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FeaturesJack Pringle
Reforming the PFI and tackling the brain-drain of newly qualified architects are the top priorities of the incoming RIBA president. We find out how Jack Pringle plans to navigate the choppy waters of the architecture business.
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FeaturesNormans Invasion
With the paint barely dry on the viaduct at Millau, Foster and Partners is set to add another iconic building to the southern French landscape
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A Tricky Operation
It was supposed to go out to the PFI market this summer, but a further delay has hit the £800m “health campus” planned for Paddington. Fours years after it was first proposed, what hopes are there for one of the UK’s biggest PFI deals to get off the ground?
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Fast forward
Way back in 1994, Building asked Sir Michael Latham to explain his controversial Rethinking the Team report. Ten years after its publication, we can see that it marked a watershed in the industry’s culture … but how does its author feel about it?
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Comment
A lovely bit of judging
What is a judge to do when an adjudicator has clearly made a mistake but there are no grounds to rectify it? Judge Thornton took an unusual route to get the right result
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CommentMurphy’s law in action
What do you do if you find that life on site cruelly punctures the naive hopes in your tender? Well, you try to get the client to pay more, don’t you? Yes, but how?
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The shadow of Hatfield
Faced with the prospect of a tough new corporate killing bill in the autumn, Norton Rose has done some research into how the construction industry expects to be affected
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Lucky mistakes
If your client happens to benefit from your negligence, can you offset that benefit from any damages you owe? This is what the court had to say
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No beautiful swan
The government should accept that the Quality Mark is a dead duck and let it sink without trace (2 July, page 15). This may well have been a manifesto commitment, but it will be a manifesto embarrassment at the election if taxpayers’ money continues to be squandered.The original intention was ...
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Troubleshooters
Being involved in a fledgling association of project neutrals, I read with interest Simon Lewis’ article on their potential use (2 July, page 52).
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NewsJarvis boss: Break-up of PFI arm is ‘absolute nonsense’
Robert Wallace, new head of Jarvis Accommodation Services, says he is here to save struggling firm, not sell it
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NewsVoyage of discovery
A consortium led by architect Austin Smith:Lord has beaten five other shortlisted teams to design the Ashford Discovery Centre in Kent. The £10m building celebrates the importance of Ashford International Station to the town centre. The building, which is bounded by a ring road and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, ...
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Multiplex top favourite for 50-storey tower
Contractor Multiplex is tipped to build one of the tallest residential towers in Europe after winning the preconstruction services contract
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NewsOlympic bid team considers T5-style framework deals
London 2012 report to examine BAA’s procurement method – and plans emerge for post-games cultural legacy
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NewsPrivate housebuilders hail ‘great opportunities’ in spending review
Gordon Brown announces extra £1bn for housing over next three years, some of which goes to private
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Industrys number crunchers chew over the details
Chancellor Gordon Brown has raised the government’s capital expenditure in public services over the next three years by 7.5% in real terms.
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Network Rail to hire top QSs
Consultancy firms face a battle to hang on to their top quantity surveyors after Network Rail was allocated more money to employ more of its own staff
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Rogers’ tall ambitions in China
Architect Richard Rogers Partnership is pitching for a series of skyscrapers in the Chinese city of Guangzhou