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FeaturesHere comes rab
A crowd of iconic office schemes is being planned for the City of London. Bennetts Associates' New Street Square is the latest to be unveiled …
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A sharp reminder
The publication this week of the National Audit Office's report into health and safety on building sites has done the industry a favour.
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Permanent fixes
The Institution of Chemical Engineers has a model form that seems to eliminate disputes. So should any of it be adopted by the construction industry?
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Task group calls for eco-codes
One-tenth of materials used in a new building should be recycled or reclaimed, says the government's Sustainable Buildings Task Group.
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Denise Chevin takes over the reins at Building
Denise Chevin is the new editor of Building. She takes over from Adrian Barrick who has been promoted to publisher.
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Task group calls for eco-codes
One-tenth of materials used in a new building should be recycled or reclaimed, says the government's Sustainable Buildings Task Group.
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News91 days to go …
Work started this week on raising the steel arches of Santiago Calatrava's design for the refurbishment of the Olympic stadium in Athens. The start of the installation of the 18,000-tonne roof came days before the International Olympic Committee said Greece would be ready to host the Games. Denis Oswald, ...
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NewsChanging Thames
Contractor Wates Construction has completed this office block on the south bank of the River Thames at London Bridge. The project, designed by GMW, involved the retention of a grade II-listed building and the creation of an entrance from the bridge, a glazed internal atrium and an additional floor. ...
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NewsBuilding named best business magazine
Building has been named the UK's best business magazine for third time in six years.
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Latham group to focus on late payments
Sir Michael Latham has unveiled plans to review provisions of the Construction Act over late payment and non-payment.
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NewsCleared for take-off
Contractor Gleeson has completed a £20m contract to build a three-star hotel near City Airport in Docklands. The Ramada Hotel, for client Lanos Investments, is next to London's ExCel exhibition centre. It has 153 standard rooms and 71 long-stay suites. Designed by architect BUJ, it comprises three blocks of six, ...
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NewsReady for the off
Building Design Partnership has unveiled this £34m redevelopment of Aintree racecourse in Merseyside. Its plans include a grandstand, a weighing room and a stable complex. Work is scheduled to start after next year's Grand National and should be completed in time for the 2007 meeting.
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MPs attack Home Office over headquarters PFI deal
THE House of Commons' public accounts committee this week criticised the government for its handling of the procurement of the £311m Home Office headquarters and called for better planning of PFI deals.
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NewsAll's well in sunny Surrey
Wandsworth Primary Care Trust and Catalyst Healthcare have signed a contract for the £55m PFI redevelopment of the Queen Mary Hospital, Roehampton, Surrey. The 139-bed community facility is due to be completed in December next year. Bovis Lend Lease will handle design and construction, Lend Lease Facilities Management will ...
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FeaturesNothing doing
The Paddington Health Campus was always going to be problematic, but nobody expected it to take so long to do so little, or for costs to rise from £360m to £827m. We tell the inside story of the PFI hospital from hell
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Shula, I've been thinking
Using oilseed rape as a fuel, whether popularised on The Archers or not, could be the answer to getting communities to embrace renewable energy
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FeaturesCost study: Scottish gas headquarters
Built on a former gasworks (appropriately), Scottish Gas’ HQ is an elegant and energy-efficient addition to Edinburgh’s rapidly changing waterfront. Architect Foster and Partners, environmental engineer Battle McCarthy and cost consultant Davis Langdon explain how they did it.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Anthony Wilson picks two modern Mancunian buildings, one a triumph of architectural art, the other … er, you’d better read it yourself
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NewsCracking the safety conundrum
Construction's safety record may be improving – slowly – but a 5% decrease in site deaths over five years simply isn't good enough. The industry is out of time to hit that 40%-by-next-year target … So what now?