All Building articles in 2007 issue 46 – Page 6
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NewsLooking for new Croydon
Will Alsop has unveiled this slightly leftfield masterplan for Croydon’s regeneration.
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FeaturesCountry focus: Poland
Despite the exodus of native workers since the country joined the EU, Poland’s economy and construction market have gone from strength to strength. Marcin Klammer of EC Harris reports
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Government rules out inquiry into Metronet ‘corruption’
The government has rejected calls for an inquiry into the collapse of Metronet following an MP’s claims of corruption.
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NHS contract
A consortium led by John Laing has won a contract to build the £230m Pembury hospital in Kent.
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Comment
Multiplex Constructions vs PC Harrington
Multiplex is facing a legal battle with contractor PC Harrington over a £45m concrete works contract
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CommentNorman’s conquests
Building takes great pride in being the first journal to celebrate British architecture’s life peers, Norman Foster and Richard Rogers, on the 40th anniversary of the break-up of Team 4 and the founding of their practices.
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NewsGlasgow to set up Commonwealth ‘ODA’
Glasgow council is preparing to set up a delivery vehicle similar to the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to manage its £500m construction programme for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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NewsGlasgow to set up Commonwealth ‘ODA’
Glasgow council searches for chief executive to manage the £500m construction programme for the 2014 Games
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FeaturesChoose wisely
Architects – even those of the stature of Lord Foster of Thames Bank – have to start somewhere, and that means entering architectural competitions. But deciding whether they will lead to a meal ticket or a miserable end is where things get tricky.
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CommentChips with everything
Instead of paying thousands to generate electricity on site, we should be incorporating energy storage into buildings. And Bill Watts says we need spend peanuts to do it
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Childrens Trust deal
Morgan Ashurst has been awarded a £4.8m contract to build a residential home for The Children’s Trust in Surrey.
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Chair at Milton Keynes
Garrett Emmerson, a director of consultant Steer Davies Gleave, has been appointed the first independent chair of the Milton Keynes and South Midlands strategic transport board.
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Gleeson care homes
Gleeson Building has been appointed design-and-build contractor on a £65m care home deal in Cheshire.
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Capie for Corporation
Jim Bennett, senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research think tank, has replaced Richard Capie as head of policy at The Housing Corporation.
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Building surveying trainees left without placements
Ten companies pull out of training scheme, leaving 80% of candidates without apprenticeships
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Hill International
Christmas may be six weeks away but this lot is already getting into the festive spirit thanks to numerous bottles of Lapin Kulta, a beer brewed in Lapland.
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NewsBuilding surveying trainees left without placements
Ten companies pull out of training scheme, leaving 80% of candidates without apprenticeships
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Small builders demand VAT cuts on eco refurbishments
Building work that contributes to ecological improvement of homes should be exempt from VAT, the body representing smaller building firms will say when it launches a Building a Greener Britain campaign this month.
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Mace to build Shard for fixed price
Construction manager to beat Laing O’Rourke to £350m landmark tower at London Bridge
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CommentWonders & blunders
Two takes on modernity this week, one a persuasive discourse on industry and craft, the other a ‘crude and inarticulate’ shout