All Building articles in 2006 issue 20 – Page 4
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FeaturesProjects update: Health and Safety Awards
This special Projects Update showcases the best products and best engineering or design innovations shortlisted for Building's Health and Safety Awards 2006, to be held at the London Hilton on Park Lane on 22 June
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FeaturesThe art of starting up two dozen businesses
Bournemouth Arts Institute's Enterprise Pavilion is an incubator unit for its graduates' fledgling firms. Martin Spring assesses the building's success - artistically and commercially
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Capita Percy Thomas to be UK's second biggest architect
Acquisition of 32-strong Ruddle Wilkinson will increase Capita staff to 200-plus, making it second only to BDP
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BBC appoints eight firms to revamped framework
The BBC has revealed the names of eight companies that will join its framework in July in place of Land Securities Trillium.
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Balfour appeals Hatfield fine
Balfour Beatty went to the Court of Appeal this week to challenge a £10m fine that it received over the Hatfield rail disaster in 2000.
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Amec's nuclear talks
Amec is seeking partners to help it bid for nuclear power stations after prime minister Tony Blair this week signalled his support for a new generation of them
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May Gurney to float on AIM
May Gurney, the Norfolk-based construction services business, is planning to float on the alternative investment market after 80 years as a private company.
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NewsBalancing act
Architect Zaha Hadid has unveiled this design for a 12-storey building at the Edifici University campus in Barcelona.
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ACE chief executive reveals plans for global expansion
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering has revealed plans for global expansion with a new international business group.
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Comment
How to build a successful city academy, part I
I have now seen three articles in Building identifying failed or overspent academy projects (13 April, 21 April and 5 May). I would like to redress the balance.
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NHS trusts slammed over abandoned Paddington hospital
NHS failures and bad management have been blamed for the collapse of the £900m St Mary's healthcare campus in Paddington, west London, last May.
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NewsStef Stefanou sells 80% of John Doyle to staff
Chairman undertakes restructuring by selling shares to senior managers and employees while retaining his title
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Balfour orders top £8bn
Contractor Balfour Beatty has reassured the City and shareholders at its annual meeting by indicating that it was performing in line with expectations in 2006.
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NewsThree £60k house winners fail to secure sites
Three of the winners in English Partnerships £60,000 home competition have missed out on the chance to develop their designs on site.
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The 2006 LABC awards
The Local Authority Building Control is calling for entries for this year's Built in Quality National Awards. Building owners, architects, contractors or LABC building control officers are invited to submit an application.
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NewsODA considers fund to plug £2bn shortfall
Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive David Higgins could set up a private investment fund to plug a rumoured £2bn shortfall for the 2012 Olympics and associated regeneration work
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Ferrovial's hostile bid has cost BAA £15m so far
Airport operator BAA has warned shareholders that it has already spent £15m trying to fend off a hostile approach from Spanish contractor Ferrovial, and that costs are likely to rise further.