All Building articles in 2000 Issue 14
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Features
Wading into a sea of risk
What do you do if someone you’re working with suddenly sinks without trace? Well, if you’ve read Richard Davis’ book on insolvency you’ll already know. Plus a guide to the courts and the latest on adjudication.
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Are we safer now?
Astonishing – European regulations that the industry is more or less happy with. But have they made building sites any safer?
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The right mayor or a nightmare?
Everyone who has anything to do with building in London will be affected by the outcome of the city’s mayoral race next month. What are the policies on offer and what is there to cheer or fear?
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Louder than words
Hays Montrose's Robert Smith explains what your body language says about you.
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Learn to share
Project extranets are no longer a daydream. Information Channel, co-developed by Schal, is a state-of-the-art document exchange system that will soon support e-commerce and more.
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News
Raynsford tells industry to respect workforce
Construction minister urges industry to respect, recruit and retain staff as he launches construction week.
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Comment
Houses of horror
First person Architects have gone from enemies of the people in laughable suits to really rather chic. Housebuilders, on the other hand …
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News
Mowlem headhunts Morgan Sindall man
Game of musical chairs for top executives continues as managing director of Morgan subsidiary Stansell joins Mowlem to run southern division.
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Simons to go global with joint ventures
Contractor plans international alliances and is in talks with firms in Europe and the USA.
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Features
The Guggenheim gazebo
Welcome to the spiral of New York's Guggenheim Museum transplanted to the centre of a Kew Gardens greenhouse redesigned by Salvador Dali and built in Hanover …
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European Union
Aukett Associate managing director John Thake may not speak any foreign languages, but he’s not letting that get in the way of his plan for a cross-Europe designer.
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News
John McCarthy steps down
John McCarthy, chairman of retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone, this week announced that he would be stepping aside at the end of the year when he unveiled a strong set of interim results. McCarthy, 60, will relinquish day-to-day control to chief executive Keith Lovelock from January 2001, but ...
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Features
Dangerous liaisons
In the second article looking at the latest FIDIC suite of international contracts, another form is found to be heavily biased against contractors – and it’s the clients that will pay.
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Features
Spotlight on curtain walling
Lead timesLead times for bespoke panellised cladding have remained constant at about 41-42 weeks for the past year. In contrast, curtain walling lead times have fallen steadily over the past two years as a result of increases in efficiency and capacity.Manufacturing periods have increased by one week to eight, but ...
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News
Costain and Skanska head up north
Costain is planning to bid for large jobs in the Midlands and the north of England with shareholder and joint-venture partner Skanska. Costain, which until now has done most of its work with the Swedish contractor in south-east England, is already vying for contracts to redevelop Birmingham Bull Ring ...
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The conquest of space
A systematic benchmarking system for efficiently designing space in buildings has been devised by Amec Construction’s value management team.
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News
Three workers die in Hull building collapse
UCATT leader George Brumwell calls for more criminal prosecutions as HSE investigates accident.
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News
MDA bosses voted out in board coup
Former Taywood chief Castle is one of three now in charge of top 10 quantity surveyor after a vote of no confidence in two board directors.
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Features
Lowry Centre named best millennium project
Salford art gallery beats 100 entrants to win first Celebrating Construction Achievement awards.
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Features
From Basildon to Berlin
In the first of a new series on European law, we look at the rapidly evolving bidding rules for public sector work. How is the client obliged to treat your bid? What can you do if it infringes on your rights?