All Building articles in 1999 Issue 17
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News
McCarthy profit rises by third
Retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone lifted pre-tax profit 33% to £12.1m in the six months to 31 March 1999. The company said the improved performance had been achieved through increased sales, particularly two bulk deals accounting for 31 units. Its average selling price rose 6% to ...
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Comment
Settle, but not just yet
In order to save costs and court time, litigants are encouraged to settle disputes. But it can be dangerous to settle too early. Two recent cases suggest that clients taking short-cuts should be careful.
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Features
There's the hub
Gleeds' new web service, PhotoHub, significantly enhances the client's ability to get the building it bargained for.
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Comment
Many happy returns
The Construction Act is one year old tomorrow, and there really is something to celebrate. It has changed the face of the industry for the better and disgruntled a few lawyers in the process.
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Work forecasts revised up
Two of construction s leading forecasters have revised upwards their workload forecasts for the next two years. Construction Forecasting and Research has raised its expectations for growth in 1999 from 1.3% to 2.4%, and from 2.2% to 2.6% for 2000. Hewes Associates, which takes a gloomier view of the ...
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Features
Fire fighters
Lawyer Ian Hunter explains how the Employment Relations Bill will help workers who feel they have been unfairly dismissed.
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FMB reports drop in work
The Federation of Master Builders latest quarterly survey shows a slight downturn in orders for the first three months of 1999 compared with the closing months of 1998. However, the picture was mixed, with FMB members in the North, Midlands and South Wales reporting a decline in workload and ...
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Features
Spot the difference?
There is some confusion over their exact powers, but with £800m a year, the eight new regional development agencies could change the face of regeneration in England.
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DETR states green policy
The DETR is forcing government construction clients to demand improved environmental performance from the industry. In a policy document published last week, the DETR says all new and substantially refurbished buildings commissioned by government departments must be tested using the Building Research Establishment s Environmental Assessment Method. The Model ...
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Features
Student demo
The University of East London's new campus is the Egan demonstration project everyone is watching. With six months to go, the race is on to prove that its innovations work.
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Comment
A deal is a deal
A recent case has clarified the way that variations should be valued and underlined the importance of the rates agreed in the original contract.
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Comment
For crying out loud
The ugly clutter of brutalist buildings that constitute the South Bank arts complex just makes you want to weep.
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Comment
Who's suing whom? A selection of writs recently issued in the High Court in London
Keeney Construction is suing Waite Design and Build for £32 376.45 plus VAT and interest for damages for breach of contract for substructure subcontract works. John Martin Hoyse Directional Drilling is suing RE Docwra for £78 869.22 plus interest plus costs for the balance due under ...
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Features
Cost model: Land remediation
Land remediation is becoming a growth sector as government targets for brownfield development have been increased. In this month s cost model, Davis Langdon Everest looks at new laws on contaminated land and details the cost of clean-up techniques
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Kier hits top spot in traditional contracts
Contractor lands £166m in quarterly survey of contracts won.
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Construction's devolution wishlist
The UK is on the brink of one of the most important constitutional reforms this century. What might the benefits be for the industry?
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Fracas over future of construction in Scotland
Sir Fraser Morrison fires broadside at proposals to place industry within a Scottish DETR.
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Stanhope clamps down on exploitation of Kosovars
But Health and Safety Executive refuses to launch inquiry into Building's exposé of refugees on UK sites.
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CITB: industry is rife with racism
Construction shows little sign of shaking off its image as a racist industry, an alarming report reveals this week. The report, commissioned by the Construction Industry Training Board and based on research by London s Royal Holloway University, paints a shocking picture of racism on site. There is also ...
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Clients group calls for contractors league tables
British Property Federation boss says key performance indicators not enough for developers to judge firms.