All Building articles in 2005 issue 37 – Page 3
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NewsIt’s the Dogs
Ballymore Properties has won approval for a mixed-use development on the former London Arena site in Crossharbour on the Isle of Dogs.
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CommentIdentity crisis
The role of the M&E engineer has been changing since Roman times. But in our energy-conscious era, that change is going to happen quicker than ever.
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Courts U Like
The Technology and Construction Court is about to reinvent itself as a customer-friendly dispute resolution service – as long as litigants follow the rules
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NewsDeath by consultation?
Anyone who has an idea is in a minority of one. If it’s an idea they want to pursue, then they have to convert others to the same point of view.
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FeaturesJasper conran: The new Wayne hemingway?
Fashion guru Jasper Conran is already known for interior design, but with links to the Open House scheme and some heavy hints being dropped, it seems he may be moving into architecture. So do we have another fashion designer architect on our hands?
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CommentA happy compromise
A trial before a judge or arbitrator is one thing; negotiations facilitated by a mediator is a horse of a different colour. So what would happen if we crossed them?
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Client group joins Constructing Excellence
The Construction Clients Group has left the British Property Federation to join Constructing Excellence.
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FeaturesThe city marches east
After 19 years of protracted disputes, the City of London has finally arrived at the historic Spitalfields market, in the form of a sleek Foster and Partners office block. Building assesses the latest addition to this famously varied quarter of east London
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Housing chief speaks out over ‘cheap’ new homes
New boss of National Housing Federation singles out government’s ‘short-termism’ for criticism at conference
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NewsStrategic Forum draws up Olympic charter
The Strategic Forum plans to draw up an “Olympic Charter” to ensure that the 2012 Games follow best practice.
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Wates stops work at Urban Catalyst job
Developer Urban Catalyst’s £60m scheme for a public library in Barking, east London, has been put on hold after contractor Wates stopped work this week.
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Carillion wins nuclear work
Carillion has won an £118m contract with British Nuclear Group to build a storage facility for decommissioned materials at Sellafield in Cumbria.
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Major contractors push for fast-tracked skills cards
Whitehall fears proposal to award cards to workers after they pass safety test may undermine CSCS credibility
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Why can’t we be more German?
The article on logistics in the UK is timely. If our recent experience as a small firm of architects is anything to go by, our German cousins beat us hands down. We needed eight 250 kg L-shaped pre-cast concrete units for a client near the M25 and found that British ...
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CABE hits government performance targets
CABE has performed well in meeting performance targets set for it by the Department of Culture Media and Sport and the ODPM.
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Redrow and Miller buck trend with solid profit
Redrow and the Miller Group both defied the weak UK housing market this week by revealing solid profit growth. Redrow reported a 14% rise in pre-tax profit to £141m for the year to 30 June and raised its dividend 20% to 10.8p.
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NewsBovis and Westbury latest to suffer in housing downturn
Pre-tax profit at Bovis Homes falls 32% and Westbury’s sales decline 7% in the first six months of the year
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Northants development bodies set to join forces
The two bodies spearheading development in north Northamptonshire look set to merge.
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NewsBid costs for PFI hospitals increase by half
Major Contractors Group survey shows soaring costs for hospitals – but falling costs for schools projects
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NewsBerlin’s got brains
A skull-like university library in Berlin was opened this week by its architect, Lord Foster. The outer shell takes the form of a dome of alternating glass and metal panels that slots into a courtyard of the 1970s Free University of Berlin.
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