All Building articles in 2006 issue 40 – Page 3
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NewsO’Rourke reveals expansion plans as profit jumps 44%
Contractor split into international hubs, identifying Gulf states as target for growth
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NewsMace tipped to win £350m Shard
Contractor is close to being given the construction managment role on the iconic new tower at London Bridge
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Delays feared after high-voltage cable runs short
Energy company EDF says it does not have enough cable to meet demand for site connections
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Comment
Is this a wind-up?
A subcontractor, SCC Construction Ltd, raised a number of invoices against the head contractor, Medlock Projects Ltd. The invoices were not paid and SCC presented a winding-up petition against Medlock to the court. Medlock Projects applied to restrain advertisement of the winding up petition. The unpaid invoices were for £51,642 ...
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NewsYoung Vic rejuvenated
Architect Haworth Tompkins has completed the renovation of the Young Vic theatre, originally designed by Bill Howell in the 1960s.
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CommentPrefabrication in the sixties
Now and then — David Rogers on the government’s endless efforts to get the industry to embrace modern methods
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Pilot study into viability of sustainable refurbishment
Consultant Tuffin Ferraby Taylor (TFT) is teaming up with Slough Estates to introduce a pilot study into the viability of a sustainability programme for refurbishment.
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NewsStart of the Pier show
Work has started on an Atkins-designed 40-storey residential development in Dubai.
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CommentIn a packed page
… this week we bring you airborne executives, amphibious journalists, frustrated ministers, belligerent philanthropists, disguised contractors and engineering gourmands …
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FeaturesWhat’s new under the sun
Viridian Solar has just started business on the basis of a green water heater …
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CommentNet result
For the fans, the Arsenal stadium is a great result, but architecturally it’s in the second division
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NewsNew Manchester takes shape
Allied London has won planning consent for the latest building in its Spinningfields development in Manchester.
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Features‘I have tended to make a nuisance of myself’
HOW THEY MADE IT — In the first of a series looking at how the sector’s heavyweights scaled the career ladder, Lydia Stockdale speaks to Andrew Wyllie, chief executive of Costain
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NewsShops snub mixed-use schemes in London
About one-third of the commercial space in new mixed-use developments in London is lying empty, a report by London Development Research has revealed.
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CommentDo you want to know a secret?
A leaked letter from the DTI is very revealing as to the latest government thinking on reforms to adjudication, particularly its apparent disregard for the construction industry’s views
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Features‘Maybe we are just waking up to a serious problem’
After two men died in a crane collapse in Battersea last week, the public suddenly started treating all cranes with suspicion. Sarah Richardson looks at whether they have good reason to
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FeaturesWelcome to Pete Waterman’s ‘institute for the mentally insane’
The Pop Idol panellist, and man behind Kylie and Rick Astley, opens the doors to his ‘creative village’ – a 300,000ft² redevelopment of London’s County Hall