All Building articles in 2005 issue 25 – Page 3
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NewsOld Hall renewed
Architect RHWL has unveiled images of its development in Liverpool for the English Cities Fund.
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FeaturesShould i stay or should I go?
What would you give to live in country with a warm climate, shorter working hours and a choice of beaches for the weekend? How about two-thirds of your current salary and a year spent studying a foreign language? Hmmm … We present the Building/Hays Construction & Property international salary guide ...
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Comment
Get out of the office
As a woman involved in and passionate about a career in construction, I read with interest the article regarding the construction industry being “no place for women” (10 June, page 28).
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News
Industry output to slow over next two years, says forecast
Construction Products Association cuts growth predictions and says private housing output will fall 7% next year
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Foreign Office to overhaul its estate procurement
A contractor is to be appointed ‘strategic partner’ on overseas projects, as consultant frameworks are revamped
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Comment
Turn the mike down …
Perhaps Ian Abley was simply trying to be provocative in his Open Mike article (10 June, page 34) but it is rather alarming that any professional designer should express such views. There is much to take issue with in his article but I will settle for the following.
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Developers urged to review options in the North
Contractors and developers have been urged to look again at investment in the North after the publication on Monday of the business plan for the Northern Way strategy.
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Yeang to take lead role in design of Dubai metro
Malaysian architect Ken Yeang is to head the Llewelyn Davies scheme for a metro system in Dubai, after his shock move to the British firm.
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NewsViñoly’s debut
Architect Rafael Viñoly has released the latest images of his first project in the UK, the Performing Arts Centre in Leicester.
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Lovell in fight for PFI costs
Housebuilder Lovell is gearing up to fight the council for the estimated £3m costs that it has ploughed into bidding for the failed 500-home PFI scheme in north-east Derbyshire.
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FeaturesWhole-life costs: Office design
In the second of our series, David Weight of Currie & Brown looks at the differences in whole-life costs between a deep-plan, air-conditioned base office building and a shallow-plan scheme that is naturally ventilated
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Contractors dig in over payment reform
The Construction Confederation has attacked the reform of payment practices being contemplated in the present review of the Construction Act. The confederation is arguing that the DTI’s proposals are “misconceived” and will drive up costs.
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Comment
Nails, but no claws
It’s good to see Building espousing the cause for more women in construction but sadly the hammer-wielding lady on your front cover isn’t properly equipped for the job.
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CommentA summertime chill
June temperatures may be soaring, but there’s a chilly breeze wafting through the construction industry.
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NewsFoster is first past the chequered flag
The McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, designed by Foster and Partners, has won the Royal Fine Art Commission Building of the Year Award.
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CommentCheck it out
The revamped JCT suite of contracts has finally begun to arrive. So what’s changed, what’s stayed the same – and what do you have to look out for?
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Comment
Carrot health scare
Carrots may be good for you, as Roger Knowles suggests in his letter (3 June, page 36), but the idea of giving a bonus for a reduction in accidents has been tried in the offshore oil industry, with unfortunate results.
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Clients demand CSCS card
The Highways Agency and the County Surveyors Society have become the latest clients to demand all workers on their sites hold the CSCS card or equivalent.
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Prescott calls for EU sustainability summit
John Prescott is planning to thrash out a common European approach to sustainable communities as part of the UK’s upcoming presidency of the European Union