All Building articles in 1999 Issue 27
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Features
Who do you think you are?
A JCT provision allows firms to sue employers that ultimately pay them but with which they have no contract. Is this really a good idea?
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Features
On the right track
How Bovis is using bar coding technology from the retail sector to manage the supply chain on an Egan demonstration project.
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News
Tax rethink planned
Officials set to announce three-month moratorium on new scheme after talks with major contractors.
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Features
Measuring for real
The key performance indicators could change the way clients select firms, but are they up to the job? Building asked Gardiner & Theobald to test them on real-life projects.
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News
Kosovo taskforce to return to region
The government s Kosovo taskforce could be back in the war-torn region as early as next week. Taskforce chairman Nigel Thompson said he wanted to get teams of suitably skilled people into Kosovo to work with the British Army as soon as possible and encouraged British contractors to think ...
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John Hobson
The man charged with implementing Egan has a job-and-half on his hands. But with bosses John Prescott and Nick Raynsford respectively providing power and commitment, he believes he has the backing to do it
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Have you got what it takes?
Are your projects models of best practice others could learn from? Egan called for firms to nominate their innovative schemes as demonstration projects. Here are four that made the grade.
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Fighting terms
Performance specifications allow the industry to work together to produce optimal solutions - as long as the contract fosters teamwork. Unfortunately, JCT98 does not.
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News
Erskine told to resign
Outgoing RIBA president David Rock has urged architect Ralph Erskine to resign from the £250m Greenwich Millennium Village. In a letter to Erskine dated 30 June, Rock said the RIBA supports the stand made by HTA Architects, Erskine s co-architect, which resigned from the project last week. Rock said the ...
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Entrepreneur withdraws offer to take over MDA
STG chairman Allesch-Taylor decides instead to use 29.75% stake as lever to improve QS s performance.
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Mowlem and Shepherd settle Teesside PFI dispute
Contractors agree peace deal after row over construction contract at North-east hospital.
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Features
Relationship difficulties
There is a consensus that partnering is the way forward. But the concept is vague, and it may have unexpected effects on relationships within the project team it may even provide contractors with brand-new excuses.
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Features
What difference does a year make?
Did the Egan report really announce a cultural revolution in construction? As a conference prepares to mull over the changes one year on, Building analyses the response of both industry and clients.
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Office development, Watford
True perfection or as near to it as imperfect construction professionals can get is the ambitious goal at the Radius project, a 5000 m 2 speculative office development in Watford. Developer Guardian Properties, architect Hurley Robertson Associates, consulting engineer WSP and contractor Wates have set ...
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Materials life costs
The third in Building s series of whole-life costs for materials focuses on double-glazed units. It is compiled by Building Performance Group to help specifiers.
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News
Four in race for GLA headquarters contract
Four contractors are in the race to construction manage the £40m headquarters of the Greater London Authority next to Tower Bridge. Bovis, Mace, Schal and Exterior were shortlisted at the end of last week for the £25m contract. It is understood that the four were whittled down from 10 firms. ...
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Foster wins Hull competition
A consortium including architect Foster and Partners has won a competition to redevelop 11.7 ha of Hull city centre. The consortium, led by London & Amsterdam Properties, is understood to have beaten three other consortia led by Amec, Miller and Norseman for the £80m contract. The scheme will transform the ...
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Comment
Re-educating clients
Contractors can t make all the changes Sir John Egan called for on their own. Clients have to play their part, too.
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Clash points
Should natural justice apply to adjudication? If it does, you can kiss goodbye to the main purpose of the Construction Act. Fortunately, it doesn t. So that s OK then?