All Building articles in 2005 issue 47 – Page 2
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NewsPlanning permission for Waterloo office scheme
Delancey gets go ahead for development by Kohn Pedersen Fox Asscoiates.
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Bob Kiley quits as London transport chief
TFL boss to go in January but will continue to advise Ken Livingstone.
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Construction wage growth slows
Construction workers no longer have highest wage increases as average wage rise remains at 3.5%.
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Baxi loses £13m in nine months
Boiler maker blames £7.2m drop in turnover on switch to high-efficiency boilers.
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London may get ‘super market’
Huge site in Park Royal could replace New Covent Garden Market, Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish market.
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London Olympic team sets aside £275m for stadium
Figure used in bid presentation is revealed for the first time, but Beijing stadium architect predicts price will rise.
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NewsNHS ditches Bouygues’ bid for £350m Whipps Cross
NHS trust rethinks PFI procurement route after it ‘stands down’ sole bidder for £350m east London hospital.
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Comment
Ventilation, ventilation, ventilation
I was very pleased to be consulted for the article on disease risks to schoolchildren (4 November).
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NewsToon tower
Reid Architecture has unveiled this design for an £8.2 m control tower at Newcastle Airport.
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CommentA traveller’s tales
Travel may expose you to diverse cultures, but skills shortages, seem to be the same the world over. If only the same could be said for health and safety …
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Comment
More words of support …
It is becoming increasingly difficult for building control to keep up with changes...
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FeaturesVintage Rogers
Richard Rogers Partnership is the latest of the big-name architects to design a winery – this one for a vineyard in the northern Spanish village of Peñafiel.;
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Comment
Support from The RICS
As chartered building control surveyors, we pride ourselves on being the first port of call for advice on how to satisfy the functional requirements of the regulations.
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Comment
Take some responsibility …
In her article “It’s not their job” (11 November), Ann Minogue has shot herself in the foot by stating: “But surely one-off clients, which make up most customers, cannot be blamed for what happens on site?
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NewsLost at sea
Lost Town, one of four Landmark East projects sponsored by the East of England Development Agency, has switched sites to Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex.
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Features
Lead times
This quarter Mace finds many lead times unchanged, but on the brink of increases next year as strong order books put the pressure on …
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FeaturesWith this issue...
....of Building we are publishing a Channel Tunnel Rail Link supplement.
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FeaturesThe inheritors
The standard business model of the standard volume housebuilder is well tried, well tested and increasingly obsolete. Now the market is being invaded by dynamic, agile firms that have adapted to an environment in which affordability, sustainability and brownfield expertise are what count.