All Building articles in 2003 issue 08
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Features
Higgs review set to trigger wholesale board changes
Large number of construction firms will be in breach of upcoming corporate governance guidelines.
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Features
New chief gives Schal a shake-up
Carillion arm Schal has restructured following a strategy review led by managing director Terry Chapman, writes Phil Clark.The firm, best known for high-profile construction management projects such as the Royal Opera House and Tate Modern, has now been split into five divisions (see box below).Chapman, who officially became managing director ...
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Comment
No special treatment for Wales
I was appalled, but not surprised, to read Alun Cairns' comments in your news story "Wales wants jobs for the boyos" (21 February, page 16).
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Comment
Setting the record straight
Contract clauses freeing you from the cost of an adjudicator's decision won't do you much good. But in two recent cases, a judge and a columnist got this wrong
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FeaturesRead this!
Business leaders now accept that their companies need to be environment-friendly – energy efficiency improves the bottom line and green publicity can make or break a company's reputation.
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NewsThrills and quills
Developer SKMC has unveiled its design for the latest addition to London Docklands' skyline – a 237 m mixed-use tower at West India Quay.If given the go-ahead, the quill-shaped building would be the second highest in the UK after Canary Wharf tower. The 63-storey skyscraper, designed by DMWR and Weintraub ...
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FeaturesSmart management
Have you ever found yourself wishing that you could take more than the standard five weeks' holiday a year?
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Comment
Lesson time
On reading your article about contractors talking to schools (14 February, page 11) I felt compelled to write in and support your argument.
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FeaturesHamlet on ice
Sweden already had an ice hotel, so the next logical step was … an ice version of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, of course. Though this be madness, we discovered the method in't.
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Jarvis under pressure to halve rail profits
Jarvis is facing pressure from Network Rail to slash its profit margins on rail maintenance by more than 50%, writes Mark Leftly.
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FeaturesGreat lengths
Ireland has just splashed out on an extraordinary national swimming complex. Extraordinary partly because no public money will be spent on running it – which meant the designers had to create a unique building that could pay its own way.
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Comment
You get what you pay for
If your daughter was getting married, you wouldn't chose the cheapest caterer regardless of quality, would you? So why chose a subcontractor that way?
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Comment
Are we having fun yet?
Rude audiences, ruder speakers, potential punch-ups and other ingredients of the annual dinner provide the fodder for the first of our columns on industry events
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FeaturesFun in the sun
Greenhill Jenner Architects took a deprived nursery school in Northamptonshire, added a sandpit and an Italianate campanile and – hey presto! – it's Calabria meets Palm Beach
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NewsFace the FACT
A £10m centre for film, art and creative technology was opened last week in Liverpool's city centre.
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News
HSE to spot-check sites in eastern England
In an attempt to cut down on accidents caused by mobile construction plant, the Health and Safety Executive is launching a programme of spot checks across construction sites in eastern and south-east England.
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Comment
Fight Ken’s development tax
Today, we launch a campaign to win construction an exemption from Ken Livingstone’s congestion charge.
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News
Hanson holds on despite US downturn
Building materials company Hanson has announced a slight drop in pre-tax profit for the 12 months to 31 December.