All Building articles in 2005 issue 19 – Page 3
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European drive to improve industry’s ethics
The European Construction Industry Federation will pressurise members to improve ethics and environmental management under sustainability guidance to be published this June.
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ODPM doesn’t rule out ‘Solent Gateway’
The ODPM has denied reports that it is set to authorise a 140,000-home housing growth area between Southampton and Portsmouth.
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Tory gains reflect discontent
The government’s plans for building up to 1.1m homes in the South-east by 2016 could be undermined by Conservative election victories in the four housing growth areas.
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Comment
A dirty story
Taking on a contaminated site is risky because it’s hard to be sure what’s down there. Now environmental consultants have found a way to manage the risk better
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Comment
A difficulty with defects
In a situation using a JCT contract where a retention is being held and the certificate of making good defects has not been issued, but latent defects have arisen after the expiry of the defects liability period, is it within the employer’s powers to withhold the retention?
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FeaturesDaniel Libeskind
As rumours circulate of year-long delays and complete redesigns at Ground Zero, we talk to the man responsible about why his long, bitter struggle with rival architects, the New York press and the site owner (among others) is a sign that things are going pretty well …
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NewsCrystalline tower
Swiss architect Herzog & de Meuron has designed a crystalline tower clad in irregularly textured aluminium mesh as the centrepiece of this art centre in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Comment
Head for the homeowners contract
My heart went out to this small contractor whose story I hear echoed by countless clients, some like him, others – often pensioners or those on low incomes – who have been ripped off by contractors less conscientious than Mr Danieli.
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FeaturesThe China trip
China is in the process of building the biggest economy in the world at a pace that is hard to bend your head around – this is a country where planning approval can take a few hours and a town containing 11 universities can be built in a couple of ...
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NewsWillmott sees PFI entry as ‘main challenge’ for future
With profit passing £10m, the Willmott Dixon boss is confident he will avoid the losses incurred at other big names
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Prince decides to humour ‘carbuncle’ community
Prince Charles is set to break with tradition by allowing modernist buildings on to a development near Plymouth.
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Sustainable building college
A specialist university offering courses in sustainable building is to be established in the East Midlands.
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CABE and MCG team up to cut hospital PFI design bills
Old adversaries join forces to standardise PFI design reviews and help reduce contractors’ bid costs
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NewsEnfield’s big spree
Costain has started work on Enfield PalaceXchange, a £60m mixed-use town-centre development in Enfield, north London, designed by REID architecture for ING Real Estate Development.
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FeaturesBao Guangjian: man of steel
Bao Guangjian is China’s most innovative steel specialist and the driving force behind Beijing’s impossible-to-build television centre – and even he is a little concerned about whether it’ll stay up … we went to meet him in Shenzhen
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Comment
Threaten bankruptcy proceeding
I sympathise with Mr Danieli over his inability to collect monies due to him from unscrupulous clients.
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Industry backs migrant worker induction scheme
Industry groups and the Home Office this week backed proposals for a compulsory integration programme for migrant workers in the UK construction industry.
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US architect takes Rogers’ place in Paddington Basin
The development consortium behind Paddington Basin has brought in a US architect after dropping Richard Rogers’ designs for the Grand Union site.
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