All Building articles in 2007 Issue 28 – Page 3
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NewsTheatre in motion
Willmott Dixon has been appointed main contractor on the £27m Aylesbury theatre in Buckinghamshire.
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Substandard Life
Standard Life has cut the value of its £4.5bn property fund amid warnings of price falls in the UK commercial property sector.
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Comment
Kiss and tell
The wrangles between Multiplex and Honeywell at Wembley have thrown up an interesting problem about whether information in a negotiated settlement can be disclosed in court
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Comment
Work jollies
I was interested to read your recent Building Buys a Pint with the networking organisation, Forum for the Built Environment (29 July, page 34-35). The topics ranged from the smoking ban to the hirsute nature of women in property and construction.
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FeaturesInside the project team
Now you’re all clued up on Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre, it’s time to meet the Aussies who designed it. Martin Spring got inside their mutual headspace. Portraits by Tim Foster
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News
Silver lining for Hull schools
City’s MPs, including Alan Johnson, to urge fast-tracking of BSF programme after floods
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NewsSilver lining for Hull schools
City’s MPs, including Alan Johnson, to urge fast-tracking of BSF programme after floods
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Comment
Do we need more housing?
Your leader (29 June, page 3) called for a national hearts-and-minds campaign to explain the need for extra housing. It might help if you first questioned whether there really is such a need.
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Housing shares slump as interest rate rises take their toll
Share prices across the housing sector fell sharply this week as housebuilders sounded the first serious notes of caution over interest rate hikes.
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Park Hill revamp
Developer Urban Splash has revealed detailed plans for its £146m redevelopment of the Park Hill estate in Sheffield.
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NewsHackney rebuffed
Hackney council looks like it has been defeated in its attempt to prevent superdense development spreading to the east London borough.
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NewsA green oasis
A team including consulting engineer Buro Happold has won a competition to design a government district in Tripoli, the capital of Libya.
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Government work propels Kier to the top in June
Business barometer — Contractor picks up 33 small jobs while Balfour wins £331m hospital
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Government work propels Kier to the top in June
Contractor picks up 33 small jobs while Balfour wins £331m hospital
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CommentJCT sleeps with the fishes
Standard forms are supposed to make things easy, but that wasn’t exactly the builder’s experience in Reinwood vs Brown. Maybe it’s time the whole lot were taken for a ride …
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FeaturesWater fight
The Nirah freshwater aquarium will provide vital scientific research and – at four times the size of the Eden Project – is set to be a huge tourism boost for Bedford. So why has it had to endure an almighty struggle to get planning consent?
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NewsThe Hanging Garden of Fenchurch Street
Planning permission has finally been granted for Land Securities’ Fenchurch Street Tower after being called in.
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CommentWeb watch — Ecomarket sweep
Fear not specifiers, says Alex Smith. To help meet the barrage of sustainable standards that has been published recently, there is an assortment of green product resources on the internet
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FeaturesTop drawer
Talk about a cabinet reshuffle – Denton Corker Marshall’s flamboyant design for Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre has brought dynamism to the heart of the legal establishment. Over the next eight pages Martin Spring praises the building’s clear, bold expression and on pages 48-50, we meet the Australian trio who designed ...