All Building articles in 1999 Issue 15
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Police probe £125m Drake & Scull JLE bid
Detectives raid M&E firm's offices and arrest former director in Jubilee Line contract investigation.
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PFI teams shocked as Home Office rebids 1996 project
Jarvis, Bovis and Bradman teams may seek compensation after being asked for "single-decant" schemes.
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Arts Council faces £3.5m of Bristol claims
100 firms make claims for £1.5m, with £2m to come, following cancellation of harbourside scheme.
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Construction’s second chance
Next week, the industry has the opportunity to boost its public image. With a barrage of events planned for National Construction Week, will the event be more of a hit this year than last?
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High-Point looks for acquisition
Multidisciplinary firm High-Point Rendel is actively looking for an acquisition to boost the business and management consultancy side of its activities. The firms believes it can maximise its margin by offering advice on procurement strategy, leadership and troubleshooting. Financial director Stephen Greenwood said: "We're looking for anything to help us ...
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A slice of the action
Imagine if construction could develop a computer-generated picture of an evolving project, an auditable bank of information about its management. Disputes could be largely avoided. Stop imagining.
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Firm uses loophole in Scots adjudication
Judge cuts award against Rentokil Initial after company issues "arrestment order" to freeze payment.
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Appointments
Contractor Clugston Construction has appointed Peter Deakin director of its southern operation. Matthew Mercer and Anne Pugh have been made regional managers and Peter Dobson has become marketing manager for the region.Consultants Civil and structural consulting engineer Thorburn Colquhoun has promoted Colin McPherson to associate director.Peter ...
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Atkins bids to crack Japanese market
Consultant forms alliances with contractor Kumagai Gumi and plans office in Tokyo.
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BDP and Aukett benefit from BT partnering deals
National architects chosen to work with regional designers as BT slims down supplier base.
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South Bank shortlist
Four architects have been shortlisted to design a masterplan for London's South Bank Centre arts complex. The four chosen from the initial list of 13 are Jeremy Dixon.Edward Jones, Michael Hopkins and Partners, Rick Mather and Associates and Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Frank Duffy, chairman of DEGW ...
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First images of Rogers' Barcelona development
Landmark hotel tower to be centrepiece of new business park near RIBA Gold Medal-winning city.
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Clear as a bell
Basildon's new landmark is a glass campanile that lets passers-by watch the bell-ringers at work. How did Buro Happold stop the lightweight tower swaying with the motion of the bells?
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NAO calls for two bidders
A National Audit Office report on a £214m privately financed project to upgrade and run a Scottish motorway recommends that government departments negotiate with two bidders to achieve best value for money. The recommendation, made in an NAO report published last Thursday on the competition to finish and run the ...
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Bob the Builder
What with his own Miss Moneypenny, crane Lofty and hell-raising scarecrow Spud there's never a dull moment in Bob the Builder's yard. But is it enough to save the image of construction?
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Bovis to build SmithKline HQ
A team that includes Bovis and developer Stanhope has been named preferred bidder to fund, build and operate a £135m headquarters for pharmaceuticals giant SmithKline Beecham. The team, which also includes investment bank Schroders, pipped Amec to the project. Mowlem, with developer Heron, finished third. Development Securities/Mace came fourth. The ...
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March figures confirm falling workloads
A year-on-year fall of 43% in contractors' work won deepens market fears.
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New, improved National Construction Week
Are you ready? National Construction Week, such a risible non-event in October 1997, has a fresh start on Monday. This time, the week will last five days, not 10 (ouch) and there s stacks of sponsorship. After all the television exposés on cowboy builders and the millennium project ...
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Construction orders plummet in first quarter
Infrastructure sector hardest hit as new orders drop 26% on last three months of 1998.
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Interest rate cuts and PFI lift growth forecast
Interest rate cuts and investment in private finance initiative schemes have prompted the Building Material Producers to issue a more optimistic growth forecast than in December. It expects construction output to pick up in the second half of 1999 and has forecast growth of 1.5% for the year (up 1% ...