More news – Page 4436

  • Features

    Blinking marvellous

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    There's another Millennium Bridge 280 miles north of London – but this one winks instead of wobbling. And on pages 46-48, more schemes that are regenerating the North-east.

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    Eight stages to a landmark bridge

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    1 Design competitionIn 1997, civil engineer Gifford and Partners and architect Wilkinson Eyre Architects won a design competition for a new pedestrian bridge sponsored by Gateshead council."A contemporary design which complements the existing Tyne bridges in a way that is both refreshing and new," commented the judging panel. Although they ...

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    Wish you were here

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Newcastle's reinvigorated quayside isn't the North-east's only attraction. These massive regeneration schemes aim to lure industry and jobs back into the region.

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    Practice makes perfect

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    The development of software program Vircon could help busy sites avert time-wasting construction problems before work even starts.

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    Product focus

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    EcoPower combined heat and power unit

  • Comment

    Ask yourself this

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    How would you feel if an adjudicator decided your case on a question you didn't ask her, without giving you a chance to put your views on it? And do you think a judge would agree with you?

  • Comment

    Stand up for their rights

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Consultants can fall foul of the Human Rights Act if they are deemed to have contravened one of its provisions while acting for a local authority or other public body. So it makes sense to watch your back.

  • Comment

    Getting off the hook

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    If a designer makes a mistake, when does the obligation to correct it expire? After the relevant bit is built? After practical completion? After the final certificate? Or never …

  • Comment

    Europe's grey area

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    If you get a grant from the state and I don't, surely you'll be at an unfair advantage if we compete for a job. The European Court of Justice was asked to consider this point – with disappointing results.

  • Features

    Cost model update, January 2001

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Eight years after the first cost model was published, Davis Langdon & Everest provides a companion to 17 building types featured in the series. Providing up-to-date costs for each type, this third cost model update includes the publication date of the original model and identifies current cost drivers.

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    Big Brother

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Advice for managers on the sensitive area of monitoring employees' personal emails and their use of the internet.

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    Appointments

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    ContractorsTony Auger has been appointed pre-contracts director of Essex-based Rose Builders.GMI Construction Group, based in Leeds, has appointed Paul Whitaker (right) commercial director. Simon Bannister has been promoted to design office manager.HousebuildersJohn Leary, previously with Mansell, has joined housebuilder Lovell as commercial director in the divisional head office in Tamworth, ...

  • News

    Four fight it out in housing shake-up

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Bryant and Beazer merger thrown into confusion as Taywood and Persimmon bid for players.

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    Foster rapped over British Museum

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Report into use of "wrong" stone says error could have been averted but exonerates Foster, Mace and client of a cover-up.

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    MDA hit by £2.5m loss as borrowing rises

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Troubled QS seeks to write off losses against share value as its financial position becomes critical.

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    New acoustics regs unveiled

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    THE government was today due to launch new acoustic regulations that are set to cost the industry £75m a year.

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    Firms urged to publish safety records

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Bill Callaghan, the chairman of the Health and Safety Commission, this week urged firms to publish health and safety records in their annual reports.

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    Prescott uses green muscle

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    In the first-ever application of the "sequential test" for greenfield development, deputy prime minister John Prescott has ordered work to stop on a site in Gravesend, Kent.

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    Liverpool planning clash

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Developer Grosvenor and Henderson has this week submitted a planning application to regenerate Liverpool city centre's Chavasse Park.

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    Montague to advise DETR

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Adrian Montague, deputy chairman of government PFI unit Partnerships UK, has taken two part-time jobs.