All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in 2000 Issue 41

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    The wandering stadium

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    First person Where to put a British Olympic stadium? Tony Banks says Wembley is the only choice. But don't rule out Picketts Lock.

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    The sense of proportion

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Jarndyce & Jarndyce still drags its dreary length before the Court, perennially hopeless, wrote Charles Dickens, satirising the legal system of his day. It's better now, though, as the rules on proportionality demonstrate.

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    Privileged positions

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Second opinion Why are there so few black architects? You might as well ask why there are so few from poor backgrounds.

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    Perfect pitch

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    How can a roof make you sound better? The one that tops Shrewsbury School's concert venue is elliptically shaped to help the students make beautiful music.

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    Westminster orders rethink of Pimlico School PFI

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Council to ask an architect to review options and produce an alternative for the controversial project.

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    Wasted opportunities

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Architects and developers are forming an orderly queue to put the boot into English Partnerships for its timidity, lack of leadership and inexperience which, they say, are jeopardising the urban renaissance.

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    'Independent' materials web site unveiled

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    A materials trading site that claims to be the first independent service of its kind for construction was launched this week. EasyMaterial.com, which will go live later this year, is the brainchild of a consortium of construction and IT professionals including Majid Jahanshahi, former head of construction at Neman Pulp ...

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    Satisfaction guarantees

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    A new, improved brand of performance bond is now available for project financing and promises to be a cheaper way of covering more risk particularly on private finance initiative projects.

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    Tender price forecast

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Continued steady growth is the order of the day, with tender prices, materials costs and new orders all continuing to rise. Many contractors are becoming increasingly selective, but the output picture is less clear.

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    Pidgley: Livingstone plan will force out housebuilders

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Berkeley boss says mayor s 50% social housing pledge will make working in London unprofitable.

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    Rebuilding of Serbia offers UK firms rich pickings

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    DTI leads construction taskforce to Serbia as European Union launches £1.4bn investment programme.

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    Waterman to expand into FM

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Consulting engineer Waterman Partnership is planning to offer more services at its UK and Irish offices. The group, which expanded into Ireland with the acquisition of Moylan Engineering in July, said it wanted to add extra services such as facilities and environmental management. Managing director Bob Campbell said: We ...

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    Osprey launches European expansion

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Osprey Project Management, a subsidiary of Franklin + Andrews, has acquired Project Management International from BAE Systems for an undisclosed sum. The move is the beginning of Osprey's plans to expand its area of operations to continental Europe. It also signals an expansion of the range of services offered. Martin ...

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    Harrison defends industry safety target

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Construction Products Association president Roy Harrison has hit back at criticism from Chartered Institute of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV head Chris Blythe that he is complacent about the industry s poor safety record. Blythe had attacked Harrison for a speech at a Labour conference fringe meeting in which he said he wanted to ...

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    Knowles cuts offices

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Dispute consultant James R Knowles is cutting some UK offices to form a smaller core of regional centres. Chairman Roger Knowles said he expected the number of offices to fall from 17 to 10 over the next 12 to 18 months. Knowles emphasised that the office restructure would not lead ...

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    Conservation piece

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    A wood-frame roof may not sound unusual, but Buro Happold's take on it the UK's first timber gridshell at a Sussex history museum is enough to make a structural engineer whimper with fear.

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    Currie & Brown drops partnership

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Cost consultant becomes limited company and creates three operating divisions in attempt to move away from pure quantity surveying.

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    Hodder brings civic pride to Hackney

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Architect's east London civic centre shows that PFI projects don't have to compromise on the design.

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    Bridge decision in next two weeks

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Millennium Bridge trustees must choose between three solutions none of which is certain to iron out all the problems of the swaying bridge.

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    US giant set to cash in on Irish boom

    2000-10-13T00:00:00Z

    Parsons Brinckerhoff sets up Dublin branch to cash in on major infrastructure contracts.