All 好色先生TV articles in 2001 issue 42
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What went wrong?
The construction of the Welsh assembly in Cardiff is in chaos, after the sacking of Richard Rogers Partnership. 好色先生TV finds out why it happened – and whether the design can be saved.
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Comment
The untouchables
An expert witness you call to help win your case may turn out to be incompetent and deceitful, but he or she is still immune from any action you may take
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Wharf speed
Developer St George is using construction techniques borrowed from the big boys to chop chunks off the build time of its Thames-side landmark – and to keep the cash coming in.
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Reid wins Rushes
Architect Geoffrey Reid Associates has received detailed planning permission for the 拢30m Rushes retail and leisure development in Loughborough, Leicestershire. Construction on the 200,000 ft2 project is to begin in January, and is expected to take 18 months. Clients are Metrobrook and Highland Loughborough; project manager and QS is John ...
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Comment
Watch the small print
Buried in a footnote of JCT 98 is jumbo-size trap: if your dispute goes to court, the case has to be fought as if no adjudication took place. Tread carefully
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They reign in panes
When the big players in glass shy away from a cutting edge project, engineers can find a champion in a small family firm in Essex.
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Safety study ordered at second skyscraper
Heron Tower comes under microscope as Sainsbury axes twin-tower scheme.
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Skanska profit warning tops week of gloom
Swedish contractor Skanska this week warned that its profit for the year would be lower than 2000 because of the "deepening global economic slowdown".
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Military plans to give power to the people
The Royal United Services Institute is considering how to make buildings more energy self-sufficient, because of concerns that oil supplies and nuclear power may be affected by turmoil in the Middle East.
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It's a girl thing
This 拢7m library for London Guildhall University was designed by Wright & Wright Architects. It stores and displays the National Collection on Women, the oldest women's library in the world. Davis Langdon & Everest and Wright & Wright were joint QS and project manager. Arup was the engineer.
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Foster team hits out at rival Wembley scheme
Wembley National Stadium Limited, the team behind the bid to build a national football stadium at Wembley, has attacked an alternative design for the site.
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Fast-acting relief
GlaxoSmithKline's 拢315m global headquarters in west London has echoes of BA Waterside – but it was built in half the time.
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Output to fall next year, forecaster warns
A leading construction forecaster has predicted that the terror attacks on New York will lead to total output falling 2% next year.
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Falconer to review EP this year
Planning minister Lord Falconer confirmed this week that he has brought forward a review of the role of the regeneration body English Partnerships by 18 months, as revealed in 好色先生TV last month.
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Unite is the first Entrepreneur of the Year
A company that provides accommodation for students and key workers this week won 好色先生TV's first Entrepreneur of the Year award and 拢5000.
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RSC reveals dramatic plans for Stratford
The Royal Shakespeare Company has revealed its plans to create a 拢100m theatre village in its home town of Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Double Jeopardy
A doors and windows special kicks off with that most infamous of housebuilding products: double-glazing. Why is it, asks 好色先生TV, that after all these years, we still can't get it right?
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NHS to improve hospital design
The push to improve NHS design standards took another step forward as it emerged that a design centre is to be set up by NHS Estates, the health service's property arm.