All Building articles in 2005 issue 14 – Page 4

  • News

    Tyler reveals Balfour Beatty’s American dream

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Contractor’s new chief executive plans to grow US construction business – despite last year’s heavy losses

  • Royal Albert halls
    News

    Royal Albert halls

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Planners have approved Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects’ £33m student residence complex for the University of East London.

  • Features

    Koolhaas strikes again

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    For his latest trick, a £70m Portuguese concert hall, Rem Koolhaas has subverted the earnest business of concertgoing with another masterpiece of architectural surrealism

  • Stefanou: Expanding in fit-out in London and the regions
    News

    Ibex expands after collapse of fit-out rivals

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Ibex Interiors, the interior fit-out subsidiary of the John Doyle Group, has increased its sales in the wake of the collapse of several competitors in the sector

  • Barker: Seeking urgent answers on possibilities of prefabrication
    News

    Whitehall acts to speed up move to factory housing

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Government orders report into feasibility of ‘modern methods of construction’ to be delivered a year early

  • News

    Beach facelift for Aberdeen

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Architect John Thompson & Partners has won a masterplanning competition to regenerate a 2.5 mile stretch of seafront in Aberdeen.

  • News

    HSE crackdown freezes 244 sites across UK

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    More than 200 construction sites nationwide have been closed down as the result of an HSE inspection blitz in March.

  • News

    Henry Boot profit up 15%

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Construction and plant hire group Henry Boot has released preliminary results showing a 15% rise in pre-tax profit, despite a £22m drop in turnover.

  • Comment

    There, there

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The proposed European services directive has been dubbed Bolkestein’s Monster. But it’s not that terrifying, if you’ll all just calm down and read the small print

  • News

    Selective approach boosts Henry Boot profits

    2005-04-06T11:58:00Z

    Construction and property firm profit edges up to £15.9m despite a fall in turnover caused by more selective bidding.

  • Comment

    Conflicts in the contract

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The claimant brought a claim for damages as widow and executrix of the estate of her husband who was fatally injured in an accident. She had sued Drake International Ltd (her husband’s employer’s) and Southampton Container Terminals (who conducted operations at the site that the fatality occurred).The trial judge found ...