All Building articles in 2000 Issue 04 – Page 2
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsTaylor Woodrow has appointed Brian George non-executive director and non-executive chairman, and Denis MacDaid managing director.Weaver Construction has appointed Jeff Gale new contracts manager.The Higgins Group has appointed Gary Robins and Brian Mason construction directors.Lichfield-based construction firm Linford-Bridgeman has made Andrew Chamberlain masonry manager.Leisure contractor Multibuild has promoted Dean Johnston ...
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The Appliance of science
London's Science Museum has a new eco-friendly way of generating electricity. But instead of being hidden in a dark basement, it's on show for all to see. How does it work?
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Allott & Lomax merges with Babtie
Engineer Allott & Lomax has merged with technical and management consultant Babtie Group.Babtie has 2500 staff worldwide and Allott will add about 500 to create a 3000-strong group with an estimated annual turnover of £120m in 2000. The merged company will be called Babtie Group, but the Allott name will ...
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Unipart called in to advise O’Rourke on productivity
Superstructure contractor in talks with car parts firm in bid to boost efficiency on Docklands tower block.
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Claridge’s joiner comes unstuck
Upmarket joinery contractor Timtec International has gone into administration after a legal battle with the Savoy Group over a £2.3m bill for the refurbishment of Claridge’s Hotel in central London. A source close to the Hertfordshire firm, which employs 120 people and has a turnover of £9m, said Timtec abandoned ...
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What’s done is done
Once an adjudicator has made a decision on a case, it cannot be settled again by another adjudicator. That is, as long as the judge does not rule that they are substantially different disputes.
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Firms form one-stop ‘virtual company’
Mansell, WS Atkins and Drake & Scull set up “IT-driven” venture offering design and FM services.
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Two-year FTSE 350 plan for Peterhouse
Totty Construction parent aiming for market capitalisation of £400m by 2002 through acquisition of high-margin businesses.
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Wilson Connolly invests £3m in IT solution
State-of-the-art procurement, billing and accounts package set to save top 10 housebuilder £1.5m a year.
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Case study 3: Regus business centres
Regus, the British market leader of serviced offices, proudly bills itself as the McDonald’s of the sector. Standardised brand image and instant availability are its selling points, with every building entrance and reception fronted by its half-crown logo. The company offers customers serviced offices within 24 hours for periods as ...
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Case study 4: 288 Bishopsgate, City of London
In 1998, HQ Global Workplaces picked up a narrow sliver of land at the corner of the huge Spitalfields development at the eastern fringe of the City of London. With a footprint only 10.5 m deep, the site did not suit a conventional speculative office development, but could accommodate serviced ...
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Bovis Lend Lease bags £2bn-plus deal
Bovis Lend Lease has landed its largest-ever contract, believed to be worth more than £2bn. It is a five-year deal to manage the retail outlet building programme for oil giant BP Amoco. The construction group will build more than 1300 new outlets across 15 countries over the next five years. ...
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Hadid wins £15m centre
Zaha Hadid Architects has won an international competition to design the £15m Wolfsburg Science Centre in Germany.The practice beat off 30 rival designs, including one from Wilkinson Eyre Architects. The 11 000 m2 building, due to be completed by the end of 2002, is across the River Aller from ...
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Specialists £14m out of pocket at Braehead
Two specialists are understood to be owed a total of £14m for unpaid work at the Braehead shopping centre in Glasgow.Specialist contractors O’Rourke and Swift Structures are understood to be owed £10m and £4m respectively.The news follows the issuing of two separate writs against client Capital Shopping Centres for unpaid ...
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Case study 1: No 8 The Square, Stockley Park
No 8 The Square is hailed as the UK's first purpose-designed serviced office building, even though it is the fourth in a new generation of office buildings designed by Arup Associates at Stockley Park, the self-styled “leading business park in Europe”. As in the earlier three buildings, Arup Associates has ...
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Case study 2: No 1 Cornhill, City of London
“If you compare the serviced office sector with the hotel industry, it generally provides a three- or four-star service. We offer a five-star service that’s distinctly different.” So says Vincent Wang, chief executive of the fledgeling serviced office operator Nexus Estates.Wang’s five-star service can be seen in all its glory ...
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