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FeaturesThe disappeared ones
All the world’s a stage, and the people and companies merely players. Here are some of those who made their exit in the noughties
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Timeline of the decade
Here what was happening in the outside world when Building was doing its stuff (spiced up with our favourite quotes of the decade)
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FeaturesWhat’s the frequency, Kenneth?
Ken Livingstone became London’s first elected mayor in 2000 after being expelled from the Labour party.
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FeaturesLondon's latest landmarks
Canary Wharf continued to grow during the 2000s, establishing itself as London’s major business centre
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Health and safety
When the annual number of site deaths passed 105 in the first year of the decade, there was a widespread sense that something had to be done
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Five feuds
1 Norman Foster vs Ken ShuttleworthNorman Foster took a leaf out of Stalin’s book when he doctored a photograph in a belated attempt to distance himself from former colleague Ken Shuttleworth. The two had fallen out after Ken gave an interview to Building in which he claimed much of the ...
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Three gaffes
Operation HIPS The introduction of home information packs was Labour’s main policy idea to improve the housebuying process and make homes more green
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The world after 9/11
September 11th, 2001 changed the face of the world forever, as the terrorist attacks that caused the collapse of the World Trade Centre’s twin towers in New York brought with them a climate of fear and international tension that was to last throughout the decade
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FeaturesThe olympic dream and its cost
The announcement, on 6 July 2005, that London had won the battle to host the 2012 Olympics was met with unbridled joy not just for the millions of bid supporters, but also from a construction industry rubbing its hands together at the prospect of billions pounds worth of work
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What we know now that we didn’t know then
SustainabilityBack in 2000, most of us didn’t know our PVs from our elbows, and sustainable design was the preserve of strange men with beards.TwitterWhat did we do before the ability to share our shopping list with the world in 140 characters or less? Or our thoughts on construction topics, of ...
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Industry and state
Mankind’s ancient struggle with red tape reached a climax in 2005 after the draft Code for Sustainable Homes joined consultations on Parts B, L and F of the Building Regulations
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The Green Surge
When the decade began, sustainability and zero carbon were mostly of interest to eco-enthusiasts
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News2009: The year of living nervously
Building’s review of the financial year looks at how housebuilders, contractors and consultants dealt with falling demand and rising debt
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NewsEvergreen: Sarah Wigglesworth's bicycle Christmas tree
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects was commissioned by developer Igloo to create an eco-friendly Christmas tree for a public square in London
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Liquidator to quiz CC members
Member organisations of the Construction Confederation are to be formally investigated by a liquidator, after a judge ordered that the organisation be wound up last Friday
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Mott MacDonald puts Fulcrum to work on Masdar eco-city
Environmental consultant Fulcrum is to be brought in to work on the £13bn Masdar carbon-neutral city in the UAE as the first fruits of its purchase by UK engineer Mott MacDonald