All Building articles in 1999 Issue 28
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Carillion executives unveil £1m logo
This is the £1m logo of the demerged Tarmac construction business, as modelled by the Carillion executive board: from left, Roger Robinson, John Sharples, Sir Neville Simms and Euan McEwan. Designed by image consultant Enterprise IG it will appear on all company stationery, although signs on other assets, including Carillion ...
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Norwest Holst cinema nine-10 weeks late
Norwest Holst has run into problems on the £215m Oracle Centre in Reading, falling almost three months behind schedule on the construction of a cinema. The contractor, which is building the shell for a £4.5m design-and-build Warner Village cinema, was expected to hand over to the scheme s fit-out ...
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Gardiner & Theobald to lead 2000 village inquiry
QS appointed to find truth behind accusations of dumbing down at millennium centrepiece.
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Fifty projects on list for £269m funding
The Arts Council has named nearly 50 projects that could receive a chunk of the £269m it has available for capital funding. Projects in line for funding under the capital programme completion plan one include the Foster and Partners-designed Music Centre in Gateshead, the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol, and the ...
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BT unveils £500m Egan masterplan
Between one and three contractors to take over construction work on 8000-building estate.
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Features
Macob, Outwing – now A&D
On 23 June, Judge Wilcox passed down what could be a landmark ruling when he gave a summary judgment in favour of A&D, a subcontractor seeking enforcement of an adjudication decision.
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London’s eyesores named
Elephant and Castle, Battersea Power Station and Camden Town Underground station have been named as among six of London s worst eyesores. They are also on a hit list compiled by Central London Partnership, a public-private sector body set up to champion investment in central London. It wants to see ...
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Contractors warm to PFI bank after briefing
PFI taskforce boss Montague and minister Milburn on PR drive for new "bank".
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Franklin & Andrews moves into FM to boost fees
Top five quantity surveyor restructures to offer facilities management to clients.
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Features
Appointments
Contractors Derek Price has been made commercial director of MJC Construction. Housebuilders Thirlstone Homes has appointed Nick Mansfield managing director of its new Wokingham office. Keith Ireland has become managing director in the firm s Byfleet office. Consultants Malcolm Brummer , a ...
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Comment
The selective approach
Prime contracting is a great idea, but only for projects that lend themselves to the approach. Not all do.
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BAA picks four preferred small works contractors
Llewellyns, Warings, Mace and Mansell get the nod for general building and fit-out frameworks.
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Sending the boys round
You go to court, you win, you collect your money if you live that long. A loser that will not pay can delay for years. But now there are some radical new ideas in the wind for getting at a loser's assets.
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First cardboard building planned in Essex
Schoolchildren are used to making buildings out of cardboard boxes, but now pupils will occupy one engineer Buro Happold is developing the country s first cardboard building for a school in Essex. Buro Happold aims to use cardboard components for a school in Essex that will use 90% ...
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Services business to up Tilbury profit
Tilbury Douglas plans £75.3m purchase of scaffolding and industrial services specialist Bandt in bid to move away from traditional contracting.
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Gleeds in quick fit call centre venture
QS hooks up with car parts supplier Unipart to produce cheap, off-the-shelf call centres.
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Features
Cost model: Call centres
Call centres, the new information factories, are evolving as employers recognise that the working environment can affect business efficiency and staff turnover. Cost consultants Davis Langdon Everest and Mott Green Wall examine the specification and costs of call centres
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Carillion hard at work selling flotation
The Carillion road show rolled on this week as management met 11 senior analysts to persuade them to keep or buy stakes when the business is listed on the stock exchange on 30 July. The City knows Sir Neville Simms very well but this was a chance to introduce ...
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Features
Improved circulation
A trailblazing day hospital in London provides production-line treatment for patients. The building design by Avanti manages to reconcile an efficient layout with gracious architecture.