All ɫTV articles in 2005 issue 47 – Page 3

  • The stained glass facade is “rather wearing, particularly from the inside”, but does offer impressive views of the Whitechapel Road
    Features

    Lovely idea...

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    … shame about the council’s cost-cutting hit men. Gus Alexander takes a stroll around Whitechapel’s Idea Store, the David Adjaye-designed library-cum-IT-superstore, and laments what might have been

  • Tom Broughton
    Comment

    And he’s off …

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Congratulations to English Partnerships’ boss David Higgins, who has finally been persuaded to take the job of building the stage for the largest sporting extravaganza ever to be seen on our shores.

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    Tribal posts healthy interims

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Tribal Group has posted improved interim results for the six months ended 30 September.

  • Features

    Projects update: health and safety

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The seconds following a site accident can make all the difference between life and death, which is why the Red Cross has set up a programme of construction-specific first aid training days

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Hansom

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The dark pasts of politicians and industry figures hide a sly John Major, a rockin’ Lorraine Baldry and Ken Livingstone’s intimate knowledge of Owen Luder’s bedroom

  • Lady on the telephone
    Features

    Get the job

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Craig Paterson explains how a good telephone manner can put you ahead of the competition

  • ɫTV

    London may get ‘super market’

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The Guinness brewery site in Park Royal, west London, could become London’s biggest food market.

  • Galloway: Transfer will lead to rent rises
    ɫTV

    Galloway ‘scaremongers’ over housing transfer

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    George Galloway MP has been accused of scaremongering over council plans to transfer housing stock to registered social landlords in the part of east London that he represents.

  • Sir Michael Latham
    Comment

    What the forum’s for

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The Strategic Forum has recovered well after the rushed publication and unmanageable targets of Accelerating Change. Where should it go next?

  • Comment

    Jestico’s first

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    For the record, YRM was not the first architect to transform itself into a not-for-profit trust (4 November).

  • Comment

    Are insurers pulling a fast on

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    … While Mike Grant of law firm Weightmans says half the contractors it surveyed felt let down by insurers. Does this reflect badly on the policies or on firms’ failure to understand them?

  • ɫTV

    Gateway looks to Europe

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The Housing Corporation is to team up with CABE to apply lessons learned on the design of regeneration projects in Europe to the Thames Gateway.

  • ɫTV

    RICS pushes for EU recognition for surveyors

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    The RICS is to push for greater freedom for UK building surveyors to work in mainland Europe.

  • Comment

    A problem doubled

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    As the old saying goes, a problem shared is a problem halved. Peter Rees’ article “Double Your Risk” (4 November), explaining how more than one employer can be liable for the acts of employees, seems to demonstrate a more realistic scenario: a problem shared is two people with a problem.

  • Tall order: The Isle of Dogs masterplan imposes height restrictions
    ɫTV

    Docklands skyscraper hits planning problems

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Architect Sheppard Robson lobbies London mayor and council to change planning policy on Isle of Dogs

  • ɫTV

    Mansell promotes Waite to managing director

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Mansell has promoted executive director Steve Waite to the post of managing director.Waite, who has been at the contractor for 35 years, takes over from Mike Peasland next month. Peasland in turn takes over from Alistair Wivell, who is retiring from the post of group managing director of Balfour Beatty, ...

  • Comment

    Dangerous liaisons

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    This week we have two industry reports that reveal contractors’ cavalier attitude to risk, starting with what industry executives will do to secure work …

  • The demolition of the Compton Arms has stalled … so all building control inspector Trevor Hall can do is tape up the entrance.
    Features

    Out of control

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    In the week that the RICS lent its support to ɫTV’s Reform the Regs campaign, Sarah Richardson spent a day with Leeds building control to witness the problems at ground level

  • UK regional map
    ɫTV

    Data New-build completions in October

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Completions and private registrations have slowed slightly over the past 12 months but daily sales are ahead

  • ɫTV

    Essex lures Chinese team

    2005-11-25T00:00:00Z

    A Thames Gateway regeneration agency trying to persuade the Chinese Olympic team to use south Essex as its training base for the 2012 Games.