All Building articles in 2007 Issue 31 – Page 5
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NewsCouncils face loss of building control
Government proposals for self-certification could spell end of regulation by local authorities
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Station’s revamp hits buffers
Plans for the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station have been sent back to the drawing board over cost fears.
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Bucknall scoops up three contracts
Consultant Rider Levett Bucknall has won a trio of contracts, including a £100m tie-up with social landlord Jephson.
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NewsBritish Pavilion shortlist
Here are two of six shortlisted schemes for the British Pavilion at the World Expo 2010, Shanghai.
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NewsBritish Pavilion shortlist
Zaha Hadid, Heatherwick Studios, Marks Barfield, Avery Associates, John McAslan and Draw Architects shortlisted for World Expo 2010 in Shanghai
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NewsPardon me, boy
These are the first images of St Pancras station, which is en route to becoming London’s main Channel Tunnel Rail Link terminal.
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Are you ready for the big one?
Continuing our catastrophic theme, here’s a warning about the advisability of preparing for something going very badly wrong indeed – together with a checklist to help you do it
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CommentYou made the bed …
The McGlinn case raised the tricky question of the responsibility of the architect for a client’s unsafe design. But if the client insists on an unsafe design, is it not then the real designer?
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NewsBlack beauty
HBG has been appointed as contractor on the £120m Mann Island scheme on Liverpool’s waterfront.
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Beatty purchase
Balfour Beatty Management has acquired NAP Partnership, a Middlesbrough commercial services firm with a turnover of £6m.
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FeaturesBatten down the hatches
Hull council wants to make flood resistance a condition of planning permission, but is it possible to build a house capable of resisting the recent freakish weather? And would anybody buy one?
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NewsSisk profit surges on back of major projects
John Sisk, the UK arm of the privately owned Irish contractor, has reported a pre-tax profit of £5m after undertaking a string of high-profile projects. This is a rise of more than 35% on the previous year.
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NewsSisk profit surges on back of major projects
Irish contractor reports £5m profit from high-profile projects
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Comment‘Relax, babe’
What Dennis Hopper told Amanda Levete and other Vegas stories, plus the secret story of Wembley’s image rights
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Missive attack
I always enjoy reading Building, not only because it contains interesting features and news, but because it is very clearly laid out and easy on the eye.
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Atkins' school scheme
The Leeds branch of multidisciplinary consultant, Atkins and its subsidiary Faithful + Gould have secured planning consent for the £32m upgrade of Richmond school in Yorkshire.
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Davis Langdon merges Scottish arm with rival
Davis Langdon’s Scottish operation has merged with regional consultancy Mackenzie Partnership to create a business with a combined turnover of £11m.
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Half of all construction deaths are in housing
Work and pensions secretary to crack down on construction safety as research shows deaths and serious injuries have risen most in housebuilding and refurbishment sectors
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FeaturesPretty bubbles in the air
The Water Cube, as the 2008 Olympic aquatics centre is known, is the largest ETFE-clad building in the world. And, as it nears completion, its vast bubble-wrap exterior is already the talk of Beijing.