All Building articles in 2000 Issue 27
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Can you sue the referee?
In its subcontracts, Mowlem insists that a barrister from a particular chambers is used. When the other party put its own man in, Mowlem threatened to sue him. What happened next?
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The new west
Readers were treated to a preview of Bristol’s three new lottery projects, which opened yesterday, organised by Building and Corus. While the visitor attractions are impressive, it’s the open spaces around them that holds it all together.
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Millennium Village setback
Greenwich Millennium Village is likely to fall further behind schedule after a leading specialist contractor withdrew from the controversial £250m scheme.Interior cladding subcontractor Ellis Hill, which was appointed in April, this week pulled out of the first phase of the development.The move led to an admission by Greenwich Millennium Village ...
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Life saving
High quality for low cost was the brief for a £125m PFI hospital. For Kvaerner’s facilities management team, that meant planning 30 years of operation before a brick was laid.
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Fuels paradise
Thanks to the deregulation of the utilities, housebuilders can save money, make their developments more attractive to buyers and be green as well.
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New regs put public at risk, say firemen
Fire Brigade Union slams DETR oversight on high-rise fire regulations.
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PFI saved money on embassy
Parliament’s financial watchdog has concluded that the taxpayer saved 2% by using the private finance initiative to build a new embassy in Berlin. The National Audit Office said in a report this week that the total cost of £49.8m for constructing and operating the building over 30 years represented a ...
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The easier way out
Being made redundant or having to do it to others is never nice, but it can be made easier.
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Feel the difference
The fact that no two projects are the same needs to be reflected in the contractual documents, including the specification. It doesn’t always happen that way, though.
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Countryside set to join Elephant & Castle team
Runner-up’s housing expertise tipped to win it place alongside Godfrey Bradman on £1bn scheme.
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WSP buys US tower know-how
Consultant WSP has shown its confidence in London’s booming skyscraper market by buying New York-based high-rise engineering specialist Cantor Seinuk Group for £8m. CSG has engineered many of the world’s tallest buildings including the 850 ft Trump World Tower in Manhattan and the 57-storey Torre Mayor in Mexico City. The ...
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Bovis price row threatens Wembley
Bovis Lend Lease/Multiplex estimates cost to be £50m higher than client Wembley National Stadium is willing to pay.
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What counts as bias?
Which of the following constitutes bias in an arbitrator? a) A non-executive directorship with a rival, b) Shares in one of the parties, c) Strong published opinions. (Answers below.)
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The battle for brownfield
The government’s brownfield policy is under siege. Last week, Lord Rogers launched an attack on its lack of progress; this week, parliament said he was right. Meanwhile, housebuilders struggle with the torpid planning system to deliver urban dwellings.
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HSE slams Balfour over Heathrow
The Health and Safety Executive has criticised main contractor Balfour Beatty and engineering consultant Geoconsult in its report on the 1994 Heathrow Tunnel collapse.The report points to organisational failures and a lax attitude to safety during the project. HSE chief inspector of construction, Kevin Myers, said: “The collapse could have ...
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Back to Latham
Adjudication seems to be failing in one of its key objectives: to improve site relations. Perhaps this is because one of its key uses, set out in the Latham report, is being ignored.
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Bovis reshuffle puts Aussie Taylor at helm
38-year-old Taylor made chief executive, Spanswick to push ahead in Europe and Lampl takes back seat.
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Appointments
Contractors Try Construction has promoted Graeme Culliton and David Smith to construction directors. Construction services group Allen has appointed David Wallis as a non-executive director. Pearce Group has appointed Rob Bradley managing director of its construction arm, CH Pearce. Mike Drysdale takes over as managing director of Crest Construction Management.Yorkon ...
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EBC axes 90 staff in lightning shake-up
Incoming chief Garvis Snook announces redundancies at smallest listed contractor in order to realise its “enormous potential to develop”.
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One rule for them …
If a contractor is late, it gets thumped with liquidated damages. If a consultant is late, it’s difficult to do anything at all. So, perhaps we should make both subject to the same rules. But which ones?