All Building articles in 2001 issue 43 – Page 2
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Conference finds clients are key to safer sites
Clients were urged to take a greater role in improving health and safety last week by delegates to the Health and Safety Executive's Working Well Together conference.
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Home County chic
Developer Stanhope has started work on a 56,000 m2 office park in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, designed by Fletcher Priest. The scheme, named Peoplebuilding Hemel, has floor-to-ceiling windows with aluminium brises-soleil that move with the sun. Mace is construction manager and Arup is structural and services engineer. The first phase of ...
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Comment
A right Charlie
Charlie Luxton, TV's latest wunderkind, should stop spouting misguided opinions that play into the hands of the anti-housing, pro-Tory home counties
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Six shortlisted for Bradford regeneration
A shortlist of six teams of consultants are to fight it out to draw up a blueprint to regenerate Bradford city centre.
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CABE budget boost under threat
A planned cash boost for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment could be reduced in the Treasury's comprehensive spending review next year.
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Bell tolls for glass tower
Basildon's landmark glass campanile, the only one of its kind in the world, may be demolished if a bid for Millennium Commission funding is turned down.
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Mowlem buy beefs up M&E services
Mowlem this week bought R Daubney for up to £5.5m – the final figure will depend on the M&E specialist's profit over the next two years.
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Government set to bail out flagship PFI housing deals
Local authorities pile on pressure over funding gap in heavily delayed housing regeneration schemes.
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Lelliott goes back to work
Industry veteran John Lelliott, 66, is back in business five months after retiring from Bovis Lelliott.
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Confederation refuses to back roving reps
The Construction Confederation has re-affirmed its opposition to plans for roving health and safety representatives after a meeting to discuss a pilot scheme.
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BAA puts Heathrow and Gatwick projects on ice
Company insists major schemes have been deferred, not cancelled, as £90m Gatwick project put on hold.
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Take me back, Rogers urges Welsh assembly
Sacked architect asks for a second chance, saying sharp rise in cost was because extra items were added.
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Laing shareholders approve O'Rourke deal
Laing shareholders this week formally approved the sale of the group's construction arm to subcontractor Ray O'Rourke for £1.
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Apprentices to get better deal
Construction apprentices can expect better pay and conditions under a new wage structure to be negotiated by the Construction Industry Joint Council next month.
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsHinkins & Frewin has appointed Phil Brand, previously with the Laing Group, managing director of its Oxford office.Contractor Lawrence has made two appointments in its commercial divisions. Mark Wakefield joins network distribution and Geoff Bosley joins process plant. Both as will take up positions as commercial managers.HousebuildersNicholas Brown has been ...
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Comment
Loser pays, we all win
Far from deterring people from using adjudication, allowing the winning party to recover its costs from the loser will make the process more accessible
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Comment
Insuring against terrorism
With the UK looking like a target for terrorist attacks, how do existing standard form contracts deal with the implications?
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Civil servants admit PPPs on hold after Railtrack's demise
But Treasury chief secretary reiterates government's commitment to public-private partnership deals.
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Yorkon to build 49 prefab Tesco stores
Prefabrication specialist Yorkon and supermarket giant Tesco have signed a partnership agreement to build 49 "Express" stores over the next 12 months.
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Four in race for MoD's £442m Scottish deal
Four consortiums have been shortlisted to tender for the Ministry of Defence's first prime contract in Scotland.
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