All Building articles in 2000 Issue 14 – Page 2
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Features
Balancing the budget
In the latest in its series, accountant Smith & Williamson examines the main provisions of the budget and their impact on small and medium-sized contractors and consultants.
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News
Simms: City needs to back sustainability
Carillion chief executive Sir Neville Simms has warned that contractors will not be able to build in a sustainable way without the understanding and backing of the City.His comments were made on “Sustainability Day” of National Construction Week, which aimed to promote environment-friendly and socially responsible construction. Three separate reports ...
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Tender prices zoom back to boom levels
Rising labour costs have led to an unexpected surge in tender prices that has taken them above 1989 levels for the first time, according to the latest quarterly tender price survey from Davis Langdon & Everest. Data from the leading QS shows that tender prices rose 1.8% in the first ...
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Features
Appointments
Contractors Richard Mawdsley has joined Mowlem as group property development manager. Clive Holloway has been appointed director of Mowlem subsidiary E Thomas Construction. Allan Day has been made design manager at Mowlem Defence Solutions, the prime contracting partnership between Mowlem’s FM subsidiary, Aqumen, and BAE Systems.Ian Findley White has been ...
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Anti-cowboy pilot launched
Construction minister Nick Raynsford this week launched the first quality mark pilot scheme to tackle cowboy builders.He marked the start of National Construction Week by inviting firms in Birmingham to register for the scheme and undergo tests covering technical competence, financial probity and training. Companies can qualify for the quality ...
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‘We don’t need to float to raise cash,’ says Miller boss
Miller group head Keith Miller has dismissed reports that the company is fixed on a stock market float next year. Reporting a 15% rise in pre-tax profit to £17m for the year to 31 December 1999, chief executive Miller said: “It is unlikely that we would want or need to ...
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Alsop & Störmer wins £800m Dutch project
Architect Alsop & Störmer has won a competition to design an £800m mixed-use district in Rotterdam, writes Hannah Baldock.Alsop & Störmer’s appointment to masterplan the project, which is of a similar size to London’s Canary Wharf development, was announced on Wednesday. Client on the scheme is a joint venture between ...
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£49m PFI deal for Tilbury
Contractor Tilbury Douglas has won a £49m private finance initiative schools contract, the largest awarded in England. The Sheffield Schools Services consortium, formed by equity investors Tilbury Douglas and Innisfree, reached commercial close on the 25-year deal with Sheffield City Council last week. Financial close is still two months off, ...
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Scots MPs back £230m parliament
Miralles’ design gets the go ahead by 12 votes, averting £80m compensation claims from the project team.
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Features
The consultants' catch-22
Consultants must take care over the wording and timing of certificates and letters to their clients or they could find themselves in a double-bind and vulnerable to an action for negligent misstatement.
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Five designers picked for £1.5bn King’s Cross scheme
Allies and Morrison, Porphyrios, EDAW, Ove Arup and Townsend make the team for mega regeneration.
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