All Features articles – Page 620
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Clear choices
It’s bright. It’s light. It’s clean. It’s green. The Eden Project would have been impossible without it. Is ETFE the industry’s new wonderstuff?
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Get back on the field, ref
The adjudicator’s word is law, as our latest case report shows. Even if he makes an obvious clerical slip-up he is entitled to correct his mistake if he does so within a reasonable time.
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Art explosion
Is London the capital of the art world? Judging by the the rush of lottery-funded gallery openings and refurbishments – yes. Over the next nine pages, Building exhibits three of the latest: the Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Wallace Collection and Somerset House.
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Trust me I’m a contractor
Five pilots of a new partnering contract were launched this week. Will they spread the use of open, trusting relationships among project teams?
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Thinking in 3D
They say Rethinking Construction is more than a report – and they’re right. For Paul Fletcher, it’s the name of the company he founded to promote teamwork using 3D modelling. Sir John would be proud …
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Trouble on Quality Street
The government’s quality mark scheme was meant to frustrate the cowboys and help reputable small firms. Bureaucracy and expense mean it might end up doing the opposite. Can the DETR get back on track?
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The politics of trust
As this year’s winners of the Hudson Prize demonstrate, it is well worth exploring the subtleties of special relationships if you need to tackle subcontractor problems or partnering difficulties.
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So, what does he think now?
After fathering his report, Sir John Egan has been something of an absentee parent. However, he does think he was rather clever about getting the industry to take it on board …
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Just the job
Phil Clark meets the chairman of CALdes, the firm that’s integrating design, surveying and 21st-century technology.
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Light exercise
Here's how young architect Walters and Cohen transformed a squat, dingy supermarket into a chic, sleek fitness club by bouncing daylight from one end of the building to the other.
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The essential tool
A specification-writer’s job is never done. The document he or she produces should be kept close at hand throughout the construction process. Proceed without it at your peril.
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Are the Eganites winning over the industry?
On the eve of the third Egan conference, construction is at the Rubicon. Over the next 10 pages, Building reflects on the report’s impact and asks whether the cult of Egan will become the industry’s official religion.
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IT: Defects database - Perfect match
This year’s Wimbledon is set to be fault-free – at least where the buildings are concerned, as Try tested a new zero-defects system on its latest project for the club.
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Can the Eye be copied?
Has BDP copied the design of the London Eye for its Prague wheel, or was it simply inspired by the idea? The London Eye’s creators face an uphill battle to give its copyright any teeth.
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It's a fair cop
This Thames Valley Police HQ is the first fruit of design-led PFI. Maybe it is; but two years of tortuous value engineering have left their mark, too.
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On site: CityPoint, London - Mission impossible
Here comes the 1980s revival: developer sinks £160m into a huge City rebuild, pre-lets it and hands its team a deadline that is all but unachievable – even if things don't go wrong …
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Appointments
ContractorsAlan Hollingworth has joined M&E firm Dudley Bower Building Services as divisional manager for the Loughborough, Leicester and Grantham offices. Peter Mason has been promoted to regional design-and-build director for EBC Construction’s Southern region.Taylor Woodrow has appointed Norman Broadhurst non-executive director.HousebuilderWestbury Homes has appointed Steve Cartwright building director.ConsultantsSue Ollerton ...
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The acceleration game
Making a claim for acceleration costs – those incurred by speeding up work to meet a deadline – can be fraught with problems. After all, who exactly is to blame for a last-minute rush?
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Here’s the gain plan
Planning gain, perhaps unfairly, is often linked with slightly dodgy negotiations in smoke-filled rooms. This, however, would be a thing of the past if this new proportional system is adopted.
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‘Getting gently better all the time’
Project managers, architects and other professionals have been busy amending and expanding the Egan vision since we listened in on a regional cluster group last summer.