All Building articles in 2005 issue 08 – Page 3
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Features
Catch ‘em young
Nick Jones on how to recruit teenagers using websites, competitions and speed-dating
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NewsUnions set to take CITB to court over skills card scheme
Relations between training body and construction unions reach all-time low as row continues over CSCS card
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NewsBuro Happold elects chairman for new era
Engineering consultancy Buro Happold is set for a new era with the election of Rod MacDonald as chairman
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BW Interiors bullish in tough fit-out market
Surrey-based fit-out specialist BW Interiors is aiming to increase its turnover from last year’s £19.5m to £27m in 2005 by riding on the back of a recent recovery in the office market.
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NewsEx-Benson chief blames board for firm’s collapse
Alistair Sloan, former chief executive, hits out over ‘insane’ way the contractor’s demise was handled
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NewsPrince blames planners for urban health troubles
Prince Charles has again weighed in on the subject of British cities by blaming “sick building syndrome” and poor urban planning for social and health problems.
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NewsA brighter Birmingham
This £14m residential quarter, designed by Datun Design, is being planned for derelict land in Birmingham by the Waterloo Housing Association.
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FeaturesBig in Japan (and China, the USA, Spain, Italy, Germany…)
David Chipperfield has quietly built up a highly exportable architectural practice, with competition wins all over the world. Now, the UK portfolio is belatedly taking shape – if clients can stop project-managing for long enough
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Comment
Behind the statistics
I was disappointed that your magazine chose to publish the PPP Forum’s inaccurate and misleading account of the evidence for PFI.
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NewsDTI backs out of Sri Lankan hospital deal
Contractor Edmund Nuttall may have to cancel a £21m hospital building scheme in Sri Lanka after the UK government had second thoughts about the project
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Comment
Biting back
The Latham review into payment provisions under the Construction Act recommends removing the need for a payer’s notice. In fact, what it really needs is more teeth
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News
Urban Initiatives to use design codes at Ashford
Architect and town planning consultant Urban Initiatives, which is masterplanning an ODPM housing growth area in Ashford, Kent, is to produce design codes governing the development and regeneration of the town.
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British architect plans second Moscow suburb
Architect John Thompson & Partners is to design a suburban settlement on the banks of the Moskva River in Moscow.
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FeaturesI am fashion
Jonathan Meades used his first column of the year to bemoan the passing of the “traditional” architect – the flamboyantly bow-tied, floppy-haired chap in deafening tweeds and yellow socks who mostly lived in the 19th holes of golf courses on a diet of gin and tonic, occasionally venturing forth to ...
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NewsAn almost full recovery
CABE has come out in support of architect HOK’s revised planning application for the 905-bed Royal London Hospital redevelopment in east London, after it slated the earlier design.
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Boss Graham Rice is latest to quit Heery after restructure
THe managing director of Heery International, the construction management arm of Balfour Beatty, is to leave the company following a restructuring of the firm.
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Solihull regeneration adopts LIFT method
A £1.5bn regeneration project in Solihull, Birmingham, is the first to adopt the LIFT funding method – normally used for healthcare and education schemes.
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NewsAdditional runways on course for take-off
Plans for additional runways at Stansted and Heathrow airports have been given the go-ahead after the High Court ruled the proposals lawful.
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Alsop set to move Fourth Grace designs across Mersey
Architect in talks to resurrect shelved Cloud design as centrepiece of £500m development in Birkenhead
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