All Building articles in 2002 issue 03 – Page 2
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News
CABE puts pressure on Spitalfields
The design of the £250m Spitalfields Market office scheme is set to undergo further changes as the result of pressure from architectural watchdog CABE.
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Features
Builder's craic exposed
The dark winter days are upon us and we all need cheering up a bit. So for one week only, Building throws political correctness out of the window, gathers its readers round the hearth and tells tales of the funnier side of site life …
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NewsTexaco plans to build homes over London petrol stations
Scheme for mixed-use developments could be rolled out at 150 sites throughout UK if pilots deemed success.
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Contractors line up for new London bridge
Contractors Sir Robert McAlpine and Norwest Holst are favourites to build the £15.5m Jubilee Bridge in the City of London.
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Involve suppliers at design stage, say trade bodies
Trade bodies and HSE hope research will help establish a best-practice guide for handling materials on site.
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NewsSerious Fraud Office probes Bickerton collapse
Police investigate failure of regional contractor as meeting reveals unsecured creditors owed £4.2m.
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Features
Flexibility benefits
Why companies that don't promote a work–life balance are making a false economy
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Features
Bending the rules
If government proposals on flexible working become law, what will the consequences be for employers? Angela Daw explains all you need to know
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News
Banks call for PFI doctors and teachers
PFI FUNDers and consultants are urging the government to consider allowing the private sector to offer more services in PFI deals – including clinical services in hospitals and teaching services in schools.
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Deutsche Bank plans leaning tower of Islington
Sheppard Robson designs 38-storey skyscraper resembling "a slab of chocolate leaning on its side".
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Features
Tender price forecast: Maintaining balance
So, how has the industry fared since the tumultuous events of 11 September? Surprisingly well, in fact. Despite continuing uncertainty, Davis Langdon & Everest reports that tender prices are still on the up, new orders are holding up and the private commercial sector is still leading robust growth
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsMalcolm Ward, former southern area manager for Galliford Midlands, has joined Try Accord as commercial business unit director.Willmott Dixon has appointed John Cooper construction manager.HousebuildersJayne Turpin, previously with Alfred McAlpine Homes, has joined Cala Homes as field sales manager.Ward Homes Anglia has appointed Sue Dance area sales manager.Millwood Designer Homes ...
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Amec shake-up as firm goes for international growth
UK’s top contractor sets aside up to £10m for redundancies ahead of takeover of French services firm Spie.
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Buyout at Holloway White Allom
The management team at Laing's last remaining contracting business has launched a bid to buy it.
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Features
The Bickerton affair
Bickerton Construction went from thriving regional contractor to emaciated corpse in a matter of months. Tom Broughton investigates what many creditors suspect to be a very suspicious death …
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Comment
It's a fair ACOP
The HSE has brought out a more comprehensive Approved Code of Practice for site safety. It's better than the previous version and you should get hold of it now
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Comment
My word against yours …
Remember the Discain vs Opecprime cause célèbre? Well, it's just been decided in court, and the trial offers an invaluable lesson on how the law really works
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Comment
And that’s final
If you get into a dispute abroad, it will probably go to arbitration. All well and good, but be warned: if you lose, you’ll have trouble appealing …
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News
DTI offers free work–life advice for employees
Construction firms can now benefit from free consultancy advice to improve their employees’ work-life balance.
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Ward Homes' profit jumps 66%
Ward Homes' pre-tax profit has jumped 66% since the company was taken private 18 months ago.
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