All Building articles in 2005 issue 20 – Page 2

  • A1 Holloway
    News

    Alsop loses A1 plan to former directors

    2005-05-20T07:00:00Z

    Architect Will Alsop has been dropped from a masterplanning scheme in north London after a firm run by two of his former protégés was given the job.

  • Viva Victoria
    News

    Viva Victoria

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Architect Sheppard Robson has been granted planning consent for this nine-storey office development in front of Victoria station in London.

  • Comment

    Who’s suing whom

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Legal disputes crop up everywhere from Oxfordshire residential sites to Surrey church halls, as this month’s roundup of High Court writs demonstrates. Plus, our regular dispatch from Brussels

  • News

    Sharewatch

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    No news is good news

  • Pier review
    News

    Pier review

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Transport secretary Alistair Darling has opened the largest air passenger bridge in the world, Pier 6 at Gatwick Airport.

  • News

    Miliband runs the rule over policies and plans at ODPM

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    But focus of stocktaking will be policies rather than bodies that deliver them, say departmental civil servants

  • Michael Latham
    Comment

    Our silver jubilee

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Since 1980, there have been six general elections and continuous revolution in our industry. The new government must keep up the pace of change

  • Sam Powell
    Features

    Just the job

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Sam Powell explains why, 16 years after leaving, he has returned to Wells Cathedral Stonemasons

  • News

    Michael: I’ll be your voice in Whitehall

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Construction minister pledges to cut bureaucracy and unite departments

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Hansom

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Our diarist unsheathes the simple sword of truth and the trusty shield of British fair play to take a few cheap swipes at the Spanish and Americans …

  • News

    It’s good to talk

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Nick Raynsford begins his new column by explaining how to influence ministers

  • Kate's expectations
    Features

    Kate’s expectations

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    When Kate Barker’s report into housing undersupply was published last year, it was greeted with intense public and industry interest – after which nothing much seemed to happen. We found out whether the author was disappointed with her reception

  • Comment

    Er, who?

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Getting a name wrong is embarrassing, but if it happens when issuing a writ on a firm it can be more serious. Luckily the courts take a common-sense view

  • Sebastian Lorek
    Features

    The men from the east

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Last May, the European Union took on 10 new states, including eastern European countries whose high-quality workers were seen as the solution to the UK’s labour shortages.

  • News

    HSE lays early Olympic plans

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    The Health and Safety Executive is in talks with Crossrail and Olympic bid officials in a move to gain early input on the projects’ safety standards.

  • News

    Judicial review to delay HOK student flats

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Architect HOK’s student village in Birmingham is on hold after a legal challenge was launched into its construction.

  • News

    Judicial review to delay HOK student flats

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Architect HOK’s student village in Birmingham is on hold after a legal challenge was launched into its construction.

  • Comment

    A multi-million decision

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    The case of Carillion vs Devonport involved enforcing an adjudicator’s decision over a whopping £12.3m – no wonder the matter went all the way to the High Court

  • The Danieli debate
    Comment

    The Danieli debate

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Small builder Alan Danieli touched a nerve a few weeks ago when he wrote about ‘cowboy clients’. Here he thanks readers for their advice and support, while suggestions keep coming in …

  • Griffiths: Appeared ill briefed
    News

    Spa council pursues former minister Griffiths

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Councillors close to the Bath Spa project are questioning the intervention of former construction minister Nigel Griffiths in the scheme earlier this year.