All Building articles in 2000 Issue 08
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Features
Send in the specialists
Cluster groups, co-operation and making the most of specialist subcontractors’ expertise has earned the team building an MOD sports centre spectacular cost and time savings.
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Right, for wrong reasons
An adjudicator thought settling a “repudiation of contract” dispute was beyond his jurisdiction. He was wrong, but the court enforced his decision for another reason…
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How ya doing?
Hays Montrose’s Robert Smith tells bosses how to organise the perfect employee appraisal.
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Who would you give the job to?
Is the double-breasted suit still the only way to impress clients? To find out, Building gave this industry professional three different outfits and asked major clients to take their pick.
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Features
Shattered confidence
The falling glass at Stratford Jubilee Line station is just the latest in a line of glazing failures that have rattled the public. What is causing these problems, and how can the industry convince clients and users that glass is safe?
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News
Commons launches inquiry into Harmon fiasco
Financial watchdog begins investigation as Harmon’s lawyer demands £12m damages.
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Features
A three-ring circus
Subcontractors remember: main contractors are within their rights to request a tripartite arbitration between themselves, you and the employer, but if they delay, you can start your own with them.
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News
Clients want new CIB role
The Construction Clients Forum wants clients to be given a stronger voice on any revamped Construction Industry Board.The CIB released a consultation document this week with proposals to extend the life of the board, but Anthony Pollington, executive secretary of the forum, said the importance of the client was not ...
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News
YJL not for sale, says new chief
Chief executive Roger Feast rejects City speculation that the company is to go private or be sold, saying his long-term strategy is to buy or merge.
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Features
Empty life of a very fine chair
Introducing fitness-for-purpose obligations into contracts in place of reasonable-skill-and-care clauses would remove uncertainty and reduce disputes, but perhaps we’d have to pay more for peace of mind.
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News
Bovis consortium wins Wembley job
As predicted in Building last week, the Bovis Lend Lease/ Multiplex joint venture has scooped the £500m contract to build Wembley National Stadium.The team has beaten off bids from Mowlem and HBG for what is one of the largest construction projects in the UK.Bovis Lend Lease/Multiplex now has five months ...
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Features
Bob Emmerson
Ove Arup’s chairman designate has the job of preserving the Arup ethos while the firm changes into a heterogenous multinational. Here’s how he will do it.
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News
Berkeley in talks to merge with or buy Taywood
City sources say firms have been discussing a deal for at least two weeks.
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Back to school
Mansell wants to be a global player, so it is sending its chief operating officer, Philip Cleaver, to Harvard University where he will rub shoulders with executives from around the world.
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Appointments
ContractorsTry Construction has promoted Jeff Adams to managing director of the Midlands region.Alfred McAlpine Civil Engineering has appointed Sarah Vincent business development manager.Warings Construction has appointed Mike Deavin operations manager of its Heathrow-based airport team. Yazdi Shroff joins the team as contracts manager and Mark Warrington has been made health ...
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Comment
Letter from America
First person Construction in the USA is booming, but British contractors thinking of rushing over there are contemplating suicide.
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News
Wimpey aims to cut costs
George Wimpey, the UK’s largest housebuilder, is to give a one-to-one briefing to City analysts extolling the virtues of a new steel-framed house that it is using on a social housing scheme. The scheme in Essex for housing association Guinness Trust is part of a wider drive by Wimpey to ...
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UK builders agree output will rise
For the first time in two years, builders in all parts of the UK are expecting output to grow over the next 12 months, the Construction Confederation’s quarterly survey has found.The balance of companies expecting higher workloads rose from 33% in the previous quarter to 54%. The confederation said this ...