All Building articles in 2000 Issue 01 – Page 2
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News
Amec man joins Balfour
Balfour beatty has appointed Malcolm Eckersall group managing director with responsibility for civil and specialist engineering and associated services. Eckersall will join two other group managing directors: Paul Lester, who is responsible for UK construction, and Jim Cohen, responsible for railway engineering and services, and investments. All three will report ...
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Dome professionals star in Blair’s honours list
But Royal Opera House architect Jeremy Dixon bags the top spot with a new year knighthood.
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Back by popular demand: Building’s share-tip competition
We asked five construction analysts to pick the contractor and materials producer they expect to be the best performer over the next 12 months. The share prices shown were taken at the close of trading on 15 December 1999. The analyst whose stocks show the biggest combined percentage rise on ...
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Features
I don’t speak legalese
Lawyers used to help their clients write statements and affidavits. But, under the Civil Procedure Rules, witnesses must junk the jargon and write in their own words.
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Be reasonable – or else
Following the Woolf report, courts are trying to shovel as much of their caseload as they can onto the books of ADR providers. But can you force people to be reasonable?
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2000 bug fails to strike
Meticulous planning and hard work prevented construction industry computers collapsing at the turn of the millennium.The Construction Industry Computing Association said it has not received any reports of date recognition glitches.Contractor Carillion, which spent 18 months preparing for the change of date by reconfiguring 5000 computers and 20 servers, reported ...
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Three consortia race for £2.5bn King’s Cross prize
Lend Lease, Amec Developments and St George/Argent in the frame to masterplan 20 ha site.
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Construction ends 1999 on a high
The UK construction economy remained buoyant in December, with growth in activity rising for the second consecutive month.Latest figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply show that the total construction activity index rose from 57.8 to 58.2 in December, well above the 50 no-change level. This bucked the ...
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