All Building articles in 2000 Issue 11
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Features
Tracking system
Recruitment consultant Richard Milsom on the strategies his firm uses to find the leaders of tomorrow.
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Features
Do the public really have a say?
Public consultation is becoming a political imperative when it comes to new building schemes. But do current methods really get the community involved or merely pay lip-service to the democratic process?
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Features
Rules For Taking Penalties
The Scottish Law Commission is proposing to move the goal posts over penalty clauses by removing the traditional link with pre-estimates of damage.
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Features
Power pack
A new roofing product from Germany may come in rolls, but it's not like any other roofing membrane. Thanks to built-in photovoltaic modules, it also generates electricity.
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Features
Novation without tears
Novation of the consultant's appointment can offer real benefits to a client, but it must do the work to make it work. Otherwise, it can end up with legal nonsense that risks being thrown out of court.
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News
Mowlem shuns rail renewal
Mowlem has decided not to tender for track maintenance contracts with Railtrack because of high barriers to entry and falling margins. Reporting a 10% rise in pre-tax profit to £43.5m for 1999, chief executive John Gains said: "Track maintenance contracts have proved very difficult to get in on, and the ...
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Features
Lifting The Lid On Roofing
The roofing industry does not have the best reputation for safety or quality workmanship, but how can it improve its image when main contractors keep insisting on lowest price?
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Features
Know Your Limits
Limited liability partnerships protect individuals from expensive claims. But that is not the only way they differ from traditional partnerships. Why should you consider switching sides?
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Features
Home From Hell
The combination of an incompetent trainee surveyor, two wrongly issued certificates and a difficult "domestic" client resulted in 11 years of legal and financial nightmares.
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Comment
Taking the high ground
First person The government's attitude to housing is truly radical in that it recognises the benefits of high-density living.
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Features
Flight plan
Regional airport terminals now put a premium on image to attract customers. But at the same time, design teams must deliver highly complex functional buildings on a tight budget.
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News
Government to expand PPP
The government has reiterated its commitment to public-private partnerships with the publication of a Treasury report that projects an extra £20bn investment in partnerships over the next three years. The announcement comes in the same week as a report from the left-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research that criticises ...
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News
EC Harris merges with Povall Flood Wilson
Chairman Clare predicts further growth as merger with Manchester consultancy swells turnover to £80m.
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Features
Rooftop drama
Walsall's bus station was meant to fuel the town's regeneration but four months after its planned opening date, contractors are still working to correct its sagging roof. What went wrong?
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News
Treasury to insist on PFI design quality
New guidelines for government clients puts architects at heart of bidding process.
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Features
The West Country's Stansted
Opened earlier this month, the new £27m terminal to Bristol International Airport replaces a building on the other side of the runway. The clear-cut rectangular building beneath an oversailing canopy roof and behind clear-glazed walls stands as the symbolic gateway to the West Country. Its 17 500 m2 area, which ...
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Features
Materials whole-life costs
Building Performance Group's guide to building components' lifespans and life costs tackles domestic kitchen units.