All Building articles in 1999 Issue 35
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News
Kvaerner sees profit recovery
Kvaerner Construction recovered from a “very slow” first quarter to unveil improved interim results this week.The contractor logged pre-tax profit before goodwill of £9m in the six months to 30 June 1999, boosted by a 37% rise in the second quarter. Turnover was up 8% in the second quarter, taking ...
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Features
International salary guide
Fancy a stint working abroad? Find out what the pay and perks are in nine countries across Europe and the Far East in this year’s Hays Montrose/Building international salary guide.
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Features
A game of two halves
Specification writers have a dual role on design-and-build projects: to help the bidders understand what the client wants and to ensure that its needs are met within cost and time constraints.
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Top team to head off second village fiasco
Rogers, Lipton and English Partnerships act to prevent a repeat of Greenwich crisis in Yorkshire project.
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Features
Essential reading
Three crucial summer reads reviewed: the first on construction’s eternal triangle, the second a “tour de force” on procurement law, and a third that makes the law of damages easy to understand.
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Speak easy
Voice recognition systems have come a long way in the past five years. Now, surveyor Ridge and Partners is using the technology to stay one step ahead of the competition.
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Royal Court refurb misses third deadline
London theatre now set to open next January – 18 months after original completion date for £25m lottery-funded revamp.
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Features
Cost update
This quarter's analysis focuses on finishing materials prices and labour rates for plumbers
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Comment
Everything has changed
First person Those who continually complain that the industry’s payment provisions haven’t improved, stop moaning and look again.
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Features
Smashing the cartels
The Competition Act, which comes into force next March, is intended to tackle construction conspiracy theories and discourage firms from price-fixing. The penalties are high for those that don’t comply.
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Call for regional launch of quality mark
Cowboy builders working group chief Tony Merricks has called for a regional launch of the “quality mark” he recommended to ministers this week. In a letter to housing, planning and London minister Nick Raynsford, he said this would be a good way to obtain “concentrated” support from local builders ...
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Blowing the whistle
Employees who publicise wrongdoing have a new act to protect them. How does it work?
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Appointments
ContractorsMartin Chambers, previously with Mace, has joined Bovis Construction as regional director for the Midlands.Henry Boot Construction has appointed John Hopkins business development manager responsible for building and civil engineering in London and the South-east.HousebuilderWainhomes has appointed Chris Chilcott construction director for the Midlands.ConsultantsGlen Godfrey has joined QS GF Partnership ...
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Andrew Wolstenholme
Six months after ditching half a dozen of its framework contractors and consultants, can BAA's construction director regain the trust of the industry?
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Amec links up with US giant for oil work
AMEC is teaming up with US engineering giant Fluor Daniel in a drive to expand its offshore oil and gas business. The two companies will bid jointly for work under the monicker Amec Flour Daniel, except in the North Sea, where Amec is already well positioned, working for more than ...
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Costain makes solid recovery after shake-up
Group back in the black as focus on higher quality UK business starts to pay off.
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Features
ADR: a costly alternative?
New rules encourage negotiation as an alternative to litigation to solve contractual disputes, but uncertainty about recovering costs is hampering take-up of it.
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The PFI’s poisoned chalice
Due diligence requirements in PFI contracts have created a lucrative role for consultants: checking. The only problem is that if anything you checked goes wrong, you may be liable for 100% of the damages.
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Ashford collapse caused by ‘blatant malpractice’
HSE report on collapse that killed four workers warns of risk of construction defects in pre-1970 buildings.
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‘Death-traps’ were councils’ fault, says quake expert
Earthquake specialist blames local authorities in Turkey for failing to ensure regulations were enforced.