All Building articles in 2005 issue 25 – Page 2
-
NewsDeveloper spurns Alsops 100m Shanghai Kiss
Zhejiang Huamen Real Estate Group turns to London Eye-style design, after branding Kiss too expensive.
-
News
Foreign Office to overhaul its estate procurement
A contractor is to be appointed ‘strategic partner’ on overseas projects, as consultant frameworks are revamped.
-
News
Serious Fraud Office drops Bickerton investigation
Decision to end inquiry into Hertfordshire contractor after three years follows collapse of Jubilee Line case.
-
-
CommentShow and tell
Any debate over building houses in the South-east seems to descend into a conflict between interest groups. But there is a way to win the argument …
-
-
Comment
The simple pleasure of piling
Poor Roger Knowles doesn’t come out of your article on women in construction very well. Indeed, I am going to add my own complaint, having been a pile driver for the past 20 years and finding that we are grouped with cowboy builders in Knowles’ considerations.
-
Comment
Out of order
With great respect to Tony Bingham in his commentary on Geris vs CNIM (10 June, page 52), an adjudicator has no authority under the Scheme for Construction Contracts or any set of adjudication rules that I can think of, to make orders.
-
FeaturesYoung ones
The Chartered Surveyors Training Trust is recruiting wannabe surveyors from as young as 16
-
CommentThat’ll do nicely
The New Engineering Contract used to be an, ahem, eccentric choice for projects. Thanks to a much improved third edition, it has become a respectable option
-
Comment
… and a memory prompted
Your article on 3D modelling brought back memories of a project I was working on 10 years ago with a small group lead by Dr Stephen Drewer, then reader in the faculty of the built environment at the University of the West of England.
-
FeaturesMaking a stand
The five most eagerly awaited cricket matches for a generation are about to begin at Lord’s and will reach their climax at the Oval – which has been splendidly revamped for the occasion.
-
Comment
The long road to Wembley
In your leader (3 June, page 3), you ask of the Wembley Stadium problem: “Where did Multiplex go wrong?” May I also add: “And why should we find out now?” There are two possible answers.
-
NewsNorthern light
Client CTP Property Holdings has released images of its £21m Aurora scheme in Princess Street, Manchester.
-
Comment
The Lend Lease lead
Thank you for the great article on women in construction, and for drawing attention to the issue of maternity pay again.
-
FeaturesDo you want to join my tribe?
Henry Pitman is the Eton-educated businessman who founded Tribal as the universal solution to the public sector’s property problems. And he wants you to help him
-
Features
Homage to Klee
Renzo Piano’s Paul Klee Centre in Berne, Switzerland, takes inspiration from the rolling scenery behind it – a response to nature of which the Swiss artist would heartily approve
-
NewsOne from the heart
Ouch. All the New Heartlands pathfinder wanted to do was renew housing demand in Liverpool, one of the most deprived housing areas of the country, and its demolition programme gets slammed by everyone from Ringo Starr to Sir Trevor McDonald. The criticism has been so acute, it’s thrown the whole ...
-
NewsReading heads for a record
Developer St James Homes has submitted a detailed planning application for the first phase of the Southside urban quarter, which will be the biggest private sector residential community in Reading, Berkshire.
-
Comment
Pressure on the HBF
You report that the government is to decide this month whether pressure testing will be required to conform with Part L of the Building Regulations (3 June, page 64).