All Building articles in 2001 issue 36 – Page 2
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Contracts
Moss wins music buildingMoss Special Works, the specialist construction division of Kier North West, has won a £700,000 contract to rebuild Liverpool University's music department. Asda hires HBGContractor HBG has been awarded two contracts by Asda worth more than £12m. HBG will build a new superstore in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, ...
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Comment
The fireproof contractor
At last someone is looking into the insurance provisions of JCT80. At the moment, the issue of liability is nothing short of bewildering
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DTI to review Constructionline
The government has confirmed to Building that it will review its troubled vetting organisation Constructionline in response to industry concerns.
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Two regional firms collapse in three days
270 jobs go as Kent-based Cox Brothers and Brunswick in Wales call in the receivers.
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CITB launches drive to hire minorities
The Construction Industry Training Board has launched an initiative to attract more ethnic minorities and women into the industry as part of its continuing campaign to ease skills shortages.
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Wilson Connolly chairman to lead recovery plan
250 jobs to go as Asda boss Allan Leighton stakes reputation on improving housebuilder's performance.
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Features
Rebuilding Britain
Tony Blair's plans to double capital spending by 2004 will create a huge construction boom as the government scrambles to transform public services in time for the next election. Over the next three weeks, in the run up to Building's "Blair's Billions" conference, we throw a spotlight on the government's ...
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Comment
Break with past, Melinda
To argue against the third party rights act, as Melinda Parisotti did, is to argue in favour of a disaster. Not surprising, then, that the reasoning doesn't bear examination
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Features
The delivery boy
Lord Falconer, the new minister of state for housing and planning, talks to Building about how he intends to turn the government's housing pledges into reality
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Health chiefs bow to pressure to speed up PFI
Whitehall to standardise documents and expand Procure 21 after contractors warn of hospital delays.
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Planning will ruin Blair's boom, warns CPA
Prime Minister Tony Blair will fail to translate his spending spree into better public services unless the government overhauls the planning system, the Construction Products Association warned this week.
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Coventry pours scorn on Birmingham's stadium bid
The bid to house the national football stadium in Birmingham has been dismissed as unworkable by its Midlands archrival.
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Canada Water team seeks GLA backing
The team behind the £400m Canada Water regeneration scheme in south-east London is to meet with the Greater London Authority this month to seek approval for the scheme.
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Artisan sizes up two potential buys
Housebuilding and property group Artisan has entered talks with two companies about takeovers that would dramatically increase its size.
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Taywood: still a place for construction arm
Taylor Woodrow was this week forced to defend its decision to keep its construction business after it bought rival housebuilder Bryant earlier this year.
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Features
Appointments
HousebuildersMiller Homes has appointed Anne Marie Britton (right), formerly with Persimmon Homes, sales director for the Scotland east region.Neil Fanning has joined Redrow Homes Southern as regional architect. David Wilson Homes, the housebuilding arm of Wilson Bowden, has appointed Tim Hough, regional chairman of Alfred McAlpine, operations director.ConsultantsConstruction consultant and ...
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Amec: services switch pays off
Amec says its strong financial performance, with a 20% rise in pre-tax profit for the six months to 30 June, has vindicated its move towards the support services market.
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Tube firms agree to greater LU safety powers
The consortiums bidding to run the Tube have cautiously welcomed changes to their contracts to give London Underground powers to enforce safety standards.
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Comment
Nanny strikes again
The self-employed keep the industry competitive, but the government seems dead set on hounding them out of existence. Why?
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Contractors in £200m race for military estate PFI
Carillion and Mowlem shortlisted for an estate management PFI scheme, including training for military engineers.
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