All Building articles in 2005 issue 08 – Page 2
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NewsHotel wins £8.9m in claim against John Laing Construction
Judge determines that contractor was legally responsible for delays and cost overruns on refurbishment of London's Great Eatern Hotel.
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Colchester PFI garrison racks up 50m costs in nine years
Documents obtained under Freedom of Information Act reveal costs of getting troubled scheme off the ground.
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CommentSchal’s Stalingrad
The struggle between Bovis and Schal for the £400m BBC Broadcasting House redevelopment was a decisive moment in the recent history of UK construction
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CommentTake us to the pub!
The first of an occasional series of web log-style diaries begins with a typically bizarre Tuesday in the life of a CAD operative in an engineering firm
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CommentMind and will
In a landmark case, a council architect is on trial for manslaughter, after an outbreak of legionnaire’s disease killed seven people. The verdict will be pivotal …
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NewsHelp the non-aged
Architect van Heyningen and Haward has started on site with its CABE competition-winning design for a centre for children and young people in Lewisham, south-east London.
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The man with the golden pen
The pioneer of lightweight and membrane structures, whose 1960s designs still look futuristic today, 79-year-old German inventor Frei Otto has won the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
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CommentNo more party games
The interface agreement is a neat device that PFI special purpose vehicles can use to avoid ‘pass the parcel’ between subcontractors. However, the rules are getting complicated
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Morgan Sindall thrives in weakened fit-out sector
Morgan Sindall said on Tuesday that the firm’s fit-out business was a key element in its success, despite a fall in demand in the sector.
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CommentFall-out shelter
Will we ever have an industry in which well-run subcontractors do not continually face financial ruin because they happen to work for a contractor that goes bust?
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CommentException to the rule
If you win a case against a limited company that goes bust usually you can’t pursue the owners for costs. But in this case that’s exactly what did happen …
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Not so disastrous?
After Building put its foot in it with the 10 ‘disastrous’ building projects, our readers kick back
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Plans for vocational diploma
Students in secondary education will be offered a diploma in construction and the built environment under government proposals announced this week.
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NewsSafety lobby focuses on design
An initiative to use design teams in the management of health and safety was due to be announced at the health and safety summit on Thursday
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Features… and a treehouse in the classroom
A new exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum shows that children make some of the most inspiring, imaginative and brutally honest clients.
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FeaturesOne mean city
Big construction in Moscow is a muscle market dominated by players with political connections, fast money and armoured cars. So what chance does a British firm have of getting a piece of the action?
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Rogers’ Chelmsford scheme delayed by local protests
£100m town-centre regeneration plans may go to public inquiry to sort out row over blocked-off cycle paths
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