All Building articles in 2002 issue 17 – Page 2
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Features
Five tips on how to chair meetings effectively
Produce an agenda and make sure everyone involved sees it before the meeting begins. If people do not know what the meeting's chairperson intends to discuss, time will be wasted as people digest new information and build up to a response.Be punctual and say when you intend the meeting to ...
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News
CITB gives cash for training
The Construction Industry Training Board is to give a £4.5m grant to contractors in a bid to increase the number of apprentices they take on.At a CITB meeting last week it was agreed that the grant would be used to increase the money paid to apprentices 15% over a three-year ...
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CIC rethinks VAT campaign
The construction industry is to adopt a new tactic in its campaign to persuade the Treasury to reduce VAT on domestic repair and maintenance work.
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ICE calls for health and safety funding review
The Institution of Civil Engineers has called for a review of money spent on improving health and safety in the construction industry.ICE chairman Liz Bennett said pouring further money into health and safety was unlikely to improve the industry’s record.She said: “What is needed is a professional review of health ...
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CABE and Prince launch hospital design panel
New hospital PFI schemes will be reviewed for their design quality by a panel led by architecture watchdog CABE.
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FeaturesSound bytes
If TV execs ever want a charismatic consultant to style as an IT doctor, they might call on Microsoft's Mark Dodds. He's studied how major industries have adopted and adapted IT, and he spoke to Marcus Fairs about how construction is faring.
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Crest Nicholson still hunting buyer for Pearce
Crest Nicholson is understood to be seeking more bids for contracting arm Pearce despite receiving offers for the business in late March.
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Burnley may set up regeneration company
Burnley Council has launched a study to decide whether to set up an urban regeneration company in the town.
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NewsHistoric buildings to get Part L escape clause
English Heritage guidance says extensions should not have to comply with new thermal regulations.
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Europe's first plastic bridge system to get road test
Oxfordshire bridge will use revolutionary Mouchel-designed ASSET system to slash build time and costs.
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Prowting looks for boss
Prowting has started the search for a chief executive and finance director – three months after the previous executives resigned after a profit warning.
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NewsBlow to housing quotas as firms drop Lambeth scheme
Manhattan Loft and St George walk away from Lambeth project because of costs of providing social housing.
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Balfour team close to London Bridge deal
A joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Sir Robert McAlpine is expected to win a £90m deal to redevelop London Bridge Station.The two are understood to have beaten off four rivals – Amec, Laing O’Rourke, Skanska and Taylor Woodrow – to become preferred bidder for the project.The Railtrack contract is ...
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Comment
The Top Scam Awards
OK, they're not the most prestigious accolades, but the prize ceremony for concocting those ways to wriggle out of the Construction Act can still reduce you to tears
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FA will sign Wembley deal ... but not until August
FA agrees £420m loan with German bank, but work will not start on national stadium until deal is closed.
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FeaturesStack attack
As city-centre sites get scarcer, developers are getting ideas above their stations, putting offices on the market – literally – and giving a whole new meaning to living on the river. Victoria Madine looks at the rise of the stack development
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FeaturesRobert Ashmead
The House Builders Federation may have softened its antagonistic approach to negotiations, says Elaine Knutt, but since president Robert Ashmead roared on to the scene on his Harley Davidson six months ago, you know it still has attitude.
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Features
The art of induction
What should do you do with a group of new recruits who know nothing about your company? Sue Neumeister, HR manager at QS Cyril Sweett, tells all
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News
Arsenal guns for stadium sponsorship deal
Arsenal FC is considering raising money for the £300m stadium in Islington, north London, by naming it after a company.
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FeaturesAppointments
ContractorsConstruction group Osborne has appointed Rob Guest as group procurement director. Wrekin Construction has appointed David Blount manager of its utilities division.Gleeson's northern construction division has appointed Stephen Marshall, previously with Omni Construction, commercial manager. Simon Dolan has been appointed contracts manager. John McCredie rejoins the firm as contracts manager.Gary ...
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