All Building articles in 2005 issue 29 – Page 2
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Strength, speed and ruthlessness
Graham Watts presents a plan for delivering the 2012 Olympics on time
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CommentStick this in your pipe …
Anybody who’s had the experience of persuading a utility company’s call centre to deal with a bill that seems to have acquired an extra couple of noughts will empathise with the National Federation of Builders’ members.
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CommentTraining for the Olympics
If winning the Olympics was a triumph, building them will be a miracle. The reason is that we don’t have enough skilled workers – but who’s to blame for that?
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Morgan the martyr
I note that Launce Morgan, the chairman of the RICS construction faculty, has resigned from that appointment and his job at Northcroft (8 July, page 15).
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NewsMarket renewal
Bishop’s Square, a mixed-use scheme in the City of London worth an estimated £373m, has been handed over to law firm Allen & Overy for fitting out works.
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Praise the Lords
The House of Lords ruling in Lesotho vs Impregilio has done much to restore London’s reputation as the centre of arbitration for international projects
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FeaturesIn my life
Joe Dwyer talks to us about his 50 years in construction, the £2bn regeneration of his home town Liverpool, the axing of Alsop’s Fourth Grace, the night he almost died and why he is like José Mourinho – whereas Sir Neville Simms isn’t.
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NewsIce station on skis
Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton Architects have won the British Antarctic Survey competition to design the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica.
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FeaturesShow homes
This year’s Housing Design Awards, announced last night, have again shunned the executive box and instead celebrated some of the finest examples of high-density urban housebuilding.
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NewsGreen HAUS
Architect Foster and Partners has designed a residential scheme for developer Urban Splash in Manchester.
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GLA to review Gateway vision
London mayor Ken Livingstone has appointed developer Urban Catalyst to work on a major review of the Greater London Authority’s vision for the Thames Gateway
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Comment
Fifteen golden rules
I am sure Keith Pickavance needs no advice from me about the real cause of disputes such as Wembley (Letters, 24 June, page 40).
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News
Fire escapes on residential schemes may be phased out
Housebuilders will be allowed to install sprinklers instead as part of overhaul of Part B of the Building Regulations
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Delay in energy rules threatens targets
The government’s target of cutting carbon emissions 20% by 2010 is being threatened by a delay in the introduction of energy regulations.
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Government finally faces its critics over planning system
As government unveils planning proposals, planners and housebuilders complain that it has been ‘far too long’
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Curtain walling
In the latest of our specialist market overviews, Duncan Smith of Gardiner & Theobald examines the vibrant sector of curtain walling. Plus we give an expert at a top company a grilling …
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CommentOi, Le Corbusier …
Teamwork between the client and its consultants ought to be embedded in our industry – but architects sometimes need to be reminded of this
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