All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 705
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How the Liver Bird learned to fly
I thought your piece about the regeneration of Liverpool (‘Scouse Honour’, Cover story, September 2004) was an excellent synopsis. I think, however, the trigger for regeneration was several years earlier and in some ways a reaction to the Hillsborough Stadium disaster in 1989. Locally that was the lowest point of ...
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Blunkett pledges draft corporate manslaughter bill
David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, told the Labour Party conference that this autumn the Government would publish a draft Bill on corporate killing “that has been awaited for so long” Mr Blunkett said: “No one should be able to get away with gross negligence and the death of others in ...
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Why CIOB is best placed
The arguments raging recently in Building magazine about whether the professional institutions should merge has made fascinating reading. But debates like these tend to polarise views so much that the potential for making progress is reduced.There is truth that the professions have been guilty of having a silo mentality and ...
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Archive TitlesModel behaviour
Climate change and sustainability have risen to the top of the political and technical agendas across the world.
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Archive TitlesThe growth of Beard
Mark Beard is the fourth generation to run the family firm, EW BEARD. Since he took the helm in 1999, turnover has grown from £18m to £26m. Kristina Smith traces his steps from baby Beard to boss
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Archive TitlesA world apart?
New Zealand has a reputation for one of the least prescriptive approaches to fire engineering in the world. We take a look to see how it compares with the fire engineering practices and regulations in the UK and asks is it any safer?
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East London development goes ahead
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has given his approval for the £4 billion Stratford city development in East London. The scheme will create 4500 homes and 34000 jobs as well as setting high standards for sustainable development.
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Archive TitlesNew Build over £45m
GoldNamePaul SimsCompanyBovis Lend LeaseProjectThree new buildings in public space redevelopment. Paternoster Square, LondonContract£166m, Joint Venture/Construction Management with GMP, 90 weeksSilverNameGary CliffordCompanySkanska UKProject40-storey office block. Swiss Re Tower, LondonContract£131m, JCT 98 with CDP, 146 weeksWithout any doubt whatsoever, this is the most recognisable building in this year’s CMYA competition. Translating the ...
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Archive TitlesNew Build under £3m
GoldNameDavid JonesCompanyT Richard Jones (BETWS)ProjectExtensions to agricultural college. Gelliaur Farm, CarmarthenshireContract£2.9m, JCT 98 D&B, over 62 weeksSet in an environmentally sensitive area, on the flood plain of the adjacent river within a working farm and college, this unusual project set the scene for David Jones’ superb undertaking.He recovered enough stone ...
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Archive TitlesFit-out & refurb under £3m
GoldNameSteve EadesCompanySpectrum ProjectsProjectFit-out of 1500m² of office space. 123 Buckingham Palace Road, LondonContract£0.8m, GC Works 4, 10 weeksGovernment departments find it hard to turn down the lowest tender, but Steve Eades so impressed the Highways Agency with his understanding of this project, his drive and commitment, and the work he ...
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Archive TitlesOverall winner construction manager of the year 2004
GoldNamePaul SimsCompanyBovis Lend LeaseProjectThree new buildings in public space redevelopment. Paternoster Square, LondonContract£166m, Joint Venture/Construction Management with GMP, 90 weeksAfter 16 years of public debate and disagreement, this massive project finally got under way, but its many ill-wishers were soon rejoicing when, six months in, the site lost its second ...
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Archive TitlesNew Build £15m-£45m
GoldNameMike MorrisCompanyLaing O’Rourke, MidlandsProject15,750m² laboratory. Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of OxfordContract£44m, JCT 98 without quantities, 114 weeksTechnical excellence was the bedrock of Mike Morris’s achievement in building the Chemistry Research Laboratory – the largest single research building Oxford University has ever built. Instead of the four services required by the ...
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Archive TitlesNew Build £3m-£15m
GoldNameGlen ClementsCompanyDean & Dyball ConstructionProjectThree mental health wards. Salisbury Hospital, WiltshireContract£14m, GC/Works/1 D&B, over 91 weeksAll tenders for this contract came in over the client’s budget, but Glen Clements won it by showing he could make savings without compromising the brief. Three months of value-engineering cut costs by £2m, and ...
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Archive TitlesFit-out & refurb £3m-£15m
GoldNameBob HillCompanyISG InteriorExteriorProjectRefurb of 76,000ft² block with addition of new floor. 39-49 Wigmore Street, LondonContract£14.9m, JCT 98, 72 weeksThe pace and development of refurbishing this whole block of Wigmore Street was demanding and complex. Not only did Bob Hill decide to demolish and rebuild the cores to improve circulation and ...
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Archive TitlesFit-out & refurb over £15m
GoldNamePaul HardingCompanyBovis Lend LeaseProjectFit-out of 25,000m² of office space. McGraw Hill, Canary WharfContract£27m, Construction Management, 39 weeksAlthough not part of Bovis’s original bidding team, Paul Harding brought a fresh impetus to this project, recommending a modified electronic system of document control and transfer, and producing detailed flowcharts to show each ...
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Appointments
Security Management Today keeps you up-to-date with all the latest people moves in the security sector
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Think Tank
A localised problemWe are a rural housing association with a mission to provide affordable houses to people in need who have a strong local connection. Most of our sites have a proviso under the section106 planning gain agreement that properties should be allocated to applicants with a local link. With ...
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Archive TitlesSeaside revival
rchitect Falconer Chester is working with Wirral borough council on the master planning of the regeneration of New Brighton seafront, Wirral. It aims to inject life back into a once-thriving seaside resort.The project is expected to include a significant amount of social housing.The scheme is at the pre-planning stage, which ...
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Have you no respect?
I feel that the view expressed in your article about recruitment problems is one of the reasons why there is a shortage of housing “professionals” today (15 October, page 29).To suggest that you can bring an individual in and make them into a housing professional in four months is ...