All Building articles in 12 June 2009 – Page 5
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FeaturesHell’s clients: whatever happened to frameworks?
Frameworks were one of Egan’s famous win–win deals: suppliers would get lots of work and clients would get their loyalty. But now clients don’t need fidelity, so it seems they’re ripping up the rules. Joey Gardiner looks at what that means for the industry
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NewsCentre stage: Dublin community centre
The Sean O’Casey Community Centre in Dublin, designed by O’Donnell + Tuomey, is one of six buildings shortlisted for the RIBA Lubetkin Prize, for the best international building by a member
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Short and tweet: Su Butcher
Dispatches from the Twitter social networking site: Su Butcher is a practice manager at architect Barefoot and Gilles
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CommentToo much monkey business
It seems that clients are reverting to the primitive practice of lowest cost single-stage tendering. Trouble is, lowest cost means guaranteed minimum quality
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Currie & Brown robbed of Mexican police station haul
A programme to build 80 police stations in Mexico, that was being managed by Currie & Brown, is to be re-tendered as the government tries to drive down costs
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Industry misery starts to bottom out
Fewer people are predicting a decrease in construction activity than at any other time in the past 14 months, according to Experian
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NewsPanceltica bosses flee Qatar over jail fears
The managers of Qatar-based structural steel contractor Panceltica have fled the country over fears they face jail as a legal wrangle with local developer Barwa escalates
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Boris’ viewing corridors threaten landmark schemes
New and expanded viewing corridors proposed by the mayor of London could have a significant impact on a number of planned buildings in the capital, according to experts
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CommentOne last big push
Pat McFadden, Lord Mandelson’s deputy in the Commons and a Cabinet attendee, has acknowledged that construction’s representation in Whitehall is a joke, and that a chief construction officer is needed
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Industry improves CSR, but must do better
The construction industry has greatly improved its corporate social responsibility score over the past year, but still lags behind other sectors
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Bellway turns to South-east
Housebuilder Bellway will ramp up production in south-east England, where it said sales were now “marginally stronger” than other parts of the country
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CommentA beginners' guide to English: Compact contracts
You may think it best to make a contract as verbose as possible to ensure it misses nothing, but in reality it’s best to be brief and to the point
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Balfour Beatty bucks the trend in meagre month of May
Business barometer UK’s biggest contractor wins £2.5bn M25 job, as others fight for the scraps
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Populous back in black
Populous, the architect formerly known as HOK Sport, has returned to the black in 2008 with a pre-tax profit of £83,411 (2007: £119,360 loss)
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NewsTo begin at the beginning: Arup's gallery
Arup’s new gallery, PHASE 2, has unveiled a specially commissioned piece by New York artist Matthew Ritchie, in collaboration with Daniel Bosia of Arup Advanced Geometry Unit. Ritchie’s sculpture, called The Last Scattering, is inspired by the Big Bang theory
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News¡Arriba art!: Mexico art gallery
David Chipperfield Architects has been appointed to design a new art gallery in Mexico City
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CommentThe use of weapons: Throwing in brand new arguments
Sounds like a pretty basic question, but what can the assaulted party in an adjudication do in its defence? Can it, for example, throw the kitchen sink at its tormentor?
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Moxon architects
If you ever have a drink with Moxon Architects, wait until you’re about four pints along and mention the city of Helsinki. The chances are that they’ll start acting like Basil Fawlty with a corpse in the laundry basket. Or at least, the men will
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Four architects make it onto Brighton landmark shortlist
Building Design Partnership, Foster + Partners, Make and Wilkinson Eyre have been shortlisted on a £250m scheme to redevelop Brighton’s seafront conference centre
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Cyril Sweett rules out appeal
Cyril Sweett will not appeal against the decision to leave it off an £800m consultants framework