All Building articles in 1999 Issue 08
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£250m deal for Wimpey
A consortium led by Wimpey Homes has won a competition to carry out a £250m mixed-use redevelopment of 12 ha in Vauxhall, south London. The Wimpey team was named preferred bidder for the Project Vauxhall estate regeneration scheme by a steering group of residents and school governors on Lambeth's Ethelred ...
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Windows 99
An extensively glazed headquarters for US software giant Computer Associates has a distinctive W shape that is refreshingly different from the usual corporate boxes.
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Why adjudication is illegal
The Human Rights Act, due to be implemented in a year's time, conflicts with a number of provisions of the adjudication process, and threatens to make adjudicators' decisions unenforceable.
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PFI bosses air grievances over local authority deals
Profit margins threatened by council demands for fixed-cost ceilings, say senior facilities managers.
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Appointments
Contractors Ballast Wiltshier has appointed David McEvoy , formerly of Bovis Construction Scotland, construction director. Mike Burns has joined as project manager. Paul Sealy has been appointed managing director of Bristol-based contractor CW Duke & Sons. Mike Elliott has been made finance director and Neil ...
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Zaha Hadid wins Rome arts complex
Architect Zaha Hadid has won an international competition to design a £75m contemporary arts centre in Rome. Hadid was chosen by the Italian ministry of culture from a shortlist of 15, including US architect Steven Holl, Rem Koolhaas of Holland, Paris-based Jean Nouvel, Rome architect Francesco Cellini and London-based Caruso ...
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Ballymore to build Docklands tower
Developer Ballymore is planning a £200m, 37-storey office tower in London Docklands. The East End firm is to submit an outline planning application for the scheme, designed by architect Michael Squire and Partners, to Tower Hamlets Council next week. It plans to start on site late this year or early ...
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BCO revises office specs
The British Council for Offices is set to increase maximum allowable floor weight and lighting heat loads to bring UK office specifications into line with the rest of the world. Bovis director and council technical committee member Chris Spackman said the decision to revise BCO specifications followed a worldwide benchmarking ...
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Beazer profit fall blamed on planning delays
Volume housebuilder Beazer has dismissed a 15% dive in interim pre-tax profit as a blip caused by planning delays. Beazer Group chief executive Dennis Webb said the company was hit by considerable planning delays , which saw completions drop 13% to 3035 in the six months to 31 December ...
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Call for 'best value' training
The construction industry wants the Treasury to fund training to update the procurement skills of thousands of civil servants. Construction Industry Council chairman Robin Nicholson has asked the chancellor to ensure that officials choose construction firms in line with "best value" criteria rather than competitive tendering. The ...
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Joint bidder wins rail job
A joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Tarmac's rail arm has been picked as preferred bidder for a £200m upgrade of overhead lines on the West Coast Main Line. The work will be part of Railtrack's £2.2bn modernisation of the line that will allow trains to run at up to ...
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New Wimpey boss sets tough targets
Chief executive Dennis Brant outlines ambitious agenda for improving housebuilder's performance.
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Kvaerner Construction not for sale, says boss
Kvaerner Construction is not on its troubled parent group's sell-off hit list, chief executive Keith Clarke insisted this week. The London-based international construction arm of Norwegian shipbuilding and engineering giant Kvaerner Group this week turned in a solid set of results, in stark contrast to its parent company. The construction ...
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Why is a lawyer like a bull?
This is the story of the architect who gave a speech at a lawyers jamboree in which he suggested that his audience make themselves redundant. And what's more, he has a point
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Computer hitch may hit JLE spring deadline
"Crashing" control unit may further delay opening of Tube stretch serving the Millennium Dome.
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Tarmac 'get sick and you're sacked' contract slammed
UCATT lobbies government over Tarmac labour arm's unethical contracts.
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Contractors' year-on-year workload falls by half
January's £758.6m total is improvement on previous month, but a big drop from January 1998's £1.3bn.
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Merricks at loggerheads with cowboy taskforce
Row threatens to blow up into revolt as contractors demand withdrawal of "competent" workers plan.
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New greenfield housing curbs on the way
Minister plans to increase pressure on housebuilders to use urban brownfield areas.
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Firms dispute NHBC expulsion
Two housebuilders are consulting their lawyers after being named and shamed as part of the National House Building Council's tough new approach to policing industry standards. Sunderland-based DVP and Hertfordshire firm Overton Brothers Building Contractors have been struck off the NHBC's register as part of the council's drive ...