All Building articles in 1999 Issue 45
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Features
Pest practice
Rats and mice. They squeeze through 9 mm holes, scuttle behind skirting boards and shin up drainpipes, and the damage they do is usually uninsurable. What's more, modern building construction may be making cosy homes for them. How can you keep them out?
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Features
Medicine man
Keith Airey left the world of cold and flu relief to become head of procurement at the new-look Laing. He has big plans to overhaul its buying policy and boost profit margins – and his ambition does not end there.
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Features
Rush to judgment
The effects of the Arbitration and Construction acts, together with the outcomes of recent test cases, have put expediency before justice, and may increase legal risk to the point where firms take drastic action.
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News
High noon for RICS president Kolesar
General council must settle stand-off with QS division to rescue Agenda for Change after negotiations break down.
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News
Majors warn government not to waver on PFI
Major Contractors Group warns Treasury select committee of PFI pull-out if government commitment cools.
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Features
Have they got news for you?
Do you sincerely need a management consultant? Laing thought so after its Cardiff disaster, and the result was a startling redesign of its business. What could one do for you
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Features
Welcome to the future
Forget trad office blocks and out-of-town shopping centres. E-commerce is revolutionising the way we live and work. In five years’ time, you may be building or working in one of these multipurpose structures – it’s a high-rise combining offices, homes, a hotel, leisure facilities and shops.
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Comment
No place like dome
First person Three cheers for the project team that turned a Greenwich mudpile into an international icon – on time and to budget.
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Features
Vive la différence?
Britain is noted for being rather detached from the rest of the EU, and our legal system is no exception. Take public procurement cases – a major source of income for them; a foreign language to us, despite Harmon.
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Features
Welcome to the lion's den
The Arbitration Act means that legally unqualified arbitrators have to tackle difficult issues of law and, as a case decided in July shows, they may have to do it at a disadvantage.
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Features
Dealing with domestics
Domestic works are exempt from the adjudication provisions of the Construction Act. But the JCT's new contract for homeowners and builders has a fast and efficient system to solve disputes.
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News
Swiss Cottage regeneration plans revealed
Camden council unveiled designs for the regeneration of the Swiss Cottage area of north-west London this week.The project includes the redevelopment of a leisure centre, the refurbishment of Basil Spence’s Swiss Cottage library and Hampstead Theatre, and the design of a public space. The leisure centre scheme includes a chance ...
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News
Contractors fight ethical export policy
Export group says government intervention will cause delays and lead to loss of construction business.
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Features
ConstructionWorld
The BRE's on-line information service aims to reproduce all the world's information on construction – free. Will it be the most useful web site in the world?
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News
Taywood chief retires early
Bruce Russell, chairman and managing director of Taylor Woodrow Construction, is retiring after less than two years in the job.Russell, who is 55 years old and has been with Taylor Woodrow for more than 30 years, is taking early retirement “to follow his many interests and activities outside the group”, ...
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News
London mainline stations do not have fire certificates
But Railtrack denies that 11 stations, including King’s Cross, Victoria and Waterloo, are dangerous.
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Features
Cost study: Hemel Hempstead Sports Centre
Awarded the biggest lottery grant for a sports building refurbishment, Hemel Hempstead Sports Centre has been given a complete facelift. It is a success on all fronts, with attendance figures up 80% and the work costing half that of new-build
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News
Bovis and Lend Lease plot their next move
The newly created Bovis-Lend Lease company is to target Asia for work in a bid to expand its global presence.The news follows a meeting between Lend Lease managing director David Higgins, Bovis chief executive Luther Cochrane and Bovis chairman Sir Frank Lampl at Lend Lease Australian headquarters.Cochrane and Sir Frank ...
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News
Takeovers oust materials bosses
Rival companies take over Tarmac and Rugby Group, forcing their chief executives to find work elsewhere.