All Building articles in 1999 Issue 07 – Page 2
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Fights break out as bricklayers picket Bellway sites
Police were called to two building sites in London last week after fighting broke out between picketers from the Joint Sites Committee, scaffolders and site management. Up to 20 bricklayers had gathered outside Bellway Homes sites at Rotherhithe and Southwark to protest at the treatment of a colleague who had ...
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Barratt pulls out of Leeds Millennium Village team
Gleeson Homes replaces housebuilder after fears about low sales potential at Allerton Bywater.
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Millennium wheel runs foul of port authority
Plan to erect showcase attraction using platforms in Thames may obstruct river traffic, say experts.
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Logan joins Aukett team
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard architect Ian Logan has been headhunted by Aukett Associates. Logan, who was responsible for the acclaimed Southwark Station on the Jubilee Line Extension, will join the multidisciplinary practice's eight-strong transport team. The Aukett team is currently designing transport interchanges for Paddington and Finsbury Park in London and ...
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PFI: the state of the art
The move from private finance initiative projects to public-private partnerships has thrown up innovative devices to free procurement from legal and commercial constraints.
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Property arm helps Capita profit soar
The property services arm of outsourcing giant Capita made a pre-tax profit of £4.3m on turnover of £38m in the year to 31 December 1998. Group finance director Gordon Hurst said Capita's property services businesses had made good progress during the year. He said: "We've been very pleased with ...
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Game over for lottery architects
Winning lottery funding is no longer the glittering prize it once was for architects. Recent cuts in capital project spending have halted many projects and left practices seriously out of pocket.
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Appointments
Contractors David Corry has joined Højgaard & Schultz Construction as commercial director. David Wheeler has been appointed business development director at civil engineering and utilities contractor McNicholas. John Fidler has been appointed surveying director at Try Construction. Housebuilder Mike Killoran , group financial controller at Persimmon Homes, ...
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Whose line is it anyway?
For its Glasgow headquarters, BT took no chances and put in its own team to shadow the developer's consultants, with the power to halt the project. Not everyone was happy.
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Anderson suddenly quits troubled Shepherd
Old guard takes over after second shock departure from privately owned contractor.
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Scottish Nationalist alternative to PFI
Scottish nationalists have proposed an alternative to the private finance initiative as a key election pledge. Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond hailed his party's plan for non-profit-making Scottish Public Services Trusts as the "first big idea" of the election campaign for the new Scottish parliament. The trusts would borrow ...
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All change as Wates tries to do better
London divisions integrated and new executive structure as contractor bids to improve consistency.
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External affairs
Specifiers working on major projects have a wide choice of external envelopes available to them. What factors should they consider before making their decision?
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Court backs up adjudicator
Specialist contractors are cheering a court ruling that gives enforcement to decisions made by adjudicators appointed in line with the Construction Act. In a case involving Morrison Construction and Macob Civil Engineering, the court ruled that the right of a losing party to go to arbitration and challenge an adjudicator's ...
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'Get your act together, or go private,' says Simms
Industry faces a crisis of credibility with the City, Tarmac chief executive tells construction bosses.
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Academic loses post over funding criticisms
Reading's head of construction management and engineering removed for blasting funding panel chief.
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EU warned about social laws
A delegation from the Construction Confederation went to Brussels this week to voice concerns about social legislation. The group, led by confederation chairman Alan Crane and president Sir Martin Laing, held talks with Alan Donnelly, leader of the Labour Party in Brussels, and Emilio Gabaglio, head of the European Trae ...
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QS to scrutinize £250m MPs' office
QS Northcroft is to carry out a review of the cost and programme of the £250m new MPs' building, Portcullis House, in London. The firm's appointment was announced in a House of Commons written answer last week. It follows revelations in Building (29 January) of the cost breakdown of Portcullis ...
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Balfour fined record £1.2m for Heathrow disaster
Judge imposes largest ever fine for health and safety breach after "disgraceful" tunnel collapse.
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