All Building articles in 1999 Issue 39 – Page 2
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British Museum rumpus over 'wrong' French stone
Heritage Lottery Fund threatens to order demolition of portico in Great Court because of Portland stone row.
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Industry faces big hike in CITB levy
The Construction Industry Training Board is likely to raise the industry’s training levy, chairman Hugh Try told Building this week.Try said the levy on directly employed labour would increase from 0.38% of direct employ payroll to 0.5%. He said: “We expect to get government approval by the end of the ...
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Unions launch fresh attack on the PFI
Unions are renewing efforts to persuade the government to abandon the private finance initiative.TUC general secretary John Monks attacked the PFI. He told a packed fringe meeting at Bournemouth that it was “nothing more than a glorified mortgage showing up debt later on. “Porters, catering staff and maintenance workers end ...
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Armstrong: no brownfield tax breaks
Local government minister Hilary Armstrong hinted at this week’s conference that the government would stop short of offering tax breaks to housebuilders to meet its brownfield development targets.Asked whether there would be incentives for housebuilders building on recycled land, Armstrong told Building: “No, but we will do whatever is needed ...
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GlaxoWellcome opens its arms to new partners
Pharmaceutical firm to invite 20-25 more contractors to join its “Fusion” procurement initiative on Monday.
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Architecture body calls for good design on PFI courts
Design will be paramount on new law courts, says Commission for Architecture and Built Environment.
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsBangor-based Watkin Jones Construction has appointed Nigel Tonge group business development manager.MJ Gleeson has appointed Steve Davies managing director of its property division.Roofing and cladding contractor Rogerson Group (Roofing) has appointed Bob Beattie managing director.HousebuildersTaywood Homes has appointed Claire Crawford field sales manager for Scotland.John Ireland has been appointed group ...
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Raynsford: State will fund anti-cowboy pilots
Construction minister to stay in job as he seeks Labour nomination for mayor of London.
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You know his vision…
… now see his practice. His firm's three buildings in the heart of Berlin are the very model of mixed-use, high-density design – as well as being stunning examples of the architect's art.
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Bob and Chris’ Fearnley Group in receivership
Fearnley Group, the Manchester-based contractor bought by Mowlem managers Robert Dean and Chris Stroud two years ago, has gone into receivership.Receiver Arthur Andersen was appointed last Tuesday at the £20m-turnover firm.Staff at Fearnley’s Manchester office said the company is still trading and it is “business as usual”. However, one ...
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Cullinan’s funky new campus opens for term
Tarmac has delivered this striking university campus on time and within its £33m budget this week – but will it make the grade as an Egan demonstration project?
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BAA staffs up for Terminal 5 – again
BAA has stepped up the design development of its £1.8bn Heathrow Terminal 5 project, recalling dozens of staff.BAA is boosting the design team at Heathrow in anticipation of a favourable result in the public inquiry. A spokesperson for BAA said: “We believe the major detailed design effort will take us ...
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Shares rise as Jarvis lands £280m rail deal
Shares in contractor Jarvis jumped 6.5% on Monday after confirmation that it had bagged a £280m Railtrack contract to replace and upgrade the West Coast Main Line. This rise took place despite the fact that some City analysts were surprised by the low value of the contract. It had been ...
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New 2000 villages plan
Five millennium villages and two national parks are among the new projects unveiled by deputy prime minister John Prescott in his speech to the Labour Party conference on Wednesday.Prescott said the “flagships for urban renaissance” would build on the lessons learned at the Millennium Villages in Greenwich and Allerton Bywater, ...
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