All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in 2003 issue 47

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  • Features

    USA Today

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Earlier this month, CABE chief executive we visited three US cities to see what Britain could learn from American planning and urban development. His trip diary reveals why both countries cast an envious eye on the other, and unearths the secrets of New Urbanism, Bush-whacking and the planning authority run ...

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    Steamy scene

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    This is the first phase of an office conversion at the Round Foundry at Holbeck, Leeds, a grade II-listed building. When the scheme is completed it will provide 1000 m2 of space for tenant SMC Gower Architects. The work has been carried out by ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Design Partnership. The Round Foundry ...

  • Features

    Pulp that paper trail

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Flood damage is tough enough to repair without getting bogged down in faxes and reports. We explain how wireless technology has saved one company from drowning in paperwork

  • Comment

    Private space vs open plan

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Paul Morrell ("Are you being served?", 17 October, page 41) commented that we ought to know how much well designed offices aid productivity.

  • Comment

    Not in my name

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    I was less than impressed with your wild editing of my letter to make a politically correct point (7 November, page 35).

  • Features

    New York, New Look

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Manhattan: Where modern office blocks come big and dumb. But now, suddenly, design is sexy again, clients are making a brand new start of it and European architects are being given a chance. We start spreading the news …

  • Comment

    Legalaid

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    This month the legal beagles at Berwin Leighton Paisner tackle the issue of a subcontractor who's being messed around by its developer and an M&E specialist denied recourse to common law. Plus, a clever argument about the existence of contracts

  • Comment

    To be remote, be intimate

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    In relation to your article "Good Morning, Vietnam" (5 September, pages 38-41), I would like to point out that many outsource companies are trying to produce information without knowledge or experience of the UK.

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    This week, construction bigwigs discover pressing engagements in Australia, Burnley after the bulldozers and John Prescott cracks us up yet again

  • Comment

    Welcoming our guest workers

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    David Blunkett's imperious asylum policy – outlined in the Queen's Speech – may have profound implications for construction.

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    Be my guest

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    David Blunkett's asylum policies are tough but they should help the construction industry to legitimise its workforce and improve pay and conditions for skilled foreign labourers.

  • Comment

    Granting a sultan's wish

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Architects are capable of anything – as long as they're given unlimited funds, resources and co-operation, and have no competition. Ah, them were the days …

  • Features

    Good on paper

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    The quality of your CV could make or break your job chances. Hays Montrose offers some suggestions on how to make yours an asset not a liability

  • Comment

    Sound and fury

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    I got the impression from your article "When walls have ears" (5 September, pages 56-57) that the industry was suggesting a radical new approach, but a method of robust standard details has been working successfully in Scotland for years under the term "deemed to satisfy".

  • Comment

    Flights of fancy

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    I was astounded by the impracticality of the proposed revamp of terraced houses by Shed KM featured in your article "Sex in Coronation Street" (7 November, pages 48-50).

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    Rogers' flight of fancy

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    BAA has unveiled this Richard Rogers Partnership design for a £50m control tower at Heathrow. At 87 m, it will be twice as high as the one it will replace. Arup is structural engineer, Amec is M&E contractor, Laing O'Rourke is handling the foundations, Mace is construction manager and Warings ...

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    Moayedi makes his excuses and leaves

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Jarvis chairman blames press as he steps down from rail contractor.

  • Features

    The great escape

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    This year's ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV/Hays Montrose careers survey finds a workforce eager to escape the shackles of nine-to-five employment to find a more flexible lifestyle.

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    My friend Paris: Enigmatic, shocking, one in a million

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Every so often, one comes across a person who is larger than life, one in a million. Such a man is my friend Paris Moayedi.

  • Comment

    The ugly duckling test

    2003-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Here's some fresh case law to help us understand Carter vs Nuttall, one of last year's causes célèbres: it's all about distinguishing between water fowl