All Building articles in 2006 issue 31 – Page 3
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FeaturesAnd the winner on the line is …
The four contenders for the £5.2bn contract to deliver the 2012 London Olympics have just made their final presentations to the Olympic Delivery Authority. Emily Wright looks at who they are, and what they had to say
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Comment
A right to know
The first defendant, Alldown was engaged to carry out certain demolition and excavation works for the claimant, Shinedean’s premises. The excavation works caused the wall of an adjoining property to collapse. Alldown notified its Insurer, AXA of the collapsed wall in September 2002. Shinedean paid the owner of the ...
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NewsNew New Islington
Architect Broadway Malyan has unveiled these images of Islington Wharf in Manchester.
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Comment
In workers own hands
Your article “We’ve got your workers” (14 July) misrepresents the greater number of labour providers in the construction sector.
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FeaturesHansom’s other good idea
The Builder was his masterpiece, but nine years before it was born, Joseph Aloysius Hansom designed a civic temple for the proud city of Birmingham. Unlike the magazine you’re holding, it hasn’t aged well. Thomas Lane reports on the town hall’s long-awaited refurbishment
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FeaturesDon’t get spooked
Does the legal world seem like a spectre of impenetrable jargon and terrifying fees? Well, that’s because it is. But as long as you know how to use your lawyer, you don’t have to be a scaredy cat.
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NewsOh, what a delivery!
Capita Ruddle Wilkinson has revealed this image of its design for Redrow’s Hemisphere apartment development, which overlooks the Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham.
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Retail fit-out
Retail fit-out offers repeated high volumes of work as well as high-end one-off projects. Neal Kalita of Davis Langdon outlines the particular demands of high street fit-outs, details the procurement and project management issues and breaks down the refurbishment costs
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Traffic plan clears the road for Ebbsfleet scheme
The body overseeing regeneration in the Kent stretch of the Thames Gateway has removed a big obstacle to Land Securities’ scheme for the single largest development in the region.
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CABE gives green light to Liverpool demolitions
Community secretary Ruth Kelly has given the go-ahead to demolish thousands of homes in Liverpool after CABE withdrew its objection to the schemes that will replace them.
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NewsCurrie & Brown sacked three defecting directors
Trio dismissed after employer discovered they were planning to move to Sinclair Knight Mertz
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Structure Tone poaches Wates Interiors boss
Fit-out contractor Structure Tone has poached Dean Manning, managing director of Wates Interiors, to head its UK business.
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NewsThames Gateway UDC plans new Docklands bonanza
Development corporation argues that more wharves should be released for redevelopment
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CommentWonders & blunders
Eco-builder Will Anderson remembers a Finnish house that was a sight for sore (and hungover) eyes. A west London hospital, however, just makes him sick
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CommentBlood on the tracks
Last year the criminal court fined Balfour Beatty £10m after it pleaded guilty to its part in the Hatfield rail disaster. Then last month the Court of Appeal lopped £2.5m off the penalty. Here’s why …
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CommentPondering life’s big questions …
… such as “What am I doing here?” or “What would happen if I took a step that way?”