All Building articles in 1999 Issue 49
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The prize-giving season
First person Forget the tawdry glamour of Miss World; the most up-to-the-minute prizes are being awarded in the construction industry.
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Party pieces
London is not the only city celebrating the dawn of the new millennium with a special building. Here we present a few landmark millennium projects from cities around the world, and from a small town near Jerusalem, where a certain child was born 2000 years ago.
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An offer you can refuse?
When does an offer constitute a contract and when is it merely an invitation to treat? With e-commerce pricing errors increasing, it is as well to prepare to withdraw or amend.
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Symonds MBO team sets tough two-year targets
New executive chairman of multidisciplinary consultant aims to triple profit in two years.
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Lack of training stymies IT take-up
The construction industry is failing to adopt up-to-date IT because of a lack of training, according to a report commissioned by the DETR and published this week.More than half of respondents to the DETR IT Best Practice Programme survey said a lack of skills and training were hampering the wider ...
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Through the labyrinth
It is a common law rule that an arbitration clause in a contract is to be regarded as a contract within a contract – which may survive if the contract itself is terminated. Herein lies a mire into which many fall.
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Sustainability plan needs more teeth, warns industry
DETR draft guidance is “a comprehensive summary, but not much of a strategy”.
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Hochtief: the next step
Dr Hans-Peter Keitel, chairman of leading German contractor Hochtief, is turning his firm into a global player. Where does the UK fit in?
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Europe moves into the fast lane
This year has seen the biggest rise in construction output growth since 1994, says forecasting group Euroconstruct. So, what next?
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The means to an end
Adjudicators' decisions may be provisional and interim, but at least they let the parties get on with the contract in the meantime. Viewed that way, the future for adjudication looks bright.
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Start 'em young
Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose asks how the construction industry should attract graduates.
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Double take
Few individuals have had a bigger impact on design and construction over the past 20 years than architect Richard Rogers, now Lord Rogers of Riverside, and his younger brother Peter, a director of developer Stanhope. Who better, then, to talk about the future?
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From Victoria to virtual design
It’s been quite a century for construction. Building revisits the major events of the past 100 years and asks what they cost, and readers choose the most influential people and innovations.
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Theatres face funding crisis
Low levels of public funding for theatre construction and maintenance have been slammed by government-backed theatre watchdog the Theatres Trust. In its annual report, trust director Peter Longman claimed that, outside London’s West End, “theatre now faces a greater crisis of confidence than at any time since the war”. The ...
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UK contractors offered Costain stake
Malaysian investor Intria sounds out UK firms to buy its 37% shareholding.
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Government still failing to be model client
The government has a long way to go to convince the industry that it has become a better client, according to figures released today at a government procurement conference. A survey of 200 construction suppliers, conducted by BRE for the Government Construction Clients’ Panel, reveals that 28% do not believe ...
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Chris Raven Jubilee Line Extension
In the three years during which he has had to endure wildcat strikes, questions in parliament and even a police raid, Jubilee Line Extension project director Chris Raven admits to having lost some sleep. “It’s true I’ve had one or two sleepless nights,” he says. “But like a lot of ...
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BT consortia shortlist in store for delay
Consortia bidding for BT’s £160m Project Jaguar will have to wait until February before finding out whether they have won work.A source close to the maintenance project said that the original long list of 11 companies and consortia had been whittled down to four. These are: Bovis/Dalkia/Mitie, Mace/Citex/ Honeywell, Carillion/Servus ...