All Building articles in 2000 Issue 39
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Features
Under siege
Concern is mounting across the industry over the Defence Estates prime contract. Accusations are flying that it is simply a way of offloading risk. Construction is gearing up to go to war.
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News
Prescott signals tougher safety policy
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott used his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference to slam contractors for being “indifferent” to fatality and accidents in the industry.Prescott blamed poor working practices for the increase in site deaths this year and signalled a more punitive approach to companies that breach health ...
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Features
Ocean Wharf
The elliptical 12-storey shaft of Ocean Wharf stands as a stylish modern bookend at the end of a row of new housing developments on the riverfront in London Docklands. Like Limehouse Basin, Ocean Wharf is developed by a suburban housebuilder new to high density inner-city schemes. In this case the ...
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News
Mace man named manager of the year
Youth won the day at the Building Manager of the Year Awards as a 36-year-old Mace project manager walked off with the overall prize.Ian Eggers, who is managing the construction of the Foster and Partners-designed Greater London Authority headquarters, beat off more than 80 competitors in the Chartered Institute of ...
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Features
Testing the limits
The fifth in this series of articles on collateral warranties looks at limitation provisions and limits on liability.
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Features
Jump or push?
An employee who resigns because the boss has acted unreasonably could have grounds for a tribunal.
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Features
Jolly well prove it
If you’re not on the ball with proving the basis for a delay claim or don’t know how to show what really caused the delay, then Nicholas Carnell’s book is certainly for you.
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Features
Made in Japan
Hold on to your hard hats. A Japanese contractor has developed the technology to add a storey to a building every three days. How? Using robots, of course.
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High society
Two innovatively designed, high-density housing schemes in London Docklands fit nicely with Lord Rogers' urban vision – except for their quarter-of-a-million-pound price tag.
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Top of the form
A new standard form of subcontract for use on government work has been condemned by the Constructors Liaison Group as “utterly flawed” and “dreadful”. Do any of its attacks stand up to examination?
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News
Raynsford: Overseas firms must respect law
Nick Raynsford has warned overseas contractors operating in the UK that they must respect British law.His comments were aimed at Austrian contractor Geoconsult, which was fined £500 000 in February 1999 for its part in the Heathrow Express tunnel collapse, but has yet to pay its fine.Raynsford told Building at ...
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News
Plans for a rival to the London Eye grind to a halt
Building Design Partnership admits that with no suitable site or sponsor, its Prague big wheel is a low priority.
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Vauxhall vote puts urban regeneration in doubt
Tenants’ vote to reject plans for £440m St George/Wimpey development casts shadow over other schemes.
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Midas doubles profit
South-west contractor Midas Group has doubled its annual pre-tax profit to £860 000.Turnover for the year to 30 April stood at £71m. Midas, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing construction firms in the region, hopes to make £5m profit by 2004.Chief executive Steve Hindley attributed the company’s performance ...
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Smith dismisses fears over Olympic stadium
Culture secretary Chris Smith has dismissed fears that the £120m athletics stadium to be built in north-east London will be too small to host the Olympic Games. Smith said: “This is a bogus issue. The question is simply whether the stadium at Picketts Lock can be used for an Olympic ...
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Dome site may need to be decontaminated
Agencies considering the future use of the Millennium Dome have acknowledged that the site may need to be cleaned up again if more work is to be carried out.The contaminated soil at the Greenwich site was covered by 18 inches of clean topsoil and a concrete cap. Changing the use ...
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Comment
The design decade
Designers won’t have to wait much longer to become a fully integrated and properly paid part of the team.
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News
Labour to cut VAT and rethink tax scheme
Industry welcomes move to cut VAT on refurbishment in urban white paper and review CIS6 certificate.
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Comment
Not a con, an icon
A theme park? 178 tennis courts? Hi-tec office space? Whatever you do with the dome, don’t dismantle it.
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Features
Clash points
The fuel crisis hit construction hard. Now, contractors must convince their clients that they need extensions of time to cope with the delays it caused. Luckily, the force majeure clause in the JCT forms can help.