All Building articles in 1999 Issue 08 – Page 2
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News
Pickard tipped to head Egan Housing Forum
NHBC chief set to lead best-practice group trying to widen membership to include speculative builders.
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Features
Make-or-break time for engineers
The sober world of consulting engineers has been shaken of late, with transatlantic consolidation, diversification and job losses signalling fundamental changes in the rules of the game.
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Features
Equal measures
Continuing his series on career issues, Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose discusses sexism in the construction industry.
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News
Five housebuilders line up for Tyneside urban village
Major firms bid in competition for mixed-use scheme on 17.4 ha former colliery.
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Getting into top gear
Bovis, Morrison and regional contractor Stepnell have won motor racing projects worth £48m. Morrison's civil engineering arm is to build the £28m first phase of the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby, Northamptonshire. It will be Britain's first new motor racing circuit since 1907, and will cater for 130 000 spectators. ...
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Comment
Get what you pay for
Lowest price wins is still the norm in construction, but all that is about to change.
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News
Market survey raises hopes of 'soft landing'
Construction Confederation figures predict slowdown rather than full-blown recession.
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Features
How was IT for you?
The results of Building's IT survey show an industry in which management and staff see eye-to-eye on spending and lack of training but part company over laptops and voice-recognition software.
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Features
Inside jobs
Construction employers have teamed up with a young offenders institute to train and recruit apprentices. So far, it's proved a learning experience for all.
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Features
What do you do for a living?
The role of project manager is vital in ensuring the client gets the building it bargained for. But there is a curious lack of agreement about what they are actually supposed to do, and how much risk they bear.
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News
Mace to modify Thames wheel
Project Manager Mace aims to modify its plans to assemble the London Eye Ferris wheel in an attempt to overcome Port of London Authority concerns about disruption to river traffic. Mace director Tim Renwick said the PLA was analysing proposals for the assembly of the wheel before it ...
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Features
Spotlight on mechanical services
In a regular series looking at delivery times, Mace reveals 13 movers among the 42 packages. John Gravett takes a closer look at enquiries, tender prices and workload in the mechanical services sector.
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Comment
Why we need new rules
Regulations that cannot keep pace with change are hampering the design team's efforts to Eganise itself.
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News
RFAC unimpressed by Prudential redesign
THE Royal Fine Art Commission has strongly criticised the Prudential's revised proposals for a £350m redevelopment of Knightsbridge Green in London. In a letter to the Prudential, RFAC chairman Lord St John of Fawsley said the commission deplored elements of the proposals. Fawsley also reiterated RFAC criticism ...
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Features
Wealth and safety
A recent House of Lords Scottish law decision has given employers and their insurance companies reasons to be cheerful.
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