All Building articles in 2001 issue 47 – Page 2
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Wilcon must wait until next year for boss
Wilson Connolly chairman Allan Leighton this week revealed that the housebuilder will be without a chief executive for at least another two months.
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Projects frozen and jobs lost as downturn bites
Regional forecast predicts that workloads will fall next year as Building survey reveals crisis of confidence.
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Big operation
This £300m Coventry New Hospitals project is the largest PFI healthcare facility planned so far. Nightingale Associates designed the 1200-bed teaching hospital, and the project is due for completion in 2006. The clients are University Hospitals, Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry Healthcare NHS Trust and the University of Warwick. ...
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Features
The big freeze
Winter is coming for the UK construction industry, and Building's latest national survey reveals that only regions with a large amount of public sector work can hope to avoid the worst of the blizzards.
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McCarthy & Stone battens down the hatches
Retirement housing group halts new projects and freezes recruitment, despite 13% profit increase.
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Industry chiefs back planning proposals
Industry body the Design in Construction Alliance has written to the government urging it to implement five key principles in its forthcoming planning green paper.
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Supervisors attack Egan plans
Representatives of planning supervisors have acknowledged that their role will be reformed if plans to shake-up the Construction (Design and Management) regulations are implemented, writes Tom Broughton. But they insist that their work will still have to be carried out.
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsSouth-eastern roofing contractor Maguire Brothers has appointed Andre Gailani, previously with Aspect Roofing, to its surveying and estimating team.HousebuildersPaul Phipps (right) has been appointed head of Wates Group's new division Wates Residential Developments.ConsultantsMultidisciplinary consultant Barton Willmore has made the following promotions: Les West and Alan Soldat have been made directors; ...
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DTI announces review result
as building went to press, the DTI was about to reveal the results of an internal review that could affect the government's sponsorship of construction.
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Laing's long goodbye to building is almost over
Former contractor announces that it is in talks to sell its last contracting subsidiary, Holloway White Allom.
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Bold Citex aims to cash in on outsourcing trend
Consultant hopes to move into the black by doubling turnover in the next year.
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British architect to advise US airports on safer design
Geoffrey Reid Associates to use UK airport design expertise to protect American airports against terrorism.
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Comment
Dual action
An architect dealing with a dual employer/contractor client is not unusual, but the courts might draw unexpected conclusions when conflicts of interest arise
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Comment
Talking about delays
Employers cannot demand damages when they hold up projects. But contractors can be liable if they fail to communicate when progress falls behind
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Industry relief as Terminal 5 gets the go-ahead
£2.5bn terminal will provide employment for 400 consultants and 2000 other workers for next six years.
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Amey and Miller win £360m Edinburgh schools PFI
Amey and Miller Construction have finalised details of a 30-year PFI contract worth £360m for a bundle of schools in Edinburgh.
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Interserve wins £213m PFI prison contract
contractor Interserve has been named as preferred bidder for a £213m PFI prison contract in Ashford, west London.
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