All Building articles in 1999 Issue 10 – Page 2
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News
Try branches out into fit-out and FM markets
Try has launched two new businesses aimed at capitalising on growth in the facilities management and fit-out markets. Try Accord, a new buildings and infrastructure maintenance business, has been created out of the company's Try Build and Arnold and Nathan businesses. Group chief executive David Calverley said it would ...
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QS Currie & Brown joins forces with Ernst & Young
First-ever strategic alliance formed between a QS and accountant.
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News
Budget tax reprieve for materials producers
No aggregate tax on quarrying yet, but Brown announces new energy levy.
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Features
Chain reaction
Supply-chain management is the industry's new buzzword, with contractors drastically cutting back on suppliers to boost profits and competitiveness.
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News
PFI chief Montague to quit this summer
Adrian Montague, head of the government's private finance initiative taskforce, is set to quit when his contract expires in August. It is understood that Montague's plan to scrap the PFI in its current form and create a Government Investment Bank to finance deals found favour with former paymaster-general ...
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Persimmon chief predicts jump in labour costs
Chief executive John White says costs will rise 4% this year as housebuilder announces record profit.
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Features
Private and confidential
Expert witnesses from opposing sides may be ordered to meet before the trial to discuss their opinions on the dispute. But they shouldn't then be asked to reveal what was said.
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News
Consultants may lose key role
Treasury plans to make contractors the single point of contact on major projects will lead to poor-quality buildings, consultants warned this week. Consultants stand to lose their traditional role as the client's main adviser under new procurement guidance drawn up by the Treasury. Draft guidances 4, 5 and 6 contain ...
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Whitehall given Egan deadline
Treasury announces three-year plan to drive through public procurement reform and implement modernising agenda.
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Features
Package deal
Bentley Systems' new product is not your average CAD program. It is made up of several applications and has been written in Java, programming language of the Internet. But how will these changes affect the user?
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News
Planning disputes delay Millennium Village
Arguments mean Countryside/Taywood joint venture may not start on site until autumn.
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Features
What's going on inside the dome?
Designers are changing, the budget is tight and the decision-making process is best described as "fluid". But there's no moving this deadline. So, will the 14 Millennium Dome zones come together on time?
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Comment
Domesday scenario
If the Millennium Dome isn't a success, its rotting corpse could blight the Greenwich Peninsula for years to come.
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Features
Is this evolution?
The recently granted power that allows courts to impose Alternative Dispute Resolution on litigants seems to be missing the point.
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Features
Mace stake for sale as founder quits
After 10 years heading up Mace, Ian Macpherson is putting construction behind him and his 34% share up for sale – but only to the right buyer.
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News
Mace stake for sale as founder quits
After 10 years heading up Mace, Ian Macpherson is putting construction behind him and his 34% share up for sale but only to the right buyer.
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Features
The front man
Marco Goldschmied will take over as the new president of the RIBA in June. His plans are many and varied, but at the centre is one core goal to promote the profile of architecture.
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Features
Heart transplant
Britain's second city has long been characterised by drab concrete blocks and shabby brick buildings. Now developers have joined forces to give Birmingham a smart new image.
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Features
Nissan: a model manufacturer
The construction industry taskforce, which advised Sir John Egan on Rethinking Construction, held up Japanese car manufacturer Nissan as a role model after visiting its Sunderland factory in January 1998. What impressed the Nissan pilgrims was how the firm managed its suppliers to reduce costs and improve design. ...
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Features
What Morrison means
The QC who represented Morrison in the case of Macob Civil Engineering vs Morrison Construction Ltd dissects the implications of this important judicial pronouncement for the future of the system of adjudication.
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