All Building articles in 1999 Issue 24 – Page 2
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Features
Old chestnuts under fire
What should an architect or arbitrator take into account when determining a contractor's entitlement to an extension of time? With two fundamentally different approaches, it's a hard one to crack.
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News
Cabinet prioritises liability legislation
Minister of state urges introduction of Limited Liability Partnerships Bill after CIC chief expresses concern.
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Features
Slippery business
If you fall off a ladder at work, don t expect the courts to award you compensation automatically. In fact, a crop of recent cases suggests you ll have a hard time proving that anyone else was to blame.
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Features
The QS: a profession on the brink
Change or die. That's the message to QSs from the biggest survey ever carried out among the profession. The survivors will be those that adapt their skills and services to the new world.
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Features
Blowing in the wind
When architect Rafael Viñoly wanted to suspend vast glass walls from the roof of his new Philadelphia arts centre, engineer Dewhurst Macfarlane found a surprising way to deal with wind loads.
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News
Currie & Brown gets on QS reshuffle bandwagon
Partnership to become limited company and specialist teams to chase new markets.
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DETR backs Treasury
John Hobson, director of the Construction Directorate at the DETR, echoed Alan Milburn s statement, saying that the Treasury s Achieving Excellence plan showed that the government was taking on board the recommendations of the Egan report. He said: We find this exciting because it shows we have been ...
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News
Architects replaced on Scots masterplan
Client appoints Llewelyn-Davies to develop CZWG/EDAW s concept masterplan for 100 ha waterfront regeneration scheme in Edinburgh.
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Features
Appointments
Contractors Brian Evans has joined the main board of Nottinghamshire-based contractor and civil engineer North Midland Construction. Keith Offergelt has joined the engineering division of MJ Gleeson as quality manager. Housebuilders Charles Church has appointed Paul Moran sales manager for the southern region. ...
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CIC wins bill amendment
The Construction Industry Council has persuaded parliament to amend the controversial Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Bill. The bill was amended at report stage in the House of Lords following Lord Hacking s representations on behalf of the CIC. The bill enables third parties to a contract to enforce its ...
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Consultants have a role, says Allott chief
Alan Smith, chairman of engineering firm Allott & Lomax, confirmed that there was a role for consultants as project advisers on prime contracts. The firm is works adviser to the client s project sponsor team on the £350m redevelopment of Devonport Royal Dockyard, near Plymouth. This is the first ...
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Foster’s life peerage leads industry honours list
Sir Norman Foster receives award in birthday honours; Dennis Bate wins CBE for work on New Deal.
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Comment
Let’s get together
Sceptics who pine for the days when Britain ruled the waves should snap out of it and embrace the euro.
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Features
What’s your motivation?
The perennial problem of how to motivate contractors to perform as well as they can has a new solution key performance indicators.
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News
Bellway ‘made my life a misery’, says homeowner
Housebuilder forced to carry out remedial work on £75 000 new home in Cardiff.
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Features
The inside story of the £7bn Tube deal
Railtrack was this week due to be awarded negotiating rights to maintain much of London Underground. But what will happen to the other lines? So far, only the consultants racking up fees have won.
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News
MOD plans £300m of prime deals
Defence Estates chief executive Ian Andrews has announced that the Ministry of Defence expects to let £300m of work through prime contracting in the next two to three years. Andrews, who said his organisation was committed to the procurement route, also confirmed details of the pilot projects for the new ...
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Contractors' workload shoots up £297m in May
HBG relinquishes monthly top spot to Tarmac as workload rises 78% to £678.5m.
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Scots set to back Miralles’ £110m parliament
Straw poll prior to Thursday vote suggests that scheme will get green light, despite spiralling costs.
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