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    The survivor

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Baroness Dean spent the first half of this year fighting for the Housing Corporation's survival. Now she has to prove that she can make it work.

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    Sharewatch

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    How construction companies fared in the City in the week to 5 December 2000

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    Sensory perfection

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Surface Architects is experimenting with a complex matrix of eight shifting "sensory layers" for the offices of a cutting-edge software firm.

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    The Shock of the Old

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    The Shock of the OldPhilip WilkinsonChannel Four Books£20192 pagesThis books comes as a companion to the recent Channel 4 series of the same name, in which Piers Gough strolled around the heritage sites of Britain explaining that, although we may find modern architecture shocking, historic buildings which we know and ...

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    Objection!

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Why ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV missed the point on the floods, pre-action protocols, legal leagues, proportional costs and adjudicator impartiality – and what was that one on the working time regulations all about?

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    Renaissance money

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    The urban white paper published two weeks ago outlined a number of measures designed to give a fiscal backbone to the government's ambitious plans. But will they have the desired effect?

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    Just the job

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    The engineer-turned-architect who created an artificial Brazilian rainforest in Germany talks about his multifaceted career.

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    Interiors

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

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    Website targets housebuilders

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    A NEW E-COMMERCE venture aimed solely at housebuilders, thebuilding-site.com, is offering firms a stake in the company.

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    To honour and obey

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Contractors in a partnering relationship may be obliged to act strictly in the client's interest – with scrupulous honesty and openness – or face the penalties

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    Multiplex headhunts stadium specialists

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Australian contractor sounding out specialist staff to work on Wembley as client meets banks today to remove doubts over funding.

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    Gutter sniping

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    An architect designed a shed but omitted to include overflows in the gutter, which flooded and ruined goods stored inside. Was it negligent, and therefore liable for the damage?

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    Young guns go for it

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Let's put plunge pools in the boardroom! Three exciting designers have been given their heads by office clients who want more than neat workstations in a tasteful shade of grey. On this page, Urban Research Laboratory's way with walls, over is Richard Scott's "sensory layers" and on page 44, And-Associates' ...

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    Fulham's premier stadium

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Mohamed Al Fayed has big plans for his football club: promotion to the Premiership and a new £70m stadium.

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    Rivals swoop for disgruntled Laing staff

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Contractors bid to poach construction employees as uncertainty continues over sale.

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    Industry output dips in third quarter

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Construction output has fallen in all sectors except housing and repair, according to downbeat statistics from the DETR.

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    Eric de Maré & John Maltby

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Eric de Maré & John MaltbyRobert ElwallRIBA Publications£9 each108 pagesFed up with those glossy architectural photofests that demand a crane to lift and cost the price of a camera to buy? Well, here are a couple of enchanting tiddlers that will fit neatly into a Christmas stocking without making a ...

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    Danger mouse

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    A realistic software package gives designers and engineers a virtual vision of how building occupants would fare in a fire – allowing for amendments that could save many lives.

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    Safety crisis: now five die in nine days

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    Employers under increased pressure as unions renew call for roving safety representatives to vet sites.

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    Prescott targets contractors

    2000-12-08T00:00:00Z

    After Hatfield, John Prescott hauled Railtrack over the coals. In a week when four people died on British sites, he has set his sights on contractors. Can the industry pull back from the brink?