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  • News

    Stranger still

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    London’s gherkin-shaped Swiss Re tower could acquire an even more outlandish neighbour with gizmos that include solar-generated hydrogen cells, photovoltaic cells and a wind turbine.

  • News

    Bechtel’s rail deal extended

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    American construction group Bechtel has been reappointed to oversee the completion of the West Coast Main Line scheme.

  • News

    Speculation mounts over future of Carillion boss

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Industry speculation has emerged over the future of Carillion chief executive John McDonough.

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    Councils to miss planning target

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The drive to speed up planning consents has suffered a blow after it was revealed that fewer than half of local authorities are expected to meet the revised deadlines

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    Worst estate in Britain may be demolished

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The Sighthill housing estate in Glasgow, notorious as one of the most deprived urban areas in Britain, is facing demolition.

  • Home from home
    News

    Home from home

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    The headquarters of the Salvation Army in central London, designed by Sheppard Robson, has been completed.

  • Arts in Herts
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    Arts in Herts

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Architect Metaphorm and arts consultant Stephen Hetherington have designed a performance venue for Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.

  • Tsunami aid: Peter is based in Colombo
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    Tsunami diary: 16 weeks to build 2500 shelters

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Arup civil engineer Anthony Peter, 26, landed in Sri Lanka last week to help with the reconstruction process. In the second part of a diary for Building, he looks at the task ahead.

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    High Court gunning for Arsenal redevelopment

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Arsenal football club has been given the go-ahead for a redevelopment scheme next to its new stadium after the High Court rejected a challenge to the compulsory purchase order for the site.

  • News

    Rem Koolhaas to design major White City scheme

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Developer Chelsfield has chosen the Office for Metropolitan Architecture as masterplanner for a major regeneration project in White City, west London.

  • Features

    Special costs: Office fit-out

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    In the latest of our specialist market overviews, Alexandra McCrow of Gardiner & Theobald looks at the office fit-out sector’s design issues, lead times and costs – and specialist contractor ISG InteriorExterior gets a grilling

  • News

    Fit-out firm collapses after police investigation

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Surrey firm Bellwater badly affected by losses after the Swedish police investigate alleged fraud

  • News

    Terminal 5 workers to ballot over travel pay strike

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    M&E union Amicus is to push ahead with a ballot of its members for industrial action over the issue of travel pay on the Heathrow Terminal 5 site in west London.

  • News

    Atkins hires former Millennium Dome boss

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Support services group Atkins has made a high-profile appointment in hiring Bernard Ainsworth, former head of the Millennium Dome

  • News

    Europes top 300

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Two Gallic contractors, Vinci and Bouygues, dominate our annual league of Europes top firms. So we had a few questions to ask their bosses ...

  • News

    Flooring

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    This issue's Specifier is dedicated to what lies beneath, including whole-life costing of that trendiest of flooring wood laminate plus the latest products and all the best suppliers. Here we kick off with the great composite metal decking vs post-tensioned concrete debate ...

  • The Roman Daytona
    Features

    Boy racers discover their roman routes

    2005-01-20T17:39:00Z

    Taylor Woodrow unearths a Roman chariot arena in Colchester under a new housing development.

  • News

    Balfour Beatty wins £240m utility contracts

    2005-01-20T07:54:00Z

    Balfour Beatty’s utility arm wins contracts with Anglian Water, Yorkshire Water and National Grid Transco.

  • News

    Pilkington denies takeover speculation

    2005-01-20T07:46:00Z

    Shares rose by up to 18% on Wednesday as rumours of bid by Nippon Sheet Glass circled the City.

  • News

    EPS wins £35m Croydon housing contract

    2005-01-19T14:56:00Z

    South East contractor will provide repairs and maintenace for Croydon council's housing stock for ten years.