All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in 2004 issue 44 – Page 3
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Kent fears for design quality
Regeneration experts have highlighted the need for high-quality design in sustainable communities in the South-east.
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Features
Dealing with libya
The moment when Tony Blair shook hands with Muammar Gadaffi, bygones were officially bygones and an entire country was opened up for British firms to exploit. But what are the realities of doing business in Libya? We visited the former pariah state to find out
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Features
Cost effective
oanne Knightley is combining work and study with a distance learning BSc in quantity surveying. Here she tells us how she gets it to add up …
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Comment
Reasons to be considered
Tame made an application under Section 68 of the 1996 Arbitration Act to challenge an arbitrator’s award. More particularly, Tame sought to rely on the reasons published by the arbitrator separately from the award expressly on terms that no use should be made of them in any proceeding relating to ...
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Civil engineers? Are they more polite then?
Three-quarters of the UK population do not know what civil engineering is, according to an Institution of Civil Engineers survey published this week.
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Foster’s City Hall starts to crack
Glass panels at City Hall, the headquarters of the Greater London Authority near Tower Bridge, have started cracking two years after it was completed, leading the GLA to call for an explanation from suppliers,
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Comment
Thatcher’s child
I read with great, but amused, interest your article on the stream of self-employment now beginning in the construction industry (8 October, page 114).
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Features
So you think it’s boring, huh?
Quantity surveyors get to say ‘I was part of that’ about some of the world’s most high-profile construction projects. And that’s not all that makes the job interesting, as three QSs told us
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Comment
Wonders & blunders
Historian Francesco da Mosto picks two faces of La Serenissima: one a stunning fusion of styles and the other a tasteless cake
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Comment
Blind eyes and bloody kids
Contractors have to be on their guard against potential defects or dangers even though they aren’t covered in the contract – as these cases illustrate
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Engineers merge to take on the big boys
Engineering consultants NRM and Jan Bobrowski and Partners this week merged to improve their performance in a tough market
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Comment
Beyond Kyoto
Regardless of whether the nations of the world embrace the objectives of Kyoto (Tom Barker’s article, 8 October, page 31), the impeding energy crisis will not go away.
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Jowell hedges bets on casino bill
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has conceded that the number of casinos built in the UK could be capped, after fears that a rise in problem gambling would outweigh the regeneration benefits of developments
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Comment
Unite behind unitisation
Unitised curtain walling is by no means the new technology you think it is (22 October, page 76).
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Features
Marks Barfield cafe: One small, skinny mollusc please
Marks Barfield’s latest scheme is an invertebrate cafe that has attached itself to Birmingham’s Bullring centre – where it is providing weary shoppers with a shell-like retreat
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Talking balls with the minister
Phil Hope is charge of chivvying the industry into becoming energy efficient, sustainable and security conscious, while simultaneously championing IT and keeping the ODPM green. So a metaphor rather suggests itself, as we point out.
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Market forecast: Back on track
In this new series,We report that tender prices are on the up – including London, where work is getting back on track
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CABE under attack at select committee hearing
Design watchdog on the defensive after critical submissions over conflicts of interest and accountability
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Atkins plans move into Libyan market
Consultant Atkins is planning to open an office in Libya by next summer.
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