All Building articles in 1999 Issue 11 – Page 2
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US bank hires Farrell for Cardiff HQ landmark
£40m HQ for Bank One to be sited in Cardiff Bay as city wins reputation for cutting-edge design.
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Taywood turns its back on speculative work
Taylor Woodrow is to focus its construction activities on private finance initiative projects and partnering after chief executive Keith Egerton said it had to reduce its exposure to projects where rewards do not match risk. Egerton's comments came as Taylor Woodrow announced a 22% increase in pre-tax profit to £100m ...
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'Blame MPs,' says Portcullis House audit
Extravagant New Parliamentary Building costing £250m is in line with brief, says QS Northcroft.
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Appointments
Contractors Tony Walton has been appointed managing director of Oxfordshire-based Western Counties Construction. Dallast Wiltshier has appointed Dave Muncaster regional construction director in the South-west. David Pinch has joined the South-west division as regional estimating director and Simon Rider has been made regional finance director. Colin ...
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Amec joins race for SmithKline HQ
Experience with DSS project in Newcastle makes contractor a front-runner as pharmaceuticals giant goes for PFI-style deal.
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Amec bids to join European superleague
Boss wants UK's biggest contractor to become major player in Europe as profit rises 50% to £71.4m.
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Mayor's headquarters already causing trouble
Early spat over procurement route as industry fears shell-and-core and fit-out will be combined.
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Judge issues landmark ruling over adjudication
Company ordered to pay within seven days and refund extra legal costs incurred by claimant.
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Adjudication so far
An adjudicator gives his impressions and reflections on how well the process is working in the cases he has been involved with.
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When overseas …
Specifying outside the UK can be fraught with difficulties for British consultants. Local codes and standards apply and only the translated document will stand up in court.
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Contracts down £360m on last year's result
February's £678m workload disappointingly low as £30m office fit-out helps Bovis take lead.
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Norwest Holst profit reaches £6.3m
French-owned contractor Norwest Holst remained in the black after its profit after tax rose to £6.3m from £5.5m last year. The firm, which is part of SGE Groupe, has recovered from six-figure losses in the early 1990s. Its turnover in the year to 31 December 1998 hit £313m ...
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Bovis Homes' profit up 20% to £45m
Bovis Homes lifted pre-tax profit 20.6% to £45m in its first full year as a public company after being floated off from P&O in 1997. Chairman Sir Nigel Mobbs said falling interest rates in the second half of 1998 helped to stabilise wavering confidence after a strong first six months. ...
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Tilbury Douglas' 1999 order book bulging
Top 20 contractor Tilbury Douglas entered 1999 with £500m of orders, up 79% on the previous year. Reporting pre-tax profit up 20% to £27.1m, the contracting-to-construction-equipment group's chairman Mike Bottjer said the firm had secured more long-term orders through partnering arrangements. The firm is working on this basis with a ...
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Arup lands £160m King's Cross design
Multdisciplinary firm Ove Arup and Partners is to design a £160m redevelopment of London's King's Cross underground station. Design work will begin this month on the £80m first phase of the redevelopment. This will include: a new western ticket hall under the forecourt of St Pancras Chambers. This will ...
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