All Building articles in 2007 Issue 36 – Page 4
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NewsRMJM submits masterplan for regeneration of Leith Docks
Architect reveals design for largest planning application in Edinburgh’s history
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Disabled organisation in talks to supply Olympic seating
Ailing furniture manufacturer Remploy, the largest employer of disabled people in the UK, is in talks to supply seating for the Olympics.
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NewsA design for Life
Cartwright Pickard Architects has unveiled this design for the Life:House to meet the demand for more sustainable and affordable housing.
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Comment
In defence of PVC
Douglas Kent’s comments in the online article “BAA forced to remove plastic windows from listed building” (23 August) are just the type of misinformed remarks we’ve come to expect from the anti-PVC brigade.
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FeaturesWords from the deep
How they made it When he’s not floating around with a snorkel in his mouth, Stephen Stone is chief executive at housebuilder Crest Nicholson. He tells Lucy Handley how he rose to the top
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Comment
Renewables on the curriculum
Bill Watts’ comments focus too much on the building and its cost, rather than its purpose.
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News
Salford Countryside
Countryside Properties has been granted planning permission from Salford council for the next phase of its New Broughton regeneration scheme in Lower Broughton.
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Prison contractors join forces
Contractors on the national prison framework have come together to maximise their purchasing power in the face of high materials prices.
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NewsUK firms to masterplan war-torn Iraqi city
Pell Frischmann and Llewellyn Davies Yeang to work on redevelopment of Kirkuk
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UK firms to masterplan war-torn Iraqi city
Pell Frischmann and Llewellyn Davies Yeang to work on redevelopment of Kirkuk
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Laing O’Rourke’s role on St Pancras Chambers in doubt
Laing O'Rourke was this week locked in talks with the client of the £80m refurbishment of the St Pancras Chambers over its future role as contractor on the scheme.
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Velocity for Capita
Capita Symonds’ construction management division has been appointed principal contractor to complete the £70m mixed-use “Velocity Village” in Sheffield.
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Three-quarters of Gateway homes still to be built, says Savills
Property consultant Savills has warned housebuilders they will need to raise the rate of completions in the Thames Gateway by two-thirds over the next decade.
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Sturgis
Forget the Heathrow hippies; I seem to have infiltrated a table full of hardcore revolutionaries. Well, kind of.
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NewsEC Harris teams up with shipbuilder on BSF
Consultant EC Harris has formed an alliance with shipbuilder VT Group to bid for client advisory roles in the education sector.
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CommentOpening Pandora’s box
The proposal to drop the ‘contracts in writing’ rule has won praise on these pages. But what this does is let the adjudicator decide what’s in the contract – with untold consequences for dispute resolution
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Crispin & Borst school
Crispin & Borst, which is part of Vinci, has been awarded a £5m contract to construct a two-storey primary school at St John Fisher Primary School in Perivale, Middlesex.
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Glasgow Games boost
A report from the Commonwealth Games Federation, says Glasgow has world-class venues, a boost to the city’s hope to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.