All Building articles in 1999 Issue 37 – Page 2
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Features
Cost study: National Energy Centre in Milton Keynes
Low-energy buildings usually mean high capital costs. But not the National Energy Centre in Milton Keynes; it was built for nearly £200/m2 below the average unit cost for headquarters buildings. Compiled by Weston Williamson, Ove Arup & Partners, and Davis Langdon & Everest
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Clients fight shy of Internet debate on Egan
Contributors to the Movement for Innovation’s first 24-hour virtual conference this week criticised clients for not joining in the debate.The client-driven Movement for Innovation, which was set up to implement the Egan report, held the on-line discussion on Monday and Tuesday.Contractors, consultants and specialists contributed to the issue of who ...
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Spectacular comeback
A £26m cost overrun, a redesign and a row have wreaked havoc at the flagship venue for the Rugby World Cup. But they are all behind it now – just two weeks before the first match.
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Contractors vs consultants over green construction
DETR consultation document sets scene for clash between industry sectors over sustainability policy.
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Fifteen firms listed for two MOD prime contracts
Ministry adopts new procurement method for £20m-30m Hampshire offices and £8m Essex barracks.
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New tax crisis as Revenue runs out of paper
The construction industry’s new tax scheme is facing a crisis because the Inland Revenue is running out of vouchers.A Revenue source admitted that it has only 200 000 CIS25 forms left, less than a week’s supply, and said contractors should use their remaining copies of the tax repayment form only ...
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London Eye may miss turn-of-the-century deadline
Design fault casts doubts over Millennium Wheel’s new year’s eve deadline as schedule put back four weeks.
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Keeping the racket down
Acoustic designers could be costing clients money by over-specifying acoustic solutions. Now, software has been developed that tracks how sound moves through a building and how to stop it.
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Fluid dynamics
The arching, fluid lines engineered by Buro Happold at Stuttgart Station give the impression that its concrete roof is flowing down to the platforms like molten lava. This is liquid architecture.
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Replenishing the earth's resources
Planted roofs are still a rarity in the UK, unlike in Germany, where planning permission for developments on greenfield sites is granted only if the building’s roof and landscaping can provide greenery equivalent to the square meterage lost under concrete.The UK market for eco-roofs is a fraction of the size ...
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Entering extra time
A client makes a change to its building, so the contractor wants more time to build it. Believe it or not, the law was vague on how the extra time should be assessed. Now it may be clearer.
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Peterhouse to expand
Construction-to-services group Peterhouse says it wants to attract investment by acquiring a listed company, probably a services-based firm, in the next nine months.Chairman David Jackson said Peterhouse must increase its market capitalisation from £56m to £100m-150m because many investors were not interested in smaller companies.Peterhouse Group, which floated on the ...
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Mowlem hints that SBG sale will fund FM growth
Disposal of scaffolding business could raise £105m for facilities management acquisition, say analysts.
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The trouble with GMP
Just as the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman, parties to a guaranteed maximum price contract should realise that price is not really guaranteed or maximum. If they don’t, they could be in trouble …
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Goodall heads for McAlpine showdown
Brunswick Developments boss Andrew Goodall calls for meeting as Alfred McAlpine board rejects 260p-a-share offer.
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One up at half time
Coventry City has a mountain to climb – a £122m stadium, a controversial site and Cardiff’s example of what can go wrong still fresh in the memory. The good news is that, so far, it’s all working out.
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High noon?
Nick Raynsford is now faced with the crucial decision on how tough to make the quality mark, the centrepiece of his anti-cowboy plan. What factors will he be taking into account?
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Morrison moves into the home repair market
Contractor’s FM arm to set up national domestic network to cash in on cowboy builder fears.
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Just the job
The IT manager and former travel rep tells Elaine Knutt why you can change direction without getting in a spin.
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Justice at the speed of light
The new payment rules are getting disputes worked out in only 28 days – none of that hanging around waiting for the other chap to go bust. But the courts can move even faster.
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