All Building articles in 2007 Issue 04 – Page 3
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CommentWhere Rudi went wrong
State your case Rudi Klein’s assertion that specialists are losing out because main contractors are telling them what products to use doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
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CommentPre-nuptials
The merger of English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation has finally been announced. But through the flurry of preparation, both need to remember their responsibilities and not get distracted by the future
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Features
Starting out
How they made it Deena Mattar is one of the industry’s only female finance directors. She tells Lydia Stockdale how keeping her temper and her head down got her to the top
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FeaturesMuseum of Scotland: A revisit to the museum
Nine years after it was built, Martin Spring went back to Benson & Forsyth’s Museum of Scotland. He found a striking, intriguing building that is struggling to cope with the Edinburgh weather
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Comment
Not a question of materials
A fire strategy can only work effectively if passive fire protection measures (structural steelwork protection, fire-resistant paints, fire-resistant glazing, and so on) are built into the structure.
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FeaturesDoing justice to the law
Michael Wilford’s law academy in the Hague is a judicious mix of the traditional and the avant-garde
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News
Illegal workers at Wembley
Immigration officers have uncovered illegal Eastern European workers working on Wembley stadium.
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Features
The tracker: Growth is growing
The infrastructure sector’s revival is likely to continue, whereas it has been a quiet period for the residential and non-residential sectors. According to the Experian Business Strategies survey overall growth will be moderate, but it will remain robust
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Comment
You got a warrant?
Legal aid A main contractor asks an M&E consultant for a warranty. Before complying, the anxious subbie has three questions for our panel. Here’s what they have to say
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Comment
Fit for the Olympics
I must take issue with Steve Rudd’s letter (12 January) regarding compensation events under the NEC3 contract. His comments only serve to perpetuate a fallacy that I have heard many times before.
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NewsFoster to sell firm ‘within three months’
Architect Lord Foster will sell all or part of his practice within three months – and has already put his penthouse at the firm’s headquarters in Battersea, west London, on the market.
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CommentMore fuel to the fire
I was quoted in a news article last week (12 January) on the serious fire at the timber-frame construction site in Colindale, north London. I think several statements in the story require clarification.
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News
Nice guys who finish first
SME focus HawkinsBrown will not let friendliness get in the way of ambitious growth plans
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NewsNewcastle makes exhibition of itself
Newcastle council is searching for a private developer to deliver the city’s housing exposition.
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NewsODA unveils plans for ‘greenest Olympics ever’
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) launched its sustainability strategy for the 2012 Olympics this week, claiming that it would be the greenest Games ever.
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FeaturesIf at first you don’t succeed ...
Lift has had trouble taking off in England. But that hasn’t deterred the Scottish executive from dusting off the healthcare initiative, giving it a few design tweaks, and seeing whether it will fly.
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CommentIt’s different this time
Adjudication is about deciding the ‘now dispute’ and moving on. But it’s not always so simple. In this case, a firm beefed up its arguments and came back for round two
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News
Treasury review cuts OGC staff by half
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is to lose half its staff as a result of an overhaul announced by the Treasury this weeky.