All Building articles in 2000 issue 46 – Page 2

  • Features

    Brum deal

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Thinking of tendering for a job with Birmingham council? Go ahead – if you don't mind waiting 24 years to clear your liability period, ludicrous responsibilities and crippling handicaps if you go to arbitration.

  • News

    Industry divided over Brown's tax concessions

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Industry gives mixed reception to the chancellor's changes to the tax regime for contractors.

  • News

    Work on bridge set to start

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    An application to start work to cure the wobble on the Millennium Bridge has been lodged this week.

  • News

    MOD may go for fewer, bigger deals

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Defence Estates considers cutting the number of regional construction and repair packages from 13 to as few as six.

  • News

    Building group journalists honoured in awards

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Jo Smit, editor of Building's sister magazine Building Homes, and former Building business editor Dominic White have been honoured in two prestigious magazine awards.

  • Features

    Armchair careers

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Internet recruitment.

  • News

    HBG sets up facilities arm

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Contractor HBG has set up a facilities management arm to focus on the growth of corporate PFI work in the UK.

  • Features

    Appointments

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    ContractorsMJ Gleeson Group has restructured its Northern Construction Division. Keith Shivers has been appointed managing director of the division, based in Sheffield, and Steven Landes is the new commercial director. Neil Robertson has been appointed to the divisional board as regional director responsible for construction. Paul McGarry and Bill Law ...

  • Features

    The American way

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    How does US construction law compare with the UK variety? Honours seem to be even, with better general protection for contractors over there, but no pernicious "pay when paid" over here.

  • News

    Building does America

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

  • News

    RMC looks forward to savings of £50m

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Materials company RMC this week said it expected to make better than expected saving from its strategic review, first announced in September.

  • News

    Eden Project co-founder files £5.5m writ

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    THE co-founder of the £80m Eden Project, which includes the world's largest greenhouse near St Austell in Cornwall, this week spoke of his anger after filing a £5.5m writ against his former partners.

  • News

    Picketts Lock stadium is 'still on track' for 2005

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    THE Lee Valley Regional Park Authority insisted this week that the Picketts Lock stadium in north London was still on target, despite scepticism about the project.

  • News

    Health PFI to total £2.3bn over two years

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    A further 18 PFI hospital schemes worth a total of £2.3bn will be advertised over the next two years, said health secretary Alan Milburn.

  • News

    £110m to be spent on St Pancras Chunnel project

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    CONTRACTS worth £110m to convert St Pancras station into London's second Channel Tunnel terminus were advertised this week.

  • News

    Berkeley withdraws from £100m Rochester scheme

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder pulls out of flagship regeneration project after failing to agree a price with Medway council.

  • News

    Churchfield director quits after 10 months

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Martin Tidd leaves interiors specialist after it puts plans to enter London new-build market on back burner.