All Building articles in 2001 issue 46 – Page 2
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Comment
A spot of bovver
A High Court judge gave an arbitrator an earful and the boot for being so incompetent. But the arbitrator was still not liable for the costs of removing him
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Features
Bovis Lend Lease shoots to the top in October
Contractor is £64m clear of second-place Skanska, thanks to £100m Norwich factory job.
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News
Morgan Sindall shakes up regions to boost margins
Four directors' futures under discussion as contractor brings regional businesses under a single brand.
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News
Basin cut
Artists Ben Langlands and Nicky Bell have designed a footbridge for the Paddington Basin redevelopment. The artists have worked with structural engineer Atelier One on the scheme, which will be considered by Westminster council next week. The 3 m-wide bridge, next to the Orange headquarters, will stretch across one of ...
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Balfour denies protests made it ditch Ilisu dam
Balfour Beatty this week denied that pressure from environmental groups was behind its decision to end its four-year involvement in the Ilisu dam project in Turkey.
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Planning supervisors face axe in Egan safety drive
Contractors and consultants may have to prove their competence through schemes such as Constructionline.
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Prize for Building at magazine awards
Building has been named the subscription magazine of the year in the business sector.Marketing manager Socratis Socratous was presented with the award by the Periodical Publishers Association, the magazine industry's umbrella body, last Thursday.Subscriptions have topped 22,500 for the first time, and renewal rates have averaged 73%, another record.The judges ...
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News
WS Atkins merges transport
WS Atkins has grouped its five transport businesses into a single division.
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Comment
Killer argument
The industry seems to be rising to the challenge of improving site safety. Soon, those who don't take it seriously could find themselves guilty of more than negligence
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News
Architects picked for Yorkshire renewal plans
An international group of 13 architects has been picked to regenerate eight communities in Yorkshire.
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsProperty, development and construction firm Pettifer Group has promoted Carole Flavell to supply chain manager. HousebuildersRedrow Homes Southern has appointed Chris Sparks land director. He will be responsible for acquiring land.ConsultantsMichael Duck, formerly of MJ Sumner, has joined Edward Symmons & Partners as senior surveyor. He will work alongside ...
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News
CLG: Adjudicate to get back retentions
The Constructors Liaison Group is publishing a handbook that claims retentions are illegal under the terms of the Construction Act.
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Features
A woman's work …
Eleanor Cochrane talks to Jim Briggs, commercial director of Durkan, a member of the Building Work for Women steering committee
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News
Cardiff firm to plan £650m film complex
Cardiff-based architect Holder Mathias Alcock is producing a £650m masterplan for a film studio and leisure park in South Wales.
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News
Skanska's £65m HQ may be year late
Contractor Skanska is facing delays of up to a year in the construction of a £65m Abbey National office development in central London.
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Skanska's £65m HQ may be year late
Contractor Skanska is facing delays of up to a year in the construction of a £65m Abbey National office development in central London.
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Ken's 50% affordable homes rule may go nationwide
Next month's green paper on planning could show government taking a leaf out of Livingstone's book.
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Brighton and Hove Albion unveils £44m stadium plans
Long-awaited new home for south coast football club proposed for area of outstanding natural beauty.
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Costain to hire 400 for PFI drive
Costain is growing its PFI business and recruiting 400 staff as part of chief executive Stuart Doughty's ambitious plan to increase turnover 15% and widen margins to 3%.
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Features
Top 200 Consultants
Welcome to this year's league tables of architects, surveyors and engineers. Once again, numbers have swelled: the 200 companies on our list have 120,000 staff between them – that's 11% more than last year. A 13% rise in engineering employees across the board reflects growth spurts in the engineering-based consultancies ...
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