All Building articles in 2000 Issue 31 – Page 2

  • Features

    Appointments

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Contractors Linford Group has appointed Martin Smith chief executive. David Linford has become executive chairman. Michael Thompson, Michael Buck, David Worthington and Richard Newman have been appointed executive directors. Robertson Group (Scotland) has appointed George Logan managing director of the construction division in Stirling. David Pokora has been appointed chief ...

  • News

    Another senior Schal executive defects

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    MD downplays significance of loss as building services head quits to join three former colleagues at rival Exterior.

  • News

    Adjudicators’ right to be wrong is upheld

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Court of Appeal ruling in Bouygues vs Dahl-Jensen says decisions stand even if wrong party is paid.

  • Features

    Are European design competitions a fait accompli?

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The winner of the competition to masterplan the European Parliament Quarter admits having friends on the jury and says this is normal. In fact, it seems cronyism is endemic in European competitions.

  • Comment

    Rising above the rest

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    First person Works of genius are instantly recognisable, impossible to define and are, at bottom, the difference between right and wrong.

  • News

    NFB hooks up with BuildOnline to learn about e-business

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The National Federation of Builders has formed a partnership with BuildOnline, an Internet portal, to encourage members to take e-commerce more seriously. BuildOnline is providing a series of seminars for the NFB's 4000 members on how the Internet can cut the cost of tendering, purchasing and document management. BuildOnline handles ...

  • News

    Royal Festival Hall architect dies at 91

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Sir Leslie Martin, architect of the Royal Festival Hall and former professor of architecture at Cambridge University, has died aged 91, writes Martin Spring. After studying in Manchester and designing emergency buildings during the Second World War, Sir Leslie was appointed deputy architect at London County Council in charge of ...

  • Features

    Who’ll pay for this?

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The fourth in the series of articles on collateral warranties looks at what is at stake in negotiations over net contribution clauses and professional indemnity insurance.

  • News

    Balfour’s £600m rail deal

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Balfour Beatty has been named preferred bidder for £600m of Railtrack work. The package comprises maintenance contracts for the East Coast Main Line (£250m), all the track in Kent (£200m), and the upkeep of the Great Eastern and Anglia lines (£150m). The contracts, which are extensions of jobs that Balfour ...

  • News

    M4I slammed over plans to charge firms and extend life

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Construction Industry Council fears plans for membership fee could distract innovation body.

  • News

    Construction growth to overtake UK plc‘s by 2002

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Comprehensive Spending Review to help construction grow 1% more than GDP in two years’ time.