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Just the job
Artist Andy Bradford is a colourful character who explains how he uses his architecture training in his work on an installation at the University of the West of England
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FeaturesExperimenting with glue
Have you ever thought about attaching bricks with glue rather than mortar but were worried that your brickies might get stuck together, or it would cost twice as much? Well, a project in Bristol is discovering exactly what the advantages and disadvantages are.
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FeaturesUrbis – museum of the city
A huge iceberg – glistening, green and translucent – has incongruously floated into Manchester city centre. This is Urbis, Manchester's £30m millennium project and the culmination of the city centre's phoenix-like rebirth after the devastation of the IRA bomb in 1996. Due to open in June, it has been designed ...
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FeaturesCity of Manchester Stadium
It's the roller-coaster roof, visible from miles around, that is the big giveaway. Manchester's £110m stadium, designed by Arup and Arup Associates, is Britain's answer to the Stade de France, north of Paris, completed in 1997. It has a similar lightweight canopy that swoops up and down over the stands ...
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Sir Robert McAlpine ends reign of Bovis Lend Lease
McAlpine takes top spot on yearly table as Bowmer & Kirkland climbs from 16th to first place for March.
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So what happened to Labour's big ideas?
In 1997, after 18 years of Tory rule, Tony Blair’s Labour government won power with gushing promises of integrated transport systems, world-class public services and an urban renaissance. Five years on, it’s time to make an assessment of how many it has delivered on.
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Better on balance
In this month's tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reports firms are starting to feel a little more positive with order books and tender prices balances improving across the board
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FeaturesManchester Art Gallery
Designed by Michael Hopkins & Partners, the £35m extension to the rear of Manchester's classical art gallery is a perfect fit. Before the extension was built, the gallery comprised two free-standing stone buildings designed in the classical style by Charles Barry, the architect of the Palace of Westminster. In contrast, ...
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FeaturesAppointments
ContractorsMansfield-based Baggaley Construction has promoted Chris Collison to managing director.Jane Metcalfe has been appointed business development manager of Willmott Dixon's Property Services division for the north of England.HousebuildersNeil White has been appointed contracts manager housebuilder of David McLean Homes. In addition, Chris Williamson has been appointed architectural technician.Roger Hughes (left), ...
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FeaturesAnnette Fisher
This time next month, the RIBA could have a black woman as president, which would certainly be a change for an institution – and an industry – still dominated by white men. So, asks Marcus Fairs, who is Annette Fisher?
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And the winners are …
Best Practice AwardA longstanding commitment to best practice in all its guises paid off for Mace, which fought off tough competition to pick up this award, sponsored by the Construction Best Practice ProgrammeMaceAll the firms shortlisted for the 2002 Building Awards were eligible for the Best Practice Award, which focuses ...
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FeaturesSpecialist subcontractor of the year
This construction logistics firm can look forward to a profitable future if it keeps up the remarkable performance that led the judges to award it top spot in this eu-supply.coins-sponsored category
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why we’re supporting The Prince’s Trust
This year, the Building Awards will be supporting young people’s charity the Prince’s Trust. All the money raised at the post-ceremony casino will go towards helping disadvantaged young people learn new skills, move into work and start up businesses. As HRH the Prince of Wales wrote in his foreword to ...
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FeaturesSurveying practice of the year
It was a difficult decision, but Faithful & Gould's efforts to stay in touch with its clients while expanding around the world kept Franklin + Andrews off the top in this category, sponsored by Hays Montrose
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Featurespersonality of the year
Ray O'Rourke, chairman, O'RourkeThe determination of this subcontractor to enter the industry's big league culminated in his purchase of Laing Construction last year, and meant there could only be one winner of this Building-sponsored award
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FeaturesMultidisciplinary practice of the year
All five shortlisted entrants impressed the judges in this Marshalls-sponsored category, but FaberMaunsell's commitment to its staff and clients made it stand out from the crowd
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FeaturesProject/construction manager of the year
Mace's commitment to best practice is praiseworthy, but it was the firm's work on GlaxoSmithKline's new HQ that convinced the judges to award it first place in this Construction Manager-sponsored category
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FeaturesClient of the year
Manchester City CouncilStrong leadership and a commitment to design quality helped Manchester City Council rebuild after the devastating IRA bomb – and won it this Schüco International-sponsored category
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FeaturesThe best of the bunch
Earlier this month, Building obtained a draft of Accelerating Change, Sir John Egan's critique of construction's progress since Rethinking Construction. Although he was impressed by the general reaction, he admits to being "frustrated that the rate of take-up has not been as rapid as it should have been".Well, perhaps Sir ...
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FeaturesSustainability award
The Peabody Trust is redefining sustainability on projects all over London, including its trailblazing BedZED village. Its achievements made it the clear winner of this Lafarge Cement UK-sponsored award