All Building articles in 2002 issue 40
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Unconscionable temerity
Law and practice on contractors' bonds is tilted in favour of the employers who call on them – which they do, often without good cause. Time for a change
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FeaturesUp with skool
… because going back there as a grown-up is a lucrative career move, according this year's Mirza & Nacey survey of QSs' fees
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Be responsible and reap rewards, says minister
Stephen Timms argues that corporate social responsibility will make construction firms more successful.
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What's yours is mine
Guidance has been published on what happens when a firm makes a windfall profit by refinancing a PFI. You have been warned …
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Tales you lose
Don't get too smug reading about Jeffrey Archer's latest chiding – his case holds a warning to all of us about the danger of telling porkies and making up evidence
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Jackpot!
Jackpot! The South Bank Centre arts complex in London this week received an extra £3m in lottery funding for the £54m refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall. The Arts Council has already promised £20m for the Allies and Morrison-designed scheme. Officials said the lottery money meant work on the project ...
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Invisible pleasures
Medieval builders who died before their cathedrals were finished were lucky, because once a building's built, everything it could be is erased by what it is
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¡Hola!:
¡Hola!: This Building Design Partnership-designed retail and leisure development in Madrid is for Lend Lease Europe. Opened at the end of last month, the £94m TresAguas project provides 65,000 m2 of retail and leisure space, including a children's park and a 15-screen cinema. Construction manager was Bovis Lend Lease, QS ...
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FeaturesWish you were here?
Professionals from the construction industry have a lot to offer when it comes to disaster relief. But helping traumatised locals to rebuild their lives is a sensitive business. As Marcus Fairs and Matthew Richards discover, Rambos need not apply
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High-Point Rendel in talks over going private
Consultant High-Point Rendel is in talks with a bank to take the company off the stock market and away from the threat of a hostile takeover.
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FeaturesGreat expectation
After years of abortive planning, a realistic scheme is finally emerging for the redevelopment of King's Cross, and it's billed as the most exciting regeneration project in central London for a century and a half. In the first of three articles in the run-up to Prescott's urban summit, Martin Spring ...
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Ex-IEE president joins Jarvis
Former Institution of Electrical Engineers president Brian Mellitt has joined the main board of Jarvis as a non-executive director.
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Now even friendlier
Use new formula Adjudication Rules™ from TeCSA, the kinder way to get rid of stubborn, dried in disputes (now comes with 100% enforcement guarantee!)
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FeaturesSpotless enterprise
Is there life on Mars? Britain is sending a robotic spacecraft to find out. But the space experts' first challenge was to create a room so spotless, the craft could be built bacteria-free. Otherwise it might confuse Martian germs with the Milton Keynes variety … Andy Pearson boldly went to ...
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NewsNetwork Rail races to set up fresh framework deals
Risk consultants, project managers and planning supervisors wanted as Armitt puts Railtrack successor in place.
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CrossRail delay threatens Thames Gateway
Fears are growing that the government will delay construction of part of the east London branch of CrossRail, deterring developers from putting money into the Thames Gateway.
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King's Cross developer to use partnering
Joint venture developer Argent St George plans to set up partnering agreements with specialist contractors and materials suppliers to tackle the £1.5bn of construction work at its 27 ha King's Cross Central site in London.