All Building articles in 2006 issue 14 – Page 4
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CommentWonders & blunders
Social housebuilder Colin Dixon likes Amsterdam's best homes but would love to wield the wrecking ball on London's worst shopping mall
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Twenty-seven councils bid for UK's first supercasino
Twenty-seven local authorities are bidding for the right to build the UK's first supercasino, it emerged this week.
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FeaturesWhy not work in ... Belfast
Investors and confidence are coming back to Belfast. Robert Smith of Hays Construction & Property can help you get in on the action
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FeaturesThe nightmare has begun
The industry is in a state of blind panic over Part L, the revised energy regulations implemented yesterday. Thomas Lane explains what we now can and can't build - and why we should all keep panicking …
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CommentWhy is Part L so bad?
Pretty much everyone in the industry agrees that saving energy and cutting carbon emissions from new buildings by 20% is a Good Thing.
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CommentThe real avant-garde
Far from learning the lessons of failed 1960s modernism, we are poised to make the same mistakes on a grander scale. What we need is a total rethink
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NewsAtkins mourns victims of Bahrain boat disaster.
Consultant sends counsellors to Gulf state after 10 of its staff and family members die in pleasure trip tragedy.
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Arup takes on Gensler scheme
Developer British Land has called in engineer Arup to redesign its recently acquired 46,000 m2 Ropemaker Place office scheme in the City of London.
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NewsHackney land set to be sold as developer drops arts centre
Developer Roger Wratten in talks to sell land after bowing to local pressure over Broadway Market project
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Part L may halt use of fan coil air-conditioning
Industry observers have warned that the new Part L of the Building Regulations could make it impossible for building control officers to pass schemes with standard air-conditioning systems.
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Ex-Prescott aide calls for local delivery reform
A former special adviser of the deputy prime minister has backed calls by Richard Rogers to streamline development agencies in growth areas.
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Alsop partner leaves after SMC takeover
Reg Marsh, the managing partner at Will Alsop's practice, has left in the wake of the takeover by SMC Group, writes Vikki Miller.
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CITB uncovers sex bias in careers advice
More than two-thirds of young women are being discouraged by careers advisers from entering male-dominated careers such as construction, according to figures released by CITB-ConstructionSkills.
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First Bath Spa action resolved
Contractor Mowlem and Bath and North East Somerset council settled out of court this week in the first of what is predicted to be a series of legal actions over the troubled Bath Spa scheme.
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NewsThe spirit of '66
Sixty-six days before the World Cup kicks off, football was the theme of the 2006 Building Awards on Tuesday at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.
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NewsOlympics to boost London's civils spend 55%
AS WORK begins on Olympic facilities for 2012 it will become more difficult for other clients in London to find good quality managers, according to a report by cost consultant Davis Langdon.
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FeaturesForget T5, here's T-Rex
Beijing is about to get an airport that is large enough to handle the entire population of Britain in a single year, thanks to yet another collaboration between Arup and Foster and Partners
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Drug tests at T5 stepped up
Heathrow Terminal 5 client BAA has stepped up drug testing on the flagship site after random checks suggested that many workers could be working under the influence of drugs and alcohol.