All Building articles in 2000 Issue 07
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Features
The player
The Institute of Management's Karen Dale explains how to become an expert office politician and stay ahead of the game.
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Without a safety net
If you don't write a net contribution clause into your contract, you may find yourself paying all the damages for a breach that others are also responsible for. And it's not just insolvency that can land you in it …
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News
Private industrial orders up
Private industrial construction orders recovered during the final quarter of 1999, according to figures from the DETR.The figures show that, despite gloomy forecasts for the manufacturing sector, orders for the last three months of 1999 were 17% up on the previous quarter and 1% up on the same period a ...
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Young entrepreneur to shake up MDA
30-year-old Allesch-Taylor set to put his own man on QS' board after collapse of High-Point Rendel talks.
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e-construction starts here
The industry has finally logged on to the new industrial revolution. So, how will electronic trading and data interchange change the way construction firms do business?
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Ex-Laing director to take on majors
Ex-Laing man Martin Tidd to boost turnover and spearhead fit-out contractor Churchfield's move into new-build market.
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HSE demands JLE safety plan by today
THE Health and Safety Executive has told London Underground that it wants proposals to guarantee the safety of glass at stations on the Jubilee Line Extension by today.The HSE has asked LU to laminate toughened glass at all JLE stations after panels shattered at Stratford and cracked at Canary Wharf. ...
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Did we have a deal?
Sometimes, parties seem to fall over themselves to help with their lawyers' home extension plans. For example, here's the tangle that results when the existence of a contract is disputed.
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Every second counts
Structural engineers on a tight deadline no longer have to wait for the postman to deliver steelwork costings. Barrett Steel Buildings' on-line service can prepare a quote in two minutes flat.
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International Costings
Building's annual worldwide round-up looks at building costs, labour rates, materials prices and inflation.
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Egan-style contract to be launched
Reading Construction Forum contract to promote partnering to be trialled this year and come into use in 2001.
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Column inches
Four men were crushed to death when a three-storey office collapsed on them in 1995. Five years later the truth has come out. The lessons we can learn should last much longer than this building did.
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Clash points
Nomination is fine. The problem is that in the past it tended to be another term for abuse of client power – which Ann's proposals for redistributing risk rather bring to mind. But there is a better way …
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Clash points
Everyone thinks there's still a place for nomination, but clients are deterred from doing it because it shovels a ludicrous amount of risk on to them. Time for contractors to shoulder a little more of the burden?
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News
Scots parliament is failing construction, say builders
Scottish Building Employers Federation says minister is “inaccessible” and his portfolio too wide.
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Industry leaders on Building editorial board
Three of the construction industry's most influential clients and two of Britain's leading architects are among seven new members of the editorial advisory board of Building.The board provides a forum for discussing key industry issues and helps to shape the editorial direction of the magazine.The seven new members are:Peter Rogers, ...
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Whitehall wants bids on-line
The head of the new Office of Government Commerce has given the construction industry two years to move to electronic tendering.Chief executive Peter Gershon, who quit as chief operating officer of BAE Systems to join the OGC, aims to save at least £1bn a year from Whitehall’s annual £13bn civil ...
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Morgan Sindall backs consolidation trend
Morgan Sindall chief executive John Morgan told analysts this week that he wants his company to join industry moves towards consolidation in order to make it more attractive to investors.Although the contractor is well thought of in the City, its market capitalisation is relatively small, at £110m. One analyst said: ...
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Comment
Sod polite architecture
In his first column for Building, critic Jonathan Meades says 1990s buildings are no match for the vigour of the 1960s – or the 1860s.
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Appointments
Contractors John Rivett has joined Wates Construction as its first design director.RW Buxton has appointed Paul Tooth construction manager for the West Midlands.Graham Hosking has been promoted to Cornwall area manager at Midas Construction. Also in Cornwall, Martin Walton has been made business development manager and Steve Luck construction manager. ...