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  • News

    Welsh vote for assembly

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    The Welsh Assembly voted on Wednesday to go ahead with its controversial £22m chamber. The success follows lobbying from the building's architect, Lord Rogers, and senior director Ivan Harbour to ensure that the scheme went ahead. Lord Rogers met first secretary Rhodri Morgan and made a presentation to assembly members ...

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    Raynsford hires top agency to sell anti-cowboy scheme

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Government to spend millions of pounds on ad agency of Ant and Dec TV show fame.

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    Rogers and Livingstone near to agreement

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Urban taskforce chairman Lord Rogers is close to reaching an agreement with London mayor Ken Livingstone on what his role will be with the Greater London Authority. In an interview with Building, Lord Rogers said he hoped to become Architect for London , and he expected to start work ...

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    Three top architects chosen for £250m business park

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Foster, Allies and Morrison and Hare to design one office block each in first phase of 10-year scheme.

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    Dublin talks to majors about £18bn plan

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Irish government officials are expected to sound out major contractors about work in Ireland when they attend a seminar in London today on public private partnership deals. Senior Irish civil servants from the Taoiseach s Department and the Finance Department will address directors from companies such as Laing, Costain and ...

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    Lipton knighted in birthday honours

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Stuart Lipton, chairman of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, led the list of industry professionals honoured in the Queen s birthday honours, receiving a knighthood. Sir Stuart, also chief executive of developer Stanhope, received the honour for services to the property industry and to the environment. He ...

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    DETR sounds death knell of brick/block houses

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Government determined to accelerate the trend towards the use of timber-framed units in new-build homes.

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    New Science Museum wing set to open

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    THE £50m Wellcome Wing of the Science Museum in London is due to open to the public on 3 July. The 10 000 m2 extension, including an Imax 3D science film theatre, will stage regularly updated exhibitions on the latest discoveries in science, medicine and technology. The wing was designed ...

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    'No one could have foreseen bridge problem,' says Arup

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Engineer accepts blame for swaying but says British Standards for bridges will need to be rewritten.

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    Raynsford heads guestlist at Building’s reception

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    More than 150 industry leaders and MPs gather on Commons Terrace.

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    Small housebuilders rush to exit the City

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    A wave of unloved housebuilders give up on institutional investors and go private.

  • Features

    Why can’t they win at home?

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Architects Zaha Hadid, Alsop & Störmer, Branson Coates and David Chipperfield were chosen to represent British design excellence at last week s Venice Biennale. So, why aren t they landing more major projects in the UK?

  • Features

    The real story

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Malcolm Clarke says construction isn t all big boys and cowboys. The NFB boss wants to tell clients and government about the smaller firms that make up 85% of the industry.

  • Comment

    Bridge over denial

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    First person First a recumbent wheel, and now a swaying bridge. The difference is, the wheel team avoided dishing out blame.

  • Comment

    Missing the mark

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Second opinion The quality mark is like Constructionline: a good idea that s going to struggle to arouse much enthusiasm.

  • Features

    ‘I have worked in construction all my life and now I have given my life to it’

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    While more and more companies are paying attention to site safety, there has been precious little headway in on-site health and workers are paying the price.

  • Features

    21st-century classic

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Foster s design for a covered square in the heart of the British Museum meant the engineer had to sit 800 tonnes of steel and glass over the world-famous and grade I-listed Reading Room.

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    How the roof is supported by the existing structures

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Spanning the British Museum s central Great Court and encircling the grade I-listed Reading Room with a delicate steel and glass roof was an immense challenge for the project s engineer, Buro Happold. Not only did the weight of the roof have to be carried by the surrounding listed buildings ...

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    Green for life

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    Envest, the BRE s new software program, gives architects instant estimates for the environmental impact of their designs. How well does it work?

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    How much of what?

    2000-06-23T00:00:00Z

    When you send your builder a notice saying you aren t going to pay the full amount asked for, do you have to say what you re withholding the money from? Well, it depends on the contract