All Building articles in 1999 Issue 16 – Page 2
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News
Hereford PFI deal closed
A consortium including Alfred McAlpine and WS Atkins has closed the £450m private finance initiative deal to redevelop Hereford County Hospital. The consortium, Mercia Healthcare, also includes Gardner Merchant and Charterhouse Project Equity Investments. Under the 30-year contract, it will build and operate new and refurbished hospital facilities for ...
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Surprise results prompt DETR computer probe
Government department admits IT system could have made a "systematic difference" to survey figures.
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Miller profit and confidence up
Edinburgh-based top 20 contractor Miller has recorded a 12% increase in pre-tax profit to £14.8m for the year to 31 December 1998. Turnover at Miller, which is the UK s biggest privately owned development and construction firm, hit £3.6bn, a rise of 11% compared with the same period in 1997. ...
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National Construction Week makes early impact
Good beginning to week, but some fear it is too inward-looking to be a complete success.
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Features
Contractors should be more like us
Hanson chief Andrew Dougal says contractors could learn a lot from materials firms. So, where are they going wrong?
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DL&E joins forces with specialist services QS
M&E outfit Mott Green & Wall merges with world's biggest QS to strengthen its service.
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Don't ignore the formalities
Failure to stick to the precise procedural requirements of termination clauses in commercial contracts can have dire legal consequences. What can you do to reduce the risk ?
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Comment
Fashion victim
Construction should stop slavishly following trends dictated by clients and take a little pride in its performance.
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Features
Tender price forecast
As the Far Eastern economic crisis recedes, the outlook for construction does not look as bleak as it did six months ago. Tender prices also likely to creep up, pushed by rises in wages, materials prices and workload.
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New JLE payout
Jubilee Line Extension civils workers have become the latest workers to be offered a golden handshake , guaranteeing them up to £1600 when they leave the project. The deal, agreed between joint-venture contractor Balfour Beatty/Amec and construction union UCATT, guarantees workers with three years service on the ...
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Features
Just the job
Try Construction's hard-working commercial director tells Jane Garwood about his ambitious plans to improve the business and his motorbike.
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Features
Some kind of refuge
Some of the fortunate who escaped the carnage of Kosovo are working on sites across London. But, being paid £2.50 an hour, many are being exploited. All names have been changed.
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Features
Timely reminder
A recent decision on the Working Time Regulations 1998 confirms employees' right to do no more than a 48-hour week, unless they opt out.
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Features
The roaring twenties
1999's Hays Montrose/Building consultants salary guide suggests that if you're young and gifted, the chances are you're also getting richer in a hurry. Engineers and architectural technologists are included for the first time.
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Secret services
How did architect Hawkins/Brown and services engineer Atelier Ten install cabling and ducting in a listed Victorian manor house without ruining its character?
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Wet and wild
Who says QSs are boring? David Weight may be a 50-year-old cost data manager, but he is also a champion surfer who spends every spare moment riding the waves
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