All Building articles in 2006 issue 07 – Page 3
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Evans to join Linden Homes
Linden Homes has appointed David Evans technical and commercial director for its operations in the South-east.
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FeaturesReturn of the dome
London's most famous white elephant is being reborn as an American-style entertainment behemoth complete with cinema, bars, clubs and an arena that can range from 3500 seats to 23,000.
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NewsPFI firms diversify as health work dries up
The UK's leading PFI healthcare architects are being forced to look overseas and to other sectors as UK public spending dries up.
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Foster to design cultural quarter on St Petersburg island
Foster and Partners this week won a competition to design the redevelopment of a 7.6 ha island bounded by canals in the centre of St Petersburg.
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NewsNew stink for Multiplex as sewage crisis hits Wembley
Contractor Multiplex carries out remedial works to limit damage of yet another setback for troubled stadium
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EC Harris wins five years in court
Consultant EC Harris has been appointed on a five-year deal to provide construction services to the Royal Courts of Justice, the UK's main civil court.
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FeaturesThe Eurovision house contest
Welcome to Europan, the competition in which young European architects design housing schemes for 74 sites across the continent. Here are the designs that triumphed in the UK
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Consultants link up for northern expansion
Construction consultant John Rowan & Partners and Walker Sime, a project manager and quantity surveyor, have formed an alliance.
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CommentThe new conquistadors
"If the Spanish come storming ashore, it will be the most audacious foreign bid for a British company in history."
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Colchester Garrison PFI could be ready six months early
The first phase of the Ministry of Defence's £2bn Colchester Garrison PFI could be ready six months early, and the £5bn Allenby and Connaught barracks PFI should finally reach financial close in the spring.
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FeaturesA cracking Christmas
Activity was up across the board in December, according to the Experian Business Strategies survey - which also offers a short-term forecast, a regional breakdown and a quarterly look at work in hand
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NewsCABE guide sets the style for neighbourhood healthcare
Two weeks after health secretary Patricia Hewitt announced a £4bn-a-year shift from acute hospitals to healthcare facilities closer to home, CABE has published a design guide for local healthcare buildings.
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Treasury bullish despite failure of past land taxes
The Treasury has dismissed fears that the planning gain supplement is unworkable despite the failure of three similar land taxes since the Second World War.
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FeaturesThis is Devon Buchanon
Over the course of his life he has dated Jamie Lee Curtis, partied with Mick Jagger, managed the UK's first all-black dance group, been personal assistant to Grace Jones, acted as a stand-in for Burt Reynolds, and provided the teeth for a Colgate advert.
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Comment
The levy won't break
Your report "M&E skills levy plan under threat" (3 February) inaccurately states that the government is rethinking the wisdom of the levy systems as a result of a decline in support for the CITB-ConstructionSkills levy.
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NewsCity break
Architect Watermans has been selected to masterplan the latest Chinese megaproject, the 53 km2 Tianjin Bin Hai New City.
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NewsThe hanging gardens of Bracknell
Bracknell Forest council has granted planning permission for this £750m regeneration of Bracknell town centre in Berkshire.
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CommentSafety blunders
As long as there are at least three of us balancing on this door, it should be alright …
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CommentBlow that whistle
How scared should you be by the news that the OFT is using undercover techniques to spy on cartels? That depends on what you've been up to …