All Building articles in 2006 issue 25 – Page 3
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NewsHoward Shiplee lands top job to deliver London Games
ODA hires project manager behind Ascot racecourse as 2012 Olympics' construction director
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FeaturesJean de florette
Jean Nouvel's museum of ethnic art in Paris, which opens today, tries to find a flowery architectural language to talk of ‘death and oblivion, visions of haunted places and the consciousness of the sacred'. Martin Spring explains how he set about this somewhat unusual task - and assesses his success.
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NewsDavis Langdon riding high as profit leaps one-third
Europe and Middle East turnover rises 13% to £120m and global turnover hits £176m
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CommentThe correct use of courts
The legal system would work a lot better if it were used as a last chance to settle disputes, rather than a blunt instrument to beat, baffle and bore one's enemy into submission
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NewsHiggins promises Olympic gold for local contractors
Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive intends to make sure South-east's subcontractors win work on London 2012 projects
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Lovell confirms departure
Jarvis announced this week that chief executive Alan Lovell will definitely step down at the end of June.
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FeaturesWhole-life costs: Concrete vs steel
What are the environmental, capital cost and lifetime cost differences between a building with a steel frame and one built using concrete? David Weight of cost consultant Currie & Brown applies the firm’s Live Options modelling system to find out
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CommentThe shape of things to come
The judgment in a recent asbestos case could have dramatic benefits for firms in the construction industry - if the courts choose to apply its logic to them
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FeaturesAn ideal client for firms with a taste for perversity
Frightening, stimulating, argumentative, bewildered by its own bureaucracy but still willing to take chances (don't believe everything the media tells you), the BBC is the best client in Britain for firms who don't just want an easy life.
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Wembley client prepares to negotiate deal over delays
Mike Jeffries says he hopes to reach settlement with Multiplex rather than go to court
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CommentCity centred
Ed Balls has taken over as the Treasury minister in the recent reshuffle - which has made him the liaison man between the world's financial centre and Britain's construction industry
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CommentCapital letters
Welcome to Jones Blogs, where Nick Jones will guide you through the outer limits of the blogosphere. This week, he hunts down web diarists' views on the London architecture biennale
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FeaturesThe Building Hall of Fame
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its name change from The Builder, Building has launched a Hall of Fame. Today we've inaugurated 40 people who have made the greatest impact on the built environment over that period.
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Comment
Success breeds inertia
What do Ray O'Rourke's view of women in construction and Multiplex's views on how to work with subcontractors have in common?
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CommentWonders & blunders
It's a tale of two city watersides for Lord Heseltine - but whereas one was reborn in an urban renaissance and the other is drowning in mediocrity
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FeaturesA bitter pill
The PFI is not responsible for the NHS' headline-grabbing deficits - the NHS is
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NewsHey, big spenders!
US architect Moshe Safdie has unveiled these images of his design for the world's most expensive casino.
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Economic barometer Housing starts and completions
Housebuilders will be cheered by the signs that the industry is benefiting from a rise in housing starts.
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