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Five museums of the built environment
Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Contains more than 25 historic buildings spanning seven centuries with detailed accounts of their design. The collection includes a 1940s prefab, a 15th-century merchant's house and a windmill. Call 01527-831363 for details.The Building of Bath MuseumThis covers the masterplanning that transformed a small provincial spa into ...
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Legal letters
This week, why it can make sense to sign an adjudicator's terms, naming and shaming poor adjudicators, support for Judge Thornton's defence of enforcement and the power of greed
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FeaturesFoster's cover up
First Norman Foster gave us his erotic gherkin, now he's come up with an apartment complex that has more curves than a Rubens nude. But far from baring all, he's draped an elegant roof down its flank. Thomas Lane measures the vital statistics
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Save us from insurers
Insurers are grossly unfair, failing to distinguish between good roofers and the cowboys
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FeaturesCost study: Phoenix Natural Gas HQ
Northern Ireland’s gas supplier didn’t want to have to pay astronomical energy bills, fall behind and end up suing itself for its own money. Cartwright Pickard Architects and QS Gardiner & Theobold explain how the team managed to avert this fate by delivering a building that not only achieved a ...
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Tube PPP: Further delays in the pipeline
Consortiums endure yet more frustration and expense as deal closure is postponed until Christmas – or beyond.
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The unbearable cost of cover
Few tears were shed outside the Square Mile when crisis struck those apparently loathsome insurance companies after 11 September. A year on, though, insurers – in the great tradition of that industry – are passing the burden on to their customers. Now it is construction firms that face ruin as ...
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NewsCorridor of learning:
Corridor of learning: A planning application for a £10m arts complex at Hull College was submitted last week. The scheme includes a school of art and design and a school of media and performing arts. It is the first element in a £1bn regeneration scheme, called the River Hull Learning ...
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Minister backs Building anti-racism drive
Construction minister Brian Wilson this week praised Building’s coverage of the industry’s race problems and called for employers to take action.
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Help for Thames Gateway
The co-ordinating body behind the 1100 ha Thames Gateway regeneration project is looking for up to three urban regeneration companies to be set up.
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Amicus threatens M&E pay deal
M&E union Amicus may call for an independent review of the national ballot that led to the Joint Industry Board pay agreement.
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£220m tower planned for Docklands
PROPERTY developer SKMC has presented London planning authorities with plans for a £220m mixed-use tower in Docklands.
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NewsGensler beats US rivals to win Dubai deal
Architect Gensler has won a masterplan competition for a financial centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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NewsBowmer on brink of breaking into big time
Contractor Bowmer & Kirkland is in line to win the first phase of the £500m Royals business park in east London.
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Industry on verge of internet boom
Construction IT firm BuildOnline has predicted an explosion in the use of collaboration software to replace documentation.
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Housing starts fail to plug hole in demand
Government figures published this week revealed that Britain's housing supply crisis is worsening.
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NewsUnderworld marvel:
Underworld marvel: Architect Foster and Partners has won a competition to design a £150m railway station in the heart of Florence, Italy. Working with engineer Arup, the team beat off nine other high-profile architects, including Santiago Calatrava and Arata Isozaki, to win the scheme. The 45,000 m2 subterranean station will ...
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Contracts
Balfour signs Durham dealContractors Balfour Beatty and Wates have signed seven-year alliances with Durham council to handle all its construction and road work. The deal is expected to be worth up £140m.Chilean prisons lure HLMArchitect HLM Design will work as lead designer and concept architect on three PFI prisons in ...
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NewsMaking waves
Making waves: Developer Crosby has received planning approval for this £10m, 1650-space multistorey car park as part of a £150m mixed-use development in Clarence Dock, Leeds. The seven-storey precast concrete structure, designed by local practice Carey Jones, will be clad with undulating stainless steel mesh screen and punctuated with glazed ...