All Building articles in 1999 Issue 46 – Page 2

  • Comment

    Leaps and bounds

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    First person Like Laing, small contractors should have the courage to admit that they have been wrong and change the way they operate.

  • News

    Union row breaks out over 'bogus' employment

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Electricians demand that union takes action over labour agency that admits exploiting tax loophole.

  • News

    Edinburgh council blocks Foster plan

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    City suspends application for Granton Waterfront site to give precedence to Llewelyn-Davies' £500m-800m regeneration masterplan.

  • News

    Mather endorses South Bank park proposals

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    The masterplanner of the South Bank Centre says a proposal to site buildings under a 5.3 ha sloping park offers a good way forward, although other options are still on the table. Speaking for the first time on the new proposal, architect Rick Mather described it as excellent. The option ...

  • News

    Housebuilders will be forced to avert radon threat

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Radioactive gas affects many more areas than previously thought, reveals new BRE guidance reveals.

  • News

    SKM leads Australian invasion into UK

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Engineer Sinclair Knight Merz plans multiple mergers to boost UK turnover to £60m within five years.

  • Features

    Appointments

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Davendra Patel has joined interior fit-out specialist Neslo as operational director. Housebuilders Wilcon Homes has appointed Deborah Benson regional managing director for east Scotland. Housebuilder Charles Church has appointed Debbie Willis land manager for the south Midlands. Consultants Brian Witten has been appointed head of ...

  • News

    RICS ignores pleas to delay Agenda for Change vote

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    QS division chief Pountney defeated in bid to postpone emergency meeting to be held in March.

  • News

    Beazer boss stands ground against City

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    The chief executive of top-three housebuilder Beazer Group, John Low, has spoken out for the first time after gibes that the firm had missed the boat in the booming South-east market. Low said he would not rush out and buy land at any price, commenting: "If it takes three or ...

  • News

    Tax scheme in trouble after one week

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Revenue officials launch review after claims that new scheme is costing industry "millions".

  • News

    HOK founder Hellmuth dies aged 92

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    George F Hellmuth, one of the co-founders of international architect HOK, died on 5 November after a long illness. He was 92. Along with Gyo Obata and the late George E Kassabaum, Hellmuth started HOK in St Louis in 1955 with 26 employees. The company now employs more than 1600 ...

  • Features

    Recycled yoghurt cartons, wind-powered lights, and a sea of tarmac …

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's eco-friendly flagship store on the Greenwich Peninsula pioneers green features and a low-energy heating system. Shame about the car park.

  • Features

    Should all compliance be forgot …

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    New year 2000 promises to be the biggest celebration for, well, 2000 years, but spare a thought (and a lump of coal) for the industry's IT managers. Will they spend the night soberly watching over their networks, or are they confident enough to party with the rest of us?

  • News

    Ove Arup profit up 69% worldwide

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    International engineer Ove Arup Partnership defied fears of a worldwide recession by logging a 69% jump in pre-tax profit to £4m for the year to 31 March 1999. The £4m is what is left after £10.6m was distributed in a staff profit-sharing scheme. Ove Arup's 4500 staff receive the money ...

  • News

    Four firms listed for £55m university PFI job

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Four firms are lined up for a £55m private finance initiative higher education scheme in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Jarvis, Carillion, Focus Education (a Bovis-led consortium) and Norwich Union PPP, a consortium including Kvaerner, have been shortlisted for the scheme to build and operate sports facilities and halls of residence at the ...

  • News

    Coates to retire from G&T after 21 years in hot seat

    1999-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Rivals question creation of a triumvirate of senior managers to replace QS senior partner.