All ɫTV articles in 2006 issue 48 – Page 3

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    At last Paris wakes from its slumber

    2006-12-04T07:00:00Z

    Paris may not be celebrating the Olympics in 2012 but presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy is promising to build a string of sensational new buildings

  • Olympics lead
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    RIBA president warns of 'tarmac and plasterboard' Olympics

    2006-12-01T17:12:00Z

    Jack Pringle says design and build contracts for 2012 Olympics would compromise quality of design

  • ɫTV

    And then she said ...

    2006-12-01T10:00:00Z

    It's not the spot we'd choose for an intimate chat, unless they really are the confessions of a window cleaner ...

  • ɫTV

    Firm fined £10.5k injury to foreign worker

    2006-12-01T09:47:00Z

    Factory Reconstruction fined after Czech employee injures hand with circular saw

  • Alex Smith
    ɫTV

    Bird's Eye View

    2006-12-01T09:04:00Z

    With virtual planning and architectural critics judging from on high, Google Earth may transform the way we view buildings - and force us to make roofs more attractive

  • ɫTV

    Olympics construction staff face terrorism vetting

    2006-12-01T06:00:00Z

    Delivery partner CLM to call in security company to gather intelligence and vet site workers

  • Colingdale fire
    ɫTV

    Colindale fire questions safety of timber-frame sites

    2006-12-01T06:00:00Z

    London Fire Brigade findings may lead to new procedures for timber-frame projects

  • ɫTV

    Atkins will hold on to stake in Metronet

    2006-12-01T06:00:00Z

    Keith Clarke is adamant he will not sell stake in troubled tube consortium

  • ɫTV

    Hadid’s aquatics centre fails environment test

    2006-12-01T06:00:00Z

    Sustainability audit criticises design for its lack of environmental features

  • Olympics
    ɫTV

    CH2M boss says Olympics will top £12bn

    2006-12-01T06:00:00Z

    Olympics project manager puts cost of the Games above latest government estimates

  • Sometimes it’s hard to make a stand...
    Comment

    And as for the waiters...

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The dining situation in the new grandstand was not as good – the original was more private and special – and the waiters are not attentive.

  • Comment

    And then she said...

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    ɫTV control surveyor Sarah Pearce captured this fascinating conversation on a domestic site in Leicestershire. It’s not the spot we’d choose for an intimate chat, unless they really are the confessions of a window cleaner...Email your “favourite” health and safety pictures to building@cmpi.biz. The sender of every published picture ...

  • Joanna Davis
    Features

    The right stuff

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Think you’re bright, talented and destined for great things? Then you might even think you’ve got what it takes to be nominated for a g4c award by your peers. The g4c (that’s Generation for Collaboration) awards were set up to reward young professionals in construction, and the first winners have ...

  • Comment

    Wheres your Olympic spirit?

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    In the wake of the Wembley fiasco, fears have been raised that the London 2012 Olympics may run over time and budget.

  • Comment

    Niggling and nagging

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Tim Tapper and Victoria Glover-Ward PFI/PPP projects are plagued by minor squabbles that can easily escalate because the complaints procedure is complex and misunderstood

  • Comment

    Learning our lessons

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    I am writing to support Ian Macpherson’s letter (27 October, page 34).

  • ɫTV

    Rising high

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Architectural design is driving expansion at Sir Terence Conran’s Conran & Partners, with turnover expected to rise 20% this year.

  • Chris Cole
    Features

    The long haul

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Chris Cole has been with WSP for 33 years, during which time it has developed, diversified, turned into a plc, balanced on the edge of disaster and finally grown into one of the industry’s foremost consultants. Here he tells Mark Leftly all about it.

  • ɫTV

    Mayor raises green standard for social housing

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    London mayor Ken Livingstone plans to raise the decent homes standard for social housing as part of his campaign over climate change.

  • Comment

    How to get recruitment right

    2006-12-01T00:00:00Z

    It was interesting to see the comparison between gangmasters in the agricultural sector and those in construction (3 November, page 76).