All Building articles in 1999 Issue 34 – Page 2

  • Features

    Free isn't always fair

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Beware the exclusion clause – you can't always rely on the Unfair Contract Terms Act to get you out of trouble.

  • Features

    All systems go together

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    The former head of IT at Bovis, explains how interoperable computing systems could help construction teams speak the same language.

  • News

    Irish industry told to act to prevent overheating

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Government’s annual review says construction close to full capacity, with growth set to reach 13% this year.

  • News

    Miller plans acquisitions

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Scottish contractor and housebuilder Miller Group is still hunting for acquisitions, chief executive Keith Miller said this week. Miller said his privately owned Scottish company was well placed to purchase another housebuilder following its failed bid for Cala, which was bought out by a management team in June.“We have been ...

  • News

    House price boom about to bust

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Analyst's report foresees "uncomfortable six months" as overpriced market corrects itself, but no worries about an early 1990s-style crash.

  • News

    Teams shortlisted for children’s hospital

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Five multidisciplinary teams have been shortlisted in a competition to design a £50m children’s hospital in central London. The five architect-led teams, selected from a longlist of 10 after competitive interviews with Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Trust, are Kohn Pedersen Fox Cannon, Anshen Dyer, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Michael ...

  • Features

    Farrell’s anguish in China

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    In the race for Beijing’s £300m theatre, Terry Farrell bust his budget and spent 18 months at the drawing-board. So why was he pipped at the post?

  • News

    Legal doubts over new PFI ‘bank’

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Treasury’s new public-private PFI funder may not be set up until after next election.

  • News

    Drake & Scull suspends JLE cuts – again

    1999-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Drake & Scull has again postponed scheduled redundancies on the Jubilee Line Extension to ensure there is adequate manpower to complete the project. The lay-offs are now due to take place in the middle of September.The news follows confirmation that two of the stations scheduled to open in late summer ...