All Building articles in 2002 issue 48
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Features
Job cuts are on the cards, warn major contractors
The commercial downturn and uncertainty in the rail sector lead Carillion and Mace to count heads.
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Features
Lend Lease boss to head up English Partnerships
Regeneration quango English Partnerships has appointed Lend Lease boss David Higgins as its chief executive.The Australian is stepping down as Lend Lease managing director and group chief executive next year. Higgins’ departure comes after nearly 18 years with the group. He does, however, want to remain in the UK, where ...
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Interserve promotes 35-year-old to chief executive
Support services group Interserve has appointed 35-year-old Adrian Ringrose chief executive. Ringrose’s appointment will take effect on 1 July next year after six months as deputy chief executive. The decision to promote Ringrose follows the announcement in May that the roles of chairman and chief executive were to be split.Mike ...
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Galliford Try to cut jobs at weakest links
ContractoR Galliford Try intends to reduce the size of its Leeds contracting office and Kent maintenance division. Market insiders claim that these offices have been identified as weak links in the £649m group. The decision to restructure comes after the sudden departure of deputy chief executive George Marsh, who left ...
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Comment
Whitehall's special needs
This should be interesting. Whitehall is about to undertake a crash course in A level public procurement. A notoriously dim pupil, it has been flunking basic tests for years. But political expediency demands that it achieve top marks in schools, hospitals and transport by the next election. Head teacher Gordon ...
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Comment
Mechanised tree-houses
One reason for our British spinelessness is that we don't like to make a fuss. Which wasn't always the case. In fact, our cars used to look a perfect fright …
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NewsMaking the Tees
Making the Tees: This £20m flagship city academy is to be built in east Middlesbrough by a joint venture between Gleeson and Amey. The 10,500 ft2 building was designed by Hickton Madeley for Unity Academy Trust and the Department for Education and Skills. It will provide learning facilities for 1200 ...
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FeaturesIain Napier
The former brewer in charge of Taylor Woodrow aims to double margins within four years. His recipe? Take a diffuse conglomerate, blend, squeeze out PFI transport and 180 jobs then add a generous sprinkling of hospitals.
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Getting to know you
Your reputation depends on your supply chain – so how do you get the best from it?
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Comment
Redmond's recipe for fudge
For an adjudicator, reaching a decision on a complex case in 28 days may be tricky – but doing a botch-job, as John Redmond suggested, doesn't do anyone any justice
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Features
Looking forwards
Your annual performance appraisal is your chance to talk with managers about your career goals. Victoria Madine tells you how to make the most of it
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FeaturesGo with the flow
Why has Buro Happold adopted a tiny western Indian engineering firm, dedicated to transforming the water and sewer systems in India's poorest slums? Victoria Madine finds the answer is less a charitable gesture than shrewd business nous
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News
Sound regs fall short, says report
New Building Regulations intended to improve sound insulation will actually lower standards, according to a university survey.
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NewsEyre on a shoestring
Eyre on a shoestring: The £5.5m phase one of Wilkinson Eyre’s masterplan for a college campus in Chelmsford, Essex, has been given the go-ahead by the local council. The APU Rivermead Campus will include a four-storey student centre and a 1600 m2 sports centre. Structural engineer on phase one is ...
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FeaturesThe Deptford Rainbow
What Herzog & de Meuron did for Southwark with the Tate Modern it is about to repeat at another deprived south London borough, this time with a dance centre in glorious technicolour plastic. Martin Spring pays a visit to a unique building.
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News
Galliford Try to cut jobs at weakest links
ContractoR Galliford Try intends to reduce the size of its Leeds contracting office and Kent maintenance division.
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Contracts
John Dickie wins refurb trioJohn Dickie Construction has won an £8.2m contract from South Lanarkshire council to refurbish three listed buildings in Hamilton, including a performing arts centre.£20m JobCentre contractMansell has won a £20m contract to upgrade 40 JobCentres. Each contract is worth £500,000.Bridging waters in PooleStructural engineer Gifford and ...
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E-registration: The future of the Construction Industry Scheme
The plan to overhaul the Construction Industry Scheme by axing employees' registration cards and putting workers' details online is a great idea – even if it does mean a bit of extra admin for contractors. But will it work?