All Building articles in 1999 Issue 29
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Features
The speed trap
Clients often assume they can demand that contractors finish by Christmas, variations or no variations. In fact, they can t, unless the contractor agrees and then the bill may be bigger than they anticipated.
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Features
Off the shelf
Sending CAD designs via e-mail and the Internet is hardly new,but now Sainsbury's is insisting its consultants use its new system rather than the post or couriers or suffer the consequences.
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Features
Salford wins silver
Salford's steel-clad arts centre may not shimmer quite like Gehry's Guggenheim, but the complex lottery scheme is successfully attracting development and staying within its budget.
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Comment
Prime suspect
If the future of construction lies in the hands of today’s get-rich-quick builders, what future has architecture?
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Features
Meet the mystery shopper
How seriously should you take Andrew Goodall, the 36-year-old unknown who tried to buy Alfred McAlpine? It depends if you are next on his list.
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Features
Can you manage it?
Project management in construction has a lot to learn from science and engineering, where the manager aims to understand the client totally.
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Features
Try a little tenderness
Clients need care and attention. What's more, they are more likely than ever before to decide that they can live without you. So, how do you retain their affections?
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Features
John McCarthy
He trained as a carpenter but before you could say "self-starter", the McCarthy & Stone boss had earned his first million. Now his retirement homebuilding business makes profits that turn contractors green with envy.
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Features
The spin starts here
The government has appointed a PR company to "counteract inaccurate stories" in the press about Portcullis House. As the media campaign begins, Building asks members of the public what they think of the £250m MPs' building.
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News
Firms team up for social housing work
Joint venture between medium-sized Rydon Construction and United House to offer housing associations “full partnering”.
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News
Small firms to feel euro pain less
Small and medium-sized construction firms believe that converting to the single currency will cost them less than similar-sized companies in other industry sectors, according to a survey of 1000 businesses with a turnover of less than £1m.Construction managers forecast average conversion costs of £679 a company, lower than ...
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News
Egan projects highlight targets
Partnering, the need for early involvement of subcontractors and continuity of work were the three themes that were highlighted repeatedly in the seminars on Egan demonstration projects.The seminars were split into four sessions: product development, project implementation, production of components and partnering in the supply chain.At the Partnering in the ...
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Raynsford lays down law on industry improvement
Construction minister tells Movement for Innovation conference how to do better at implementing Egan
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New orders down slightly
New DETR figures show that £1.91bn of new construction orders were won in May, slightly less than the £1.96bn placed in May 1998.But 15% more orders were won in the three months from March to May than in the previous quarter. Orders for the second quarter were 3% up on ...
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Features
Whole-life cost model
Last week, Building published a call centre cost model; this week, Citex compares the whole-life capital and occupancy costs of two Midlands call centres and a model building. With 400 000 Britons now working in this sector and a predicted growth rate of 40% a year, there are valuable lessons ...
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News
Mace expands with French connection
Construction manager creates footing for long-term partnership with major development consultant Scic.
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Industry wins three-month tax scheme concession
But experts are not convinced that photocopied documents and opt-out plans will solve problem.
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Clients keen on indicators
A series of major clients and industry firms are keen to use the key performance indicators established in the wake of the Egan report.The KPIs, a tool through which construction performance can be measured to help continuous improvement in the industry, are popular with different client types, contractors and consultants, ...
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News
Rugby sale disappoints City
City analysts have voiced their disappointment at Rugby Group's sale of its UK and Australian joinery business to private US manufacturer Jeld-Wen for £86.5m.The group announced in March that it was in the advanced stages of selling off all its joinery interests to concentrate on its core business of lime ...
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Features
Child labour
Lawyer Ian Hunter explains how the new Employment Relations Bill will affect maternity and paternity rights.