All Building articles in 1999 Issue 37 – Page 2
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News
Contractors vs consultants over green construction
DETR consultation document sets scene for clash between industry sectors over sustainability policy.
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Features
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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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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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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Irregularities cause Wimpey profit fall
George Wimpey wrote off £4m of its Wimpey Homes division’s half-year profit after it discovered commercial and accounting irregularities in one of its regional businesses. Group chairman John Robinson said all Wimpey Homes’ regional arms had been investigated and he was confident that the problem was an isolated incident. “The ...
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No plans for buyout, says Try chief
The management of housebuilder and contractor Try has no plans for a buyout, says chief executive David Calverley, dismissing rumours that it is to delist from the stock exchange.“We are confident that we can grow organically and stay in the public arena,” said Calverley. Try Group reported a 52% increase ...
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Bovis and Dalkia link up for BT
Construction manager Bovis and facilities management specialist Dalkia have joined forces in a bid to win a bumper package of work from BT.The two firms were on a longlist of 14 construction industry suppliers for BT’s Project Jaguar in August. But BT told the suppliers that they should form alliances ...
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Best-value web site launched
The DETR has launched a web site to promote best value for local government.The best-value initiative is the government’s latest programme to help local authorities become better clients and help drive inefficiency out of the construction industry. It includes information on pilot projects and best-value legislation. An interactive European Union ...
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Comment
Give it another go
Why abandon buildings when they go out of fashion? With a little imagination, we could recycle the space.
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Features
Alun Michael
As "prime minister" of Wales, Alun Michael holds the purse strings for development in the country. But will the man once called "Tony Blair's poodle" boost or curtail it?
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Poor standards blamed for four’s death dive
A member of CONIAC, the Health and Safety Commission’s Construction Industry Advisory Committee, has attacked safety standards on high-level gantries and hoists following a fatal accident on the Avonmouth Bridge, near Bristol.Transport and General Workers Union construction officer and CONIAC member Bob Blackman delivered the attack in the aftermath of ...
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City cool about Bovis’ plans for early float
P&O’s decision to float construction business in October rather than March gets muted response.
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Cardiff stadium is Laing’s ‘catalyst for change’
Laing has called in consultant KPMG to rebrand its construction division in the wake of the Cardiff Millennium Stadium project, which helped wipe £5m off its half-year pre-tax construction profit.This loss was in addition to a £26m provision on the Cardiff project last year, which put Laing £24.4m in the ...
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Citex Asia wins £50m Hong Kong contract
It is understood that Citex Asia has won a five-year contract worth £10m a year to provide facilities services for Cable & Wireless Hong Kong.The deal, won in a joint venture with Hong Kong property surveyor Vigers, is understood to cover all Cable & Wireless’ 200 properties throughout Kowloon, the ...
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Profit falls 43% at Furlong
FURLONG HOMES, the only housebuilder listed on the Alternative Investment Market, saw pre-tax profit fall 43% to £887 000 for the six months ending 30 June 1999. Turnover was up 12.6% to £13m. Chief executive Andrew Wiseman said that because the London-based group pre-sells almost all its houses, the benefits ...
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Mace wins £40m GLA project
Mace has won the £25m contract to manage construction of the £40m Greater London Authority headquarters at London Bridge City.Developer CIT Markborough chose Mace ahead of Bovis last Friday. Exterior and Schal were also in the running for the prestigious project. CIT Markborough and the Government Office for London are ...
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Starck kicks off £300m global spend in London
French designer Philippe Starck and UK developer John Hitchcox start work on first residential conversion.
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Features
How did it go £26m over budget?
The main reason Laing lost so much money on the redevelopment of Cardiff Arms Park was that it guaranteed a maximum price on a design that was undergoing change. The original design had masts raking out at 45° at the four corners of the stadium, but a row between Millennium ...
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Tilbury Douglas profit up 25%
TILBURY DOUGLAS chairman Mike Bottjer said more than two-thirds of operating profit in the group now comes from support services, a figure that will rise when figures for recently acquired industrial services business Bandt are included. Bottjer said he was confident about the firm’s prospects after it raised pre-tax profit ...
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