All Building articles in 2000 Issue 38 – Page 2
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News
Glasgow council and firms unite to avert skills crisis
Council joins 35 construction firms to offer apprenticeships and training to cope with flurry of projects.
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Features
Arbitration: The problem of free will
If the act does give ammunition to disgruntled losing parties, arbitration is in big trouble. But does it?
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Appointments
ContractorsAndrew White, managing director of special projects at Alfred McAlpine, has joined the company’s board as an executive director. Christopher Collins, chairman of Hanson, has been made a non-executive director. Richard Clay has been promoted to surveying director at Hertfordshire-based Ashe Construction. Andrew Morris has become commercial director. David Ainge ...
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Allen to lose subsidiary
Contracting and tool-hire firm Allen has announced that it is selling G Pearce, its non-specialist civil engineering subsidiary. If a buyer cannot be found before the end of the year, the company will be closed.Chairman Donald Greenhalgh said the move was part of the company’s increasing focus on hire and ...
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ADR: Pressure points
It’s a good bet that any whiff of coercion in an ADR procedure will give rise to a human rights defence.
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Comment
An adjudicator is not a judge
The Human Rights Act has jurisdiction over those whose work is of a public nature. But an adjudicator is a private person performing a private function, so he must remain outside the scope of the act.
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Jury out over adjudication after judge scraps ruling
Glut of court cases is predicted after adjudicator’s phone call is found to be breach of natural justice.
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Balfour Beatty buys rail firm for £94m
Balfour Beatty is to acquire the rail business of American rolling-stock operator Adtranz, it was announced this week.Chief executive Mike Welton said the £94m deal was an important step towards Balfour’s aim of becoming the world’s leading rail infrastructure firm.The remainder of Adtranz, which is currently owned by DaimlerChrysler, is ...
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Treasury to back Rogers’ urban agenda
THE Treasury has given the broadest hint yet that it will introduce fiscal measures to support urban regeneration.The chief adviser to the Treasury, Ed Balls, speaking at the Core Cities Conference in Sheffield last Friday, said: “The government and the Treasury are responding to the challenge that the Rogers report ...
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Comment
Norm’s the norm
First person Love it or loathe it, at least Lord Foster’s work has a distinctive style. It’s just a shame so many architects copy it.
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Features
Who says Glasgow’s miles better?
Edinburgh’s waterfront development is steaming ahead while arch-rival Glasgow struggles to stay in contention.
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The future’s now
How the next 20 years pan out for construction depends on what the industry does today – a government consultation paper, Building Our Future, gives us the chance to consider the opportunities and the risks.
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BBC to give Portland Place £120m refurb
Fletcher Priest, MacCormac Jamieson & Prichard, Stanton Williams and Alsop & Störmer in shortlist.
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