All Building articles in 1999 Issue 25 – Page 2
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News
Jarvis shares crash by a third
Last-minute dispute with Railtrack over maintenance and track renewals wipes 35% off the share value of stock market darling.
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Comment
Down with designers
Architects are arrogant and have poor management skills. So, why do we give them so much power?
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News
First Egan homes projects
The government s Housing Forum has confirmed its first tranche of Egan demonstration projects. The 18 schemes chosen include the Millennium Village in Greenwich, south-east London, and Samuel Lewis Housing Trust s 227-unit redevelopment of Nightingale Estate in Hackney, east London. To have schemes picked for demonstration project status, developers ...
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Features
Modern European languages
The aim of the Construction Products Directive is to create Europe-wide standards on building products. Problem is, it s almost incomprehensible and in any case it may not work.
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News
Finnish giant wants UK partner for expansion
Herrala Talot Houses aims to launch prefabricated timber housing venture with help from housebuilder.
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Features
Right first time
Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose offers 10 tips on how to dazzle colleagues and bosses in the first days of a new job.
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News
Rebuilding taskforce to fly to Kosovo on Monday
Minister John Battle to lead eight-man team in bid to establish strong British commercial presence .
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News
'Respect for people' group
A working group to increase respect for people in construction and to promote sustainability is to be set up by the body promoting the Egan report. The Movement for Innovation, a joint industry/DETR body that is to run the group, believes it is at least as important as other groups ...
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Features
A victim of its own success?
Adjudication is establishing itself as an effective way to resolve disputes, which means that it can also be an effective way to bushwhack the opposition and the legal restraints on this look rather flimsy.
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Features
Meet the president
QS Simon Kolsar is taking over as head of the RICS at a time when the institution is reinventing itself to fit with an industry in the throes of radical change. What's his plan?
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Features
The Rogers report
The urban taskforce's findings will be out next week. How will Lord Rogers suggest our cities are revived? And will the government act on his recommendations?
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Features
Site specific
When he isn't plotting to dethrone Bill Gates, Siteman boss Phil Brown is developing systems that are tailored to industry sectors.
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