All Building articles in 1999 Issue 33
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Features
Welcome to year zero
The Woolf reforms have ushered in a new era in construction law. What they have done, in effect, is legislate for virtue – and, as a couple of recent cases show, after a few fingers have been burned it might just work.
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Features
Parental responsibility
Do parent company guarantees mean that you never need to worry about your partner going bust? Well, as you might have guessed, there's no such thing as 100% security.
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News
Railtrack pilots modular system for stations
Prefabricated platforms and buildings to be trialled in three towns to assess cost savings.
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Features
Let there be light
The provision of efficient and cost-effective lighting, both natural and artificial, is a major factor in avoiding sick building syndrome.
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Features
Married to the job
Edgar Gonzalez and Cécile Brisac were already working day and night – so how did the couple cope when they won an international competition to design a £20m museum in Sweden?
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Features
Readers tour JLE stations
In the third British Steel/Building tour, 20 visitors were shown around Bermondsey and Southwark Stations by the architects.
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Features
Materials life costs
The life-span of profiled metal claddings, and their susceptibility to corrosion, is tackled in the fourth in this series on the whole-life costs of materials, which is compiled by Building Performance Group to assist specifiers and clients.
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Features
Constructionline: Is it worth it?
The list of approved contractors and consultants is one year old. Has it succeeded in its aim to simplify prequalification for public sector work? And will firms pay to renew their subscription?
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News
Conservation scheme launched
Owners of UK’s 10 000 listed buildings will be offered a dedicated maintenance service if pilot study proves successful.
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News
Home Office compensation
The Home Office has agreed to pay just £2m in compensation to the three consortia bidding to build the department’s new headquarters. This is £4m less than they asked for.The three teams, which are led by Bovis, Jarvis and developer Godfrey Bradman, claimed compensation in April when the Home Office ...
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News
CLG cries foul over payment loophole
The Constructors' Liaison Group has condemned contracts that allow contractors to delay payment to subcontractors despite legislation intended to outlaw the practice.In an interim report on the Construction Act, which the CLG sent to construction minister Nick Raynsford, the group criticises bespoke clauses that allow main contractors to withhold payment ...
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News
New confederation chief sets out stall
Jennie Price, who takes over as the Construction Confederation’s chief executive when Ian Deslandes retires later this year, has set out her agenda to take the organisation into the new millennium.Price told Building that she wanted to build on the confederation’s success by ensuring that it became more focused, developing ...
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Features
Artists in hard hats
The idea of bringing an artist into the construction team might seem a little surreal, but they can add an extra dimension to a design – with or without an architect.
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News
Casson, herbivore of architecture,dies
Sir Hugh Casson, mastermind of the Festival of Britain and former president of the Royal Academy of Art, has died aged 89.At the age of 38, Sir Hugh was appointed architectural director of the Festival of Britain, which has been used as a model for next year’s Millennium ...
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsGarry Hague has been appointed group communications manager at Willmott Dixon.Bob Headley has been appointed managing director of Doncaster-based MSI-Mech Construction. Mick Males has been made manufacturing manager and Sean Rhodes has become financial manager. Southern Electric Contracting has appointed Keith Lambert commercial manager.Gary Laxton has joined new interior contractor ...
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Comment
Al fresco fiasco
If decent provision were made for eating and drinking outside, Britain’s urban landscape would be a lot more appealing.
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Features
'What's a megabyte, again?'
Small builders depend on reliable advice when they go shopping for IT. But do they get it? To find out, Building took a small contractor on an expedition to his local high street.
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Features
Adjudication vs the law
For the first time, an adjudicator's decision has been challenged on legal grounds, and the court's verdict went some way to sorting out how adjudication relates to the law.
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Features
Access all areas
New legislation requires service providers and owners of public buildings to make their premises easily accessible for disabled people. Great news for disabled people – and builders.
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Features
It’s all in the timing
Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose explains how to maximise your productivity