All Building articles in 2006 issue 08 – Page 3
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Let's stick together
Last week's article "Top 20 contractors face £1bn pensions deficit" (10 February, page 9) resonated with me as a pensioner of Kvaerner concerned about the £1 management buyout of the company from its Norwegian parent last April.
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Let's do it for the kids
Am I right to be sceptical about the value of the opinions of Lord Foster, Alec Reed and Sir Cyril Taylor about the new west London city academy? (10 February, page 13)
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CommentKeeping the law in order
The DTI is to draft a bill to amend the construction act. This is a heroic enterprise, but don't forget it's the courts that really decide what the rules mean
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Try it - you might just like it
I wish to respond to the letter "Mapping uncharted territories" (3 February).If one is to wait for learned institutions and other professional bodies to issue a process map for design integration, I think it will be an extremely long time. A successful project team will take the initiative to design ...
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NewsHere's the latest …
A £700m high-rise office, residential and retail scheme for Paddington Basin has superseded the abortive schemes for Paddington Health Campus and Richard Rogers Partnership's Grand Union Tower.
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FeaturesHow green is your house (and the rest of your life)?
In a world becoming increasingly eco-conscious, Building decided to sign up three key industry figures with gas-guzzling lifestyles to be whipped into shape by our eco-guru. Katie Puckett discovered just how big their carbon footprints are, and how they plan to cut tonnes from their CO2 emission totals in 100 ...
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No future in nuclear
In response to your "View from the Edge" article (10 February, page 36), yes I do have some ideas on energy use, lots of them. The problem is "the industry" has its own agenda.
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FeaturesThe old friends
The old friends giggle as the photographer asks them to move ever closer. The RIBA HQ in central London is playing host to two of the foremost signature architects of the past 30 years, and they respond by embracing and mocking each other as they ham it up for the ...
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FeaturesFour hail murrays
Murray Grove in Hackney, north London, pioneered the use of prefabricated modules in multistorey flats Credit: Raf Makda/VIEW The Murray Grove block was assembled out of prefabricated modules that had been fully fitted out in the factory
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Schofield Lothian head to start his own firm
The chief executive of consultant Schofield Lothian is to set up his own consultancy.
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FeaturesJust the job: from fashion to facades
Kate Cresswell tells Emily Wright why she was happy to leave high fashion to go into construction
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Six vie for Imperial extension
Imperial College London is set to appoint architects to extend Norman Foster's £27m Tanaka Business School at its South Kensington campus.
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CommentLet us examine the facts
We have to suspend disbelief when watching TV heart-throb Judge John Deed hand out justice from the bench - but in the jury room he's very convincing
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Hand over power to elected mayors, says IPPR
An influential think tank close to New Labour has called on ministers to strip regional development agencies of their functions in England's big cities and hand them over to strategic authorities.
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NewsThe upper east side
Architect Hamilton Associates has submitted this 25-storey residential tower in Aldgate, east London, for planning permission.
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NewsDrama students on show
Architect Jestico + Whiles completed The Central School of Speech and Drama in December 2005.
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Government cuts schemes eligible for old Part L
The government has clamped down on the number of schemes that will be eligible for assessment under the 2002 version of Part L of the Building Regulations, which deal with energy efficiency.
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FeaturesCost model: Swimming pools
Britain's swimmers haven't had much success recently - so if we want a gold rush in 2012, we must start building competition pools now. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the key design and economic issues and breaks down the costs of a 50 m pool with dry sports ...
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NewsMultiplex: We still have a future in UK construction
As FA moves cup final to Cardiff, clients and subcontractors assess their relationships with Wembley contractor