All Building articles in 1999 Issue 16 – Page 2
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BMP energy tax warning
A new energy tax proposed in chancellor Gordon Brown s budget could cost materials producers up to £250m a year. Building Material Producers president Peter Johnson alerted council members to the impact of the levy at last week s BMP annual lunch. Johnson said the BMP shared the government s ...
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Blue heaven
Bluewater may be the last of the mammoth out-of-town shopping centres, but its classy interiors set new standards for smaller, town-centre malls across the UK.
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Planning delays hit Bellway profit
Housebuilder Bellway this week announced a small drop in half-year pre-tax profit as it wrestled with planning problems on sites. The firm made £21.2m before tax in the six months to 31 January 1999 compared with £22.8m in the same period in 1998. Acting chairman Howard Dawe said: Delays ...
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IT: Design software Model behaviour
Why is Amec modelling the building design process with the software that NASA uses to engineer spacecraft? To prioritise design tasks, and to get team members working together.
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Balfour chief sets out growth targets
But City has its doubts over parent s management structure if cables arm is sold.
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Prince backs brownfield
The Prince of Wales will speak out about the need for more brownfield development at a conference on Monday organised by Regeneration Through Heritage and Business in the Community. He is expected to throw down the gauntlet and challenge developers, architects, local authority planners and others involved in developments, urging ...
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Art for art's sake
Architect John McAslan & Partners has given publisher Thames & Hudson a modern office interior that is as elegant and attractive as one of its art books.
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Deadline fast approaching for new tax scheme
700 000 Inland Revenue forms distributed at Christmas, but only 200 000 returned up until now.
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Appointments
Contractor Mark Roberts has been appointed managing director of Redruth-based Lark Construction. Kent-based Crispin & Borst has promoted Jim Menzies to estimating director. Consultants Amanda Harvey and Patricia Nathan-Amissah have been promoted to partners in the commercial litigation department of solicitor ...
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How to do adjudication
Two books on the Construction Act. Both helpful and well researched. But whereas the first gets an unconditional thumbs-up, the second has been partly overtaken by events.
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Specialists call for overhaul of act
Survey of 700 firms shows major payment difficulties remain one year after the Construction Act came into force.
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Fears about Woolf reforms
Construction lawyers are concerned that sweeping changes to litigation procedures that come into force on Monday have been introduced too quickly. They fear that the shake-up, designed to make the judicial process quicker and fairer, could be hit by unforeseen snags. Henry Sherman, partner with city lawyer Cameron McKenna, said: ...
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Opera sparks’ new demand
Royal Opera House electricians want a golden handshake to finish the project following Jubilee Line Extension contractor Balfour Beatty/Amec s decision to pay a finishing bonus to civils workers. Electricians on the beleaguered £220m project have stopped all overtime and said the bonus deal between themselves and M&E contractor Balfour ...
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Consultants’ workload drops
A Construction Industry Council workload survey has recorded a major slowdown in the fourth quarter of 1998. The quarterly survey of construction professionals activity found that only 15% of firms reported increased earnings, a drop of 8% compared with the third quarter of 1998. This ...
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Rogers set to win £50m Belgian court
Practice expected to beat European rivals to win competition for Antwerp complex designed to be symbolic gateway to the city.
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Dream team forms to plan £300m new lifestyle vision
Manhattan Loft's John Hitchcox and French designer Philippe Starck to build around the world.
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US giant seals £108m Fairclough deal
Amec sells its housebuilding division to Centex, so it can concentrate its resources on property investment and PFI opportunities.
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£1bn Dublin scheme hits planning obstacle
The largest development ever proposed in Ireland has been stalled by Dublin Corporation planners. The £1.03bn Spencer Dock development, which features a £90m conference centre designed by leading US architect Kevin Roche, has fallen foul of the planning department's city manager. Developer Treasury Holdings has been told that significant changes ...
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