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FeaturesToxic shock
A teeny little EU landfill directive that the government has overlooked now threatens to blow up in its face – and even destroy its vision of brownfield regeneration.
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CommentMan bites dog
With the scent of unpaid levy in its nostrils, the CITB can be a bit of a rottweiler. Perhaps it needs to change its image and pay more attention to its product?
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NewsNew chief's Euro vision for Aukett
The new chief executive and chairman of Aukett, the only listed architect in the UK, is looking to make the firm the major stakeholder in a European umbrella company
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Mitie picks £2m from remains of Ballast
Support services group Mitie has picked up four facilities management contracts worth a total of £2m a year from the remains of failed contractor Ballast
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Hunter becomes prey
It always pays to read the small print, especially when employers hide booby traps in it. Luckily, these traps are excellent guidance for the reform of the Construction Act
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NewsWhitby aims to engineer change in Archers' storyline
MARK WHITBY, the founder of consulting engineer Whitbybird, has devised an imaginative way of alerting the British public to the possibilities of oilseed rape as a green fuel: by introducing it as a plotline on Radio 4's The Archers.
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NewsFoster and Herzog make Beijing museum shortlist
Architectural elite lines up for chance to redesign enlargement of National Museum of China in Tiananmen Square
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Safety fears trigger stadium redesigns
Many big all-seater football stadiums may have to be redesigned at a cost of millions because supporters insist on standing during matches.
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NewsMorrell issues RICS ultimatum
Davis langdon partner Paul Morrell this week slammed the RICS for its "lack of respect for construction" and called for reform
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Council threatens Bath Spa legal action
Contractor Mowlem and architect Grimshaw could face legal action from Bath and North East Somerset council over the Bath Spa project.
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NewsCIPER to tackle European regs
CIPER, the construction industry’s new government forum, is to focus on ways of tackling problematic European regulations
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Construction growth hits 10-year high
The construction sector grew at its fastest rate in a decade during the first quarter of 2004, according to research by the RICS.
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NewsThe resurrection of a lost city
Four ideas have been unveiled for a structure that will do for East Anglia what Antony Gormley's Angel of the North has done for Northumberland. The project shown here, Dunwich, was devised by German architects Anne Niemann and Johannes Ingrisch to mark the drowned city of Dunwich off the Suffolk ...
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NewsUshida goes to Doha
Architect Ushida Findlay and design consultant MIMAR Consult are drawing up detailed designs of a 6500 m2 Museum of Traditional Costumes and Textiles in the capital city of Qatar, Doha. It will be built at the ancient al-Koot Fort, conserving the building's fabric but inserting a new core. Most of ...
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NewsThe rise of Liverpool
A copper-clad concave tower block designed by London architect RTKL is planned for Liverpool. It forms the centrepiece of an application for a £100m scheme from developers Ballymore Properties and Merepark. If successful, the tower, which will contain 400 flats, will be built on a vacant site behind Central Station. ...
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NewsViñoly and Urban Catalyst to bid for £2bn Docklands wharf
Signature architect Rafael Viñoly joins forces with leading developer to bid for Wood Wharf megaproject
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St Modwen to build Swindon sports village
Swindon Town Football Club has signed up Birmingham-based developer St Modwen Properties for a joint venture to deliver a new stadium and sports village on the edge of town.
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Swimming pool clarification
A report in Building (page 39, 6 February 2004) referred to the Optimum Pool, commissioned by Sport England from S&P Architects, and S&P's launch of a new swimming pool project called Swim25.
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