All Building articles in 2006 issue 38 – Page 4
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School building council sits first test
The British Council for School Environments is to hold its inaugural summit on Monday in what many see as the first test of the organisation’s effectiveness.
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NewsThe Glasgow bow
This Halcrow-designed bridge, which provides the first new traffic link across the River Clyde for 30 years, opened this week in Glasgow.
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Botes Construction goes under
Insolvent contractor Botes Construction will not be rescued as a going concern, administrator Kroll confirmed this week.
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NewsA bonfire of the quangos
Home front — The polarised debate about merging regeneration agencies is missing the point
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FeaturesBlair’s last lap
With Tony Blair fast running out of time to tackle the policy issues of central concern to the construction industry, Building spoke to 10 of its leading figures to see what they want from Blair before he goes. Or will it be left to Gordon Brown to take the baton ...
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CommentDubai’s big freeze
The bloggers are doing their best to dispel the flattering image of the emirate as a land of plenty by drawing attention to its traffic congestion and ice-cold air-conditioning
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NewsFoster bids for Olympic stadium without contractor
Lack of firms willing to take on scheme forces architect to put together a consultants-only team
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Berkeley to buy out Thames Water’s share of St James
Berkeley Group is to pay £191m to its joint venture partner RWE Thames Water for the 50% of the developer St James that it does not own.
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FeaturesCalatrava swoops on Belgium
The architect–engineer is topping a Liège train station with yet another astonishing roof
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Multiplex starts court battle with WNSL
Wembley contractor Multiplex will make its first court appearance in the case against client Wembley National Stadium Limited next month.
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FeaturesWhole-life costs: Basements
In this quarter’s comparison of whole-life costs, David Weight of Currie & Brown digs deep into the financial pros and cons of adding a basement or half-basement to your building
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Balfour Beatty cements its dominance of UK contracting
Scottish company completes triple in contracting league tables
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National Construction College awaits verdict
The National Construction College will have to wait until next year to find out if its plans to refurbish itself will go ahead.
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Contractors asked to find ways of cooling down Tube
Costain, Balfour Beatty and Morgan Est invited to tender for work on 140-year-old problem
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NewsFrom the ashes
The derelict Imperial Tobacco HQ in south Bristol, the first British building by US architect Skidmore Owings & Merrill, is to be turned into sustainable flats and live-work units by developer Urban Splash.
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FeaturesThe subtle art of regime change
New construction chiefs seeking to stamp their authority on a firm by overhauling it do so at their peril. Staff can be alienated as much as inspired, quite apart from what the outgoing boss thinks …
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CommentAfter the fire
If your home goes up in smoke, you naturally expect that it will be rebuilt quickly. Here’s a case in which, after more than three years of bitter wrangling, the house is still a ruin
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CommentDisappearing acts
This week, champagne-soaked yachters see Mace ‘lose a man overboard’, guests at a RMJM bash trail away like smoke, Colin Harding doesn’t disappear after all, and we find out what happened to page 68
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EC Harris looks to acquire BNG’s nuclear build capacity
Consultant sees break-up of government’s nuclear arm as chance to strengthen market position