All Building articles in 2006 issue 20 – Page 3
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NewsA loopy design
Atkins has unveiled images of this hotel and residential scheme in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
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CommentVery damaging
There are signs that the courts may get even tougher on cartels by imposing a more stringent definition of compensation
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CommentCourtly love
The furore surrounding Multiplex vs Cleveland Bridge has thrown the spotlight on the TCC, which after a bad patch is now winning the hearts of litigants
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US urban guru comes to UK
US urban planning guru Andres Duany has been appointed to carry out his first scheme in the UK.
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FeaturesNo time for clowns
It's goodbye prefabrication, golden arches and sticky plastic chairs, hello Jack Vettriano prints and mood lighting. As McDonald's prepares to get serious with a £140m refurbishment and rebranding programme, Katie Puckett met the man overseeing it all
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CommentA civil partnership
We all know partnering works, so why isn't everyone doing it? We should be setting a better example to the young people joining the industry
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FeaturesCheap chic
You remember the old ODPM's competition to design a £60,000 house? Well, thanks to a London prototype and five finalised designs, we can see what we're getting for our money
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NewsCourt told of Multiplex and CBUK's ‘screaming match'
Former Cleveland Bridge boss reveals blackmail accusation and row between owners of Multiplex and CBUK
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NewsMadelin calls for national rules on renewables
Leading regeneration specialist Roger Madelin has called for tougher laws to govern the use of renewable energy in large schemes.
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NewsCall for offices to cut carbon
RIBA president Jack Pringle has called for the British Council of Offices to cut carbon emissions by imposing tougher energy efficiency standards.
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FeaturesWho ya gonna call?
Building surveyors used to be consultancy's zeroes. Now they're its ‘building busting' heroes, as workload sky-rockets and QS practices launch specialist divisions to trade on their skills.
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Developers call for low-cost private homes subsidy
British Property Federation report urges merged English Partnerships and Housing Corporation to widen funding
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Speedy Hire buys LCH Generator
Speedy Hire, the tool-hire and equipment rental business, has bought LCH Generators for £59m.
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CommentLeave school building to the professionals
Your articles "The big question" (13 April, page 30) and "For whom the (school) bell tolls" (28 April, page 24) highlight the problem schools face today. We have a government keen to improve the facilities in which we deliver education and learning for our children, and in my case grandchildren, ...
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Former Schal boss buys project manager
Terry Chapman, the former managing director of Schal, Carillion's construction management subsidiary, has bought a project management business.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Architect Ken Allinson finds a London police station arresting, but asks what's going on ‘ere with security guards
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A temporary blip
Construction activity growth fell markedly in March - but don't worry, says Experian Business Strategies, it'll get back on track soon. Plus this quarter the spotlight is on work-in-hand levels
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NewsPavilion designs unveiled for London biennale
Two mini-pavilions, designed by Chetwood Associates and David Morley Architects, to be erected in Clerkenwell
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NewsMultiplex UK chairman backs buy-in at Ibis
James Tuckey, the executive chairman of Multiplex UK, and Roger Carey, the former president of the British Property Federation, have backed a management buy-in at niche project manager Ibis Project Services.