All Building articles in 1999 Issue 02
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Revealed: what £100m McLaren HQ will look like
First published picture of Foster’s masterplan for kidney-shaped Paragon headquarters in Woking.
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£320m national stadium to go on site in 2000
Construction work is scheduled to start early next year on a £320m national stadium at Wembley. Lottery-backed client English National Stadium Company this week struck a deal to purchase the existing stadium from leisure group Wembley plc. The company will pay for the stadium with £103m of a £120m Sports ...
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Redrow defies flat market with £34.5m land deal
Housebuilder makes biggest-ever purchase of land for redevelopment from ICI.
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Amec bullish on business strategy – City not so sure
AMEC's move away from traditional contracting into higher-margin specialist work is paying off, the company claimed this week. Chief executive Peter Mason released a bullish trading statement, saying Britain's largest contractor is on target to meet the City's expectations in its latest results. Analysts expect pre-tax profit in the order ...
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Do yourself a favour …
When you come to choose a potential adjudicator for your contract it is a good idea to pick one of the many nominating bodies. Pick the wrong person and they could be accused of bias.
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Advice from the expert
If there's nowhere to run when a client hires you to assist the court as an objective expert, there are certain considerations to bear in mind.
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Building announces new advisory board
The chief executive of Amec, a director of Britain's biggest property developer, and the senior partner of Davis Langdon & Everest are among seven new members of the editorial advisory board of Building. The other members of the 12-strong board are Sir Frank Lampl, chairman of Bovis Construction Group; ...
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Merged architects aim for overseas markets
Overseas expansion is a priority for the architectural practice formed out of the merger of Abbey Hanson Rowe and Holford Associates.The pair announced the merger deal, which will create a new top 10 practice, this week after nine months of talks.The practice, which will have 330 staff, will start trading ...
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High cost of outlawing cowboys alarms industry
Government taskforce's "quality mark" system will cost firms £500 a year, say industry leaders.
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Amey/Kvaerner land MOD headquarters
A team including Amey and Kvaerner has been chosen to carry out a privately financed redevelopment of the Ministry of Defence's Whitehall headquarters worth up to £800m over 30 years. Engineer Hyder and funder Innisfree are the other members of the AHK consortium that won the redevelopment competition. The ...
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Appointments
Contractors Britannia Construction has appointed Jon Woolfe financial director. Mike Mann is deputy managing director. Nigel McArthur has been appointed regional construction director at EBC Construction, a division of the EBC Group. Housebuilders Nigel Perryman has been appointed deputy group finance director of the Shaftesbury ...
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Art of glass
A Newcastle square is to get a dramatic new look, thanks to an innovative technique for recycling glass into paving flags
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What Bob and Chris did next
How two Mowlem men who struck out on their own handled their crazy first year of corporate takeover, icy disappointment, compulsory redundancy and quiet triumph.
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Rogers may suggest brownfield cash boost
Urban Taskforce chairman Lord Rogers this week confirmed that he may recommend financial reforms to encourage the development of brownfield sites. A taskforce spokesman added: Producing additional financial resources to implement some of the taskforce measures is under consideration. The comments were made at the launch of the ...
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Henry Boot to repair rust at Isle of Wight hospital
Contractor lands four-year, £15.9m recladding deal on trailblazing eight-year-old hospital.
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The boot's on the same foot
The JCT's latest Information Release Schedule is designed, supposedly, to make the architect's lot a happier one. But after closer inspection, it actually seems to give the contractor the upper hand.
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Probe prompts BPB boss' exit
Jean-Pierre Cuny, chief executive of plasterboard giant BPB, has stood down in the wake of a European Commission investigation into the company. In a shock move, Cuny, 58, who has been with BPB for 21 years, announced on Wednesday that he is to stand down. A BPB statement said: "The ...
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Bovis wins Scottish parliament race
Contractor beats off three challengers to land £50m construction manager deal on Enric Miralles' Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh.
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Fix PFI, industry tells Brown
The Construction Confederation has urged the government to speed up progress on private finance initiative schemes to offset an expected downturn in private sector work. In its annual budget submission to chancellor Gordon Brown, the confederation said the PFI had failed to deliver a steady flow of construction projects and ...
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Currie & Brown links up with Swiss firm
Multidisciplinary consultant Currie & Brown has signed a five-year working agreement with £2.4bn-turnover Swiss conglomerate Sulzer Infra. The deal, which follows Currie & Brown's sale of its shareholding in facilities management consultant CBX to Sulzer Infra late last year, is expected to boost the consultant's fortunes in Continental Europe. Currie ...