All articles by Denise Chevin – Page 10
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CommentTalking about an evolution
It was with glorious confidence and lofty ambition that The Builder first appeared in 1843. Its aim was to be a magazine for everyone connected with making buildings.
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CommentNot bad for government work
We've become so drenched by the shower of initiatives and targets emitted by New Labour that when a truly significant idea comes along, it doesn't always register.
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CommentThe bitter taste of success
Multiplex's victory over its steelwork contractor on Wembley stadium has left a nasty taste in the mouth.
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CommentWe're going as fast as we can
Green energy has come a long way since the 1970s. More accurately, it has travelled the 120 miles that separate the hills of Snowdonia and the Palace of Westminster.
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CommentThe vexed question of sex
Step forward Fiona Macdonald to collect the Chief Executive of the Year Award
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NewsSo long, John
Building's editor won't miss dealing with the deputy prime minister - it's a just a shame he seems to have benefited from the Cabinet reshuffle.
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CommentNo end of a lesson
The government's 21st-century schools extravaganza is in deep, deep trouble.
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CommentMonsters incorporated
David Miliband lived up to his reputation for thinking big this week. On Wednesday the communities minister announced a review of the agencies that are responsible for delivering the government's sustainable communities plan. It's a brave decision and a potentially exciting development.
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CommentThe crowds are on the pitch …
In this the 12th year of the Building Awards, we are using the occasion to mark two very special 40-year anniversaries.
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CommentStrong medicine
So the PFI has been booked in for some much-needed surgery. For years it has been getting more unwieldy, more expensive and less attractive to the private sector. Finally, Gordon Brown is to do something to save an essential method of upgrading public services.
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CommentThe designer sweatshop
How much is a partly trained architect worth? The consensus in this country seems to be about £18,000, although a few practices estimate it to be zero.
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CommentHit by its own boomerang
When Multiplex signed that ill-fated deal to build a new Wembley stadium for that ill-fated fixed price deal in November 2000, its strategic aim was to hand its business card to the UK market.
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CommentThe new conquistadors
"If the Spanish come storming ashore, it will be the most audacious foreign bid for a British company in history."
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CommentPoor old us
For the first time this week, we reveal the full extent of the pensions crisis facing the construction industry: together, the largest 20 contractors have a £1bn deficit.
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CommentOn the way to the forum
“Item 1: If we scrapped ourselves tomorrow, would anybody notice?” One suspects that this is unlikely to appear on the agenda when members of the Strategic Forum for Construction next meet. But it wouldn’t be a bad starting point for their discussions, would it?
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Comment2005: A landmark year
Twelve months suddenly seems like a long time in contracting. There’s long been a theoretical debate within construction groups about what a contractor is, what it does – and whether that’s worth doing.