All ɫTV articles in 2006 issue 48 – Page 3
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At last Paris wakes from its slumber
Paris may not be celebrating the Olympics in 2012 but presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy is promising to build a string of sensational new buildings
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RIBA president warns of 'tarmac and plasterboard' Olympics
Jack Pringle says design and build contracts for 2012 Olympics would compromise quality of design
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And then she said ...
It's not the spot we'd choose for an intimate chat, unless they really are the confessions of a window cleaner ...
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Firm fined £10.5k injury to foreign worker
Factory Reconstruction fined after Czech employee injures hand with circular saw
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Bird's Eye View
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
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Olympics construction staff face terrorism vetting
Delivery partner CLM to call in security company to gather intelligence and vet site workers
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Colindale fire questions safety of timber-frame sites
London Fire Brigade findings may lead to new procedures for timber-frame projects
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Atkins will hold on to stake in Metronet
Keith Clarke is adamant he will not sell stake in troubled tube consortium
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Hadid’s aquatics centre fails environment test
Sustainability audit criticises design for its lack of environmental features
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CH2M boss says Olympics will top £12bn
Olympics project manager puts cost of the Games above latest government estimates
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Comment
And as for the waiters...
The dining situation in the new grandstand was not as good – the original was more private and special – and the waiters are not attentive.
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Comment
And then she said...
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 ...
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Features
The right stuff
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 ...
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Comment
Wheres your Olympic spirit?
In the wake of the Wembley fiasco, fears have been raised that the London 2012 Olympics may run over time and budget.
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Comment
Niggling and nagging
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
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Rising high
Architectural design is driving expansion at Sir Terence Conran’s Conran & Partners, with turnover expected to rise 20% this year.
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Features
The long haul
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.
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Mayor raises green standard for social housing
London mayor Ken Livingstone plans to raise the decent homes standard for social housing as part of his campaign over climate change.
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Comment
How to get recruitment right
It was interesting to see the comparison between gangmasters in the agricultural sector and those in construction (3 November, page 76).