All Building articles in 2007 Issue 03 – Page 2
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News
Paper round: MPs condemn soaring Olympic costs
Also: Corus shares jump as market senses new Tata bid and storm causes up to £1bn of damage
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NewsImages: New digs for Bath students
Architect Design Partnership win planning for £16.4m University of Bath student residences
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NewsWembley resolution not even close
Even Justice Jackson cannot figure out what exactly Multiplex and steel contractor Cleveland Bridge are demanding this time round
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NewsUS housing slump hits Wolseley profit
Materials group suffers from slowdown in US housing market as pre-tax profit falls 14%
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NewsFoster set to sell practice for £500m
The architect is talking to bankers about the potential sale of Foster and Partners according to reports
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NewsHSE puts ban on Falcon cranes
‘Precautionary approach’ adopted after recent fatal accidents involving crane hire firm’s vehicles
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Amec wins £36m Salford schools contract
Project manager and client Hochtief PPP Solutions to deliver Harrop Ford and Buile Hill high schools
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NewsThree race for Wilson Bowden
Hunter analysts’ favourite, as Scotland’s richest man, Barratt and George Wimpey battle it out for housebuilder
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David Morrell
David Morrell, formerly Chairman of Mitchell Construction, died on Friday 12 January, at the age of 92. He leaves two daughters, Christine and Judith, and a son, Paul (former senior partner of Davis Langdon), who writes below of his father's contribution to the industry.
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NewsBarge trip
Man overboard - or there will be if this painter continues to work on his bargeboard without safety gear
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NewsKen Makes over his old home town
Architect Ken Shuttleworth unveils proposals for mixed-use Birmingham scheme
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NewsSafer Skyline campaign: crackdown on cranes
Building's latest campaign calls on industry to clean up its act
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NewsMultiplex and CBUK return to court over roof works
Multiplex project director claims Wembley steel contractor’s prices were ‘out of this world’
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Kier eyes Amec’s £1bn property division
Acquisition would double Kier’s £700m portfolio, but company says it will not touch construction
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NewsOlympic village will fail to hit government’s carbon target
Westfield admits that Stratford City will not meet upper levels of Code for Sustainable Homes
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NewsBack Building's crane safety campaign
After a series of fatal accidents Building is launching the Safer Skyline campaign, calling for rigorous checks on crane conditions
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FeaturesThis is Year Zero
In 10 years’ time, the home pictured is going to be the industry’s standard product, if the government’s call for a zero carbon ‘revolution’ is successful. Vikki Miller assesses its chances
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FeaturesNo more trouble at the top
Few things are more galling than having your penthouse office suite shaken by high winds or the odd overgrown ape. Arup’s solution to wobbly building syndrome is dependable and cost-effective – though we’re not sure if it’s been tested on animals.
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Comment
The military philosophers
The Ministry of Defence likes PFI procurement but prefers to do it differently to the rest of Whitehall. Things will start to change in August, however, so contractors had best take account of the latest thinking ...
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Comment
Stick to what you know
Tony Bingham’s hope that 2007 will be the year when architects do drawings, engineers do engineering and so on (5 January, page 54) is music to the ears of indemnity brokers and insurers.