All Building articles in 2000 issue 42

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  • Features

    Renaissance man

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Meet Jon Rouse, the new chief executive of CABE: bureaucrat, scuba diver and Kylie Minogue fan.

  • News

    Jennie Price's successor is named

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    The Construction Confederation has moved swiftly to appoint its director of public affairs, Stephen Ratcliffe, chief executive. He takes over on Monday, two weeks after Jennie Price's shock resignation. Ratcliffe, 45, who joined the confederation as director of public affairs in 1997 from the Department of Trade and Industry, said ...

  • Features

    Indecent proposals

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Ann Minogue's column on the new standard form of subcontract for use on government work the GC/Works Subcontract challenged the Constructors Liaison Group to a tempered debate. It begins here.

  • Features

    Ken's half way house

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Ken Livingstone has threatened to veto housing schemes unless half of the units are affordable. And he means it. But with the best will in the world, can housebuilders rise to the challenge?

  • Features

    Glowing panes

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    The brief: design a glass wall for the Science Museum's Wellcome Wing to cast a blue glow from outside, in any conditions, with no moving parts. Was it even possible?

  • News

    Strong results at Gleeson

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    THE preliminary year-end results from MJ Gleeson show strong growth in profit and turnover, despite a drop in contracting margins and problems on a number of design-and-build contracts. Group turnover rose 17.3% to £349.6m in the year ended 30 June and pre-tax profit jumped 20.5% to £16.1m. The share price ...

  • Features

    Feeling the pinch

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Can you lift another builder's design or design features into your building? Yes, you can just so long as you copy the ideas and not the expression of those ideas.

  • Features

    Maximum effort

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    The latest in this series for small and medium-sized firms explains how better financial management procedures can maximise your profit.

  • Features

    E-cruitment

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Chrissie Chadney, human resources director of Willmott Dixon, explains how she used the web to recruit IT trainees.

  • News

    Gleeds signs up for e-business

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    QS Gleeds has formed an alliance with Building Information Warehouse, an application service provider, to create a European-wide web-based procurement and project management system. Gleeds will deploy the system in its offices throughout Europe, and promote web-based supply chains and management to clients as a means of saving money and ...

  • News

    Government set to dump planning gain system

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    November urban white paper is expected to recommend planning gain be replaced by fixed Impact fee.

  • Comment

    Prestige doesn't pay

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    First person An architect with a stunning building concept a great job, right? Wrong. British builders just won't take the risk.

  • News

    Miller picks up Crest sites

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Edinburgh-based Miller Group has boosted its north of England housebuilding operations by acquiring two sites and two projects in progress from Crest Homes (Northern), part of Crest Nicholson. Harrogate-based Crest Homes (Northern) will close as soon as work on two further sites is completed. The £30m deal is Miller Group's ...

  • News

    'Listen to contractors and craftsmen,' urges Lipton

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    CABE chairman tells Design Build Foundation conference that clients need to respect specialists' expertise.

  • Features

    'The most energy efficient building ever'

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Bennetts Associates' £22m Wessex Water headquarters is such a triumph of green design that it's better than the BRE's idea of as good as it gets. Building was given a sneak preview.

  • News

    City welcomes new broom at Wimpey

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Sudden resignation of lifelong company man Dennis Brant makes way for former Rugby Group boss.

  • News

    HBF in last-ditch bid to lobby mayor

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilders makes eleventh-hour attempt to persuade GLA housing taskforce to listen to its views on 50% social housing rules in London.

  • News

    Fairview renews buyout bid

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Senior Executives at housebuilder Fairview has launched round two of its proposed management buyout, after retreating from the move in July. A team led by chairman Dennis Cope has told the remaining directors and Fairview's financial adviser, Close Brothers, that it is prepared to offer 170p a share, valuing the ...

  • News

    Bellway grief as City ignores results

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    North-eastern housebuilder Bellway has called on the City to raise its share-price rating after again turning in record results. Pre-tax profit rose 31% to £89.1m for the year to 31 July, with operating margins increasing from 14.5% to 15.1% and turnover going up 26% to £634m. But asked about Bellway's ...

  • News

    Top names do badly in first housebuilding survey

    2000-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Homeowners slam Barratt, Beazer and Countryside but Redrow and Crest come top of the class.