All Building articles in 2001 issue 42 – Page 2

Features
Dear Robert

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

This month, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose advises on how to impress a new employer and how to make the move into project management
News
Contracts

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mowlem wins data centreMowlem has won a £35m design-and-build contract from Welsh IT firm Elinia to provide a data centre at the Celtic Gateway site in Cardiff Bay.Higgins to revamp 1000 homesHiggins Construction has won a £7m contract from the London Borough of Hackney to modernise 1000 homes on the ...
News
Leisure firms to squeeze contractors

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ernst & Young has warned that leisure operators will be be putting pressure on contractor's profits as consumer demand weakens.
Comment
The common touch

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

We know that pay-when-paid clauses were partially outlawed by the Construction Act, but how do they fare under common law?
News
Lamont: Clients are losing patience

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Confederation of Construction Clients chief executive Zara Lamont this week criticised architects, QSs and contractors for offering clients poor advice.
News
London firm targets unhappy US clients

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Architect Watkins Gray International has set up a joint venture with Washington DC-based practice Group Goetz to target blue-chip corporate clients operating in Britain and the USA.
News
Hunt is on for new Taywood chief

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Taylor Woodrow has started the search for a replacement for chief executive Keith Egerton after he retires next summer.
News
Planning breaches human rights, claims McAlpine

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Contractor mounts High Court legal battle over planning process after housing application is thrown out.
Features
Outside the box

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Charlie Luxton was a student when TV decided he was architecture's answer to Jamie Oliver. Building met him and found he's a pretty good riposte to housebuilders, too.
News
Gleeson Homes boss quits

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Clive Wilding, managing director of Gleeson Homes, has left the company. He will be replaced by Terry Massingham, managing director of Alfred McAlpine's southern region.The news came as the Gleeson Group announced its results.Gleeson Homes' operating margin is considered low despite improving from 7.7% in 1999/2000 to 8.3% in 2000/1.
News
Blunkett 'too busy' to sign off PFI prisons

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Two PFI prison contracts are on hold because ministers are too busy reviewing with the UK's exposure to terrorism to approve the deals, according to the bidding consortiums.
Comment
Conran the Barbarian

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nobody could accuse Sir Terence of being crude, but his legacy of anorexic good taste may be a more dangerous enemy of exciting design
News
Mowlem lands BA contract

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mowlem has been named preferred bidder to manage 120 British Airways properties, including its headquarters and airport facilities, for at least three years. The deal is estimated to be worth £40-60m a year. Mowlem was selected from a shortlist of four. Negotiations are expected to conclude by the end of ...
News
Firms face safety audit on public sector projects

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Construction minister to use health and safety criteria to vet contractors bidding for government work.
News
Housing market hit by US attacks

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Prowting and Gleeson this week warned the City that the housing market and consumer confidence have been hit by the terrorist attacks on the USA.
Features
Appointments

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

ContractorsThe NG Bailey Organisation has appointed Martin Bousfield, previously senior partner at KPMG, and Richard Maudslay, managing director of House of Hardy and chairman of the North East International Trade Forum, as non-executive directors.Lee Newsham has been promoted to financial director of Yorkshire-based PDR Construction.Mick Parker has been promoted to ...
Features
Alchemy in the UK

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

John Morgan, the man who transformed himself from punk impresario with a microscopic office in Soho to the boss of £650m contractor Morgan Sindall, kicks off our special feature on entrepreneurs. Morgan was also a judge at Building's first Entrepreneur of the Year award – the winner and ...
News
RRP sacked after contract mix-up

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

The sacking of architect Richard Rogers Partnership from the Welsh assembly project was the result of confusion over the basic terms of its contract.
News
Oscar Faber bought by US engineering giant Aecom

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

Aecom merges UK consulting engineer with Maunsell as part of drive to dominate European market.
News
NG Bailey pays Laing £3m over NPL disaster

2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

M&E contractor writes off profit on the west London project as Laing seeks to recoup some of its losses.