and regulatory demands is causing construction firms to store massive amounts of data without due regard as to whether they actually need it.
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FeaturesLocal lowdown: North London/Home Counties
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose reports on the latest projects and current trends in the north London and Home Counties market
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Councils to miss planning target
The drive to speed up planning consents has suffered a blow after it was revealed that fewer than half of local authorities are expected to meet the revised deadlines
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Features
Special costs: Office fit-out
In the latest of our specialist market overviews, Alexandra McCrow of Gardiner & Theobald looks at the office fit-out sector’s design issues, lead times and costs – and specialist contractor ISG InteriorExterior gets a grilling
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Features
We have no intention of conquering the world
This is one Frenchman who is not going to get caught boasting: “We have no intention of conquering the world. If we are number one, it’s almost by chance.” These are the self-deprecating words of Philippe Ratynski, chairman and chief executive of Vinci Construction, which as part of the Vinci ...
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Rem Koolhaas to design major White City scheme
Developer Chelsfield has chosen the Office for Metropolitan Architecture as masterplanner for a major regeneration project in White City, west London.
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Chairman of David Wilson Homes is made redundant
Wilson Bowden has made the chairman of its housing division redundant as part of an attempt to simplify the management structure.
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Comment
Brownfield maze
I’m a small developer looking to convert an old factory in east London into a block of flats.
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Worst estate in Britain may be demolished
The Sighthill housing estate in Glasgow, notorious as one of the most deprived urban areas in Britain, is facing demolition.
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Speculation mounts over future of Carillion boss
Industry speculation has emerged over the future of Carillion chief executive John McDonough.
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NewsRock granted extra time to submit Countryside bid
Takeover panel changes tune over bid deadlines after shareholders fail to support offer made by Cherry family
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CommentEast, west, probity’s best
In donating to the Asian tsunami appeal, generosity is tempered by cynicism over how contracts will be run. But at least the World Bank has found some answers