All Building articles in 2006 issue 13 – Page 3
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CommentNotes for newbies
Contract administration used to be architects' work but these days, many professions can bid for the job. Here's what the new kids need to know
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FeaturesThe missionaries
Stepping down after seven years as a CABE commissioner, Sunand Prasad has plenty of advice about how to make a success of the job.
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Skanska set for Minerva tower
Developer Minerva is set to appoint contractor Skanska to build its £275m Walbrook scheme in the City of London.
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Comment
Too many umbrellas
Construction Confederation = representative body for medium-sized and large contractors
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Laing and Serco tipped to be PFI pioneers
The Treasury is looking to infrastructure groups Laing and Serco to pioneer "project delivery organisations", a PFI concept that would transfer some of the public sector's management responsibility to private firms.
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FeaturesIs this a joke?
Architectural practice FAT has a reputation for taking the mick. But its new social housing scheme in Manchester is at once playful and perfectly serious.
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Comment
Old joke, new punchline
There is an old joke about engineers being good with numbers but remaining illiterate.
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The wrong guests
Before you get too excited about the Building Regulations "summit", let's get back to earth.
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Comment
… or not enough?
… and in this article Laurence Cobb and Tom Wrzesien look at a case where the claim was that he didn't look at it at all. The verdict in both was the same
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NewsThe ends justify the means
The Balornick Bowling Club in north Glasgow is one of 29 prize winners in this year's Civic Trust awards.
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Laing strife in Dubai resolved
Management at the Dubai operation of Laing O'Rourke has persuaded workers on the world's tallest tower to return to work after a riot last week over pay.
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FeaturesSustainability: Drainage systems
With global warming increasing flood risk, projects are turning to sustainable urban drainage systems for solutions. Here, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon considers the options and costs.
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NewsOlympics threaten to ‘drain resources' from UK market
Davis Langdon report warns of rising cost and risk as concerns mount over the Games' budget shortfall
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CommentToday's lesson: don't fail
Will Alsop was teaching in Vienna while his practice was being sold off. So what lessons did he have for his students about the cruel facts of an architect's life?
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Director quits as LDA gains new powers
Tony Winterbottom is to leave the London Development Agency after a restructuring designed to accommodate mayor Ken Livingstone's new planning powers.
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NewsSquare deal
Northern Irish developer McAleer & Rushe has lodged a planning application with Westminster council for this hotel-led mixed-use scheme, to be built on the site of the Swiss Centre in Leicester Square, central London.
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