All Building articles in 2005 issue 32 – Page 2
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News
Drivers Jonas lands Museum of London job
Consultant appointed project manager on £18m museum revamp.
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News
Urgent product recall follows T5 accident
BAA and Laing O'Rourke urge industry to comply with manufacturer's request to return faulty adaptors.
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Tory MP warns of "concrete scar" in Buckinghamshire
Opposition to green-belt development continues to grow.
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Government allocates 3.9bn for Affordable Housing Programme
ODPM prepares to hear bids for low-cost homes across the regions.
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Skills gap shows no sign of closing
Recruitment problems unsolved as industry gears up for London 2012.
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Bellway wins Midlands regeneration contract
Housebuilder ready to start work on one of Britain’s biggest regeneration schemes.
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Features
A subdued summer
Experian Business Strategies reports on the still-slowing growth of the construction industry, as rapid inflation and insufficient demand affect market confidence and output
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FeaturesThe performer
With a dazzling repertoire of styles, varying from classy to very blue, the Edinburgh Quay development is a real entertainer. In fact, if ever a building belonged on the Fringe, this is it.
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Comment
Shurely shome mishtake
I read with interest your article on 15 July regarding the costs for the Olympics (page 24). Can you please tell me, did you make a mistake?
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News
MPs may probe Paddington
The £1bn Paddington Health Campus fiasco could be referred to the House of Commons’ most powerful select committee, says the National Audit Office.
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CommentMaster of shadows
The answer to the competition on 22 July was David Hindle, then managing director of Amey Building, taken in 1992. The winner was Eddie Hume of Kier Group. It seems that what Mr Hindle was doing in the photograph was “being a phoenix”.
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NewsLeeds on the up
Ian Simpson’s designs for West Point Phase III, a £200m mixed-use scheme in Leeds, have been unveiled. The plans will transform land between Wellington Street and Whitehall Road. The 51-storey tower is 157 m high and has about 650 apartments. An adjacent 26-storey, 90 m glass tower will provide for ...
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NewsKent riviera
Shepway council in Kent has granted detailed planning permission to AukettFitzroyRobinson design for a £90m mixed-use urban quarter, to be built on 7 ha of the foreshore at Folkestone in Kent. The application, submitted on behalf of Trent Developments, is for 671 residential units, shops and leisure amenities. The project ...
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Comment
A message from the judges …
Your piece last week on the £60,000 house (5 August, page 13) misrepresents both the reality of the competition and CABE’s position. It is based on an unverified quote and a good deal of inaccurate speculation – for example there were 30 submissions, not 33, and the shortlist comprised nine ...
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CommentIt’s … Robo-adjudicator!
Dispute resolution is no job for have-a-go amateurs. So five chartered bodies have teamed up to turn adjudicators into contract law enforcement machines
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Comment
… and an interested party
As one of the architects involved in this competition, I am surprised there can be any criticism of the design from anybody. The time provided by the ODPM, despite being extended by two weeks, was extremely tight. The brief for the Oxley Park site, produced by English Partnerships, was extremely ...
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NewsLaing O’Rourke moves into modular homes
Contractor Laing O’Rourke is set to unveil its own line of modular housing units, which it has been secretly working on for the past 12 months, write Stuart Macdonald and Thomas Lane.
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