All Building articles in 1999 Issue 40 – Page 2
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsBuilding, civil and utilities engineering contractor McNicholas has appointed Geoff Rose regional manager for the Midlands and Wales. Eamonn Taylor has been appointed head of the firm’s London building and civil engineering division.Jon Dale has been promoted to managing director of Kvaerner Construction International. Andy Johnson joins the firm as ...
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News
Australian engineer aims to rival Arup
M&E consultant Norman Disney & Young uses London as base to start worldwide expansion
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News
Mace admits it is in merger talks
After months of speculation, Mace chief executive Bob White admitted this week that the construction manager is in merger talks.”We are in discussions about a merger,” White said. But he refused to reveal the identity of the other party.Speculation in the City and among those in the industry has thrown ...
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Features
Adjudication: the facts
How much does adjudication cost you? Will you get it back? Who's using it against whom? How much of your claim will you recover? The James R Knowles case log provides the statistics.
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News
Specialists fear abuse under prime contracting
Specialists ask Raynsford to set up regulatory agency to police behaviour of prime contractor.
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Features
Watch out, cameras about
Next time you are dashing about in your company car, keep an eye on your speed dial. If you get caught going over the limit, higher insurance premiums could be the least of your worries.
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Comment
All aboard
First person It’s better to travel hopefully than to arrive, so here’s hoping the revamps of Manchester Piccadilly and Westminster Tube go well.
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News
Small firms: anti-cowboy scheme won’t work
The Federation of Small Businesses has attacked the government’s measures to combat cowboy builders, calling its proposals “anti-competitive” and likely to aid rogue traders working in the black economy.In a letter to construction minister Nick Raynsford, FSB construction adviser David Brown said the government’s proposals for clamping down on rogue ...
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News
London sparks say they’re blacklisted
M&E contractor Balfour Kilpatrick denies claim that it has told recruitment agency not to hire London electricians.
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Features
Here’s the new plan
Forget Coronation Street and Brookside. Granadaland is leading the avant-garde in urban design and regeneration – as the next three pages of exciting projects demonstrate.
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News
Gillespies team to design £470m Ford masterplan
Industrial wasteland around Ford Dagenham plant in east London to be transformed into world-class estate.
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News
Bovis knocked down to a bargain basement £285m
Parent P&O says it is a good price, but City sceptics note that rejected bids last year were over £300m.
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News
Miller snaps up Northern housebuilder for £23.2m
Acquisitive Scottish housebuilder bids to become national player with purchase of Cussins.
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