All Building articles in 2002 issue 26 – Page 2
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News
'Cowboy builder' fined over site death
A businessman and construction boss were fined a total of £199,000 last week after the death of a worker on a building site in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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FeaturesHanging out with the boys
Erica Lay, project manager at BAA, draws on her on-site experiences to offer some advice to girls in the industry
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Bovis Lend Lease denies sale rumours
Contractor Bovis Lend Lease has dismissed speculation over its future, after reports in Australia that its parent company was for sale.
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Comment
Having a bawl
If a construction contract was signed before the construction act came into force, but varied after, can a party to it be dragged screaming into an adjudication?
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NewsWimpey set to buy Banner and Laing Homes
City analysts say housebuilder is soon to follow McAlpine purchase with £350m swoop on rival companies.
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NewsHochtief eyes up Ballast Nedam's UK subsidiary
German construction giant waits in the wings as confusion surrounds future of Ballast Nedam's UK arm.
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FeaturesHow to attract women
The all too frequent perception of women in construction is either as secretaries or pin-ups on site-office walls. But now a small college teaching building studies is deconstructing the industry's macho image. Victoria Madine talks to five of its students – and on page 42, a BAA project manager gives ...
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Crest construction arm plunges into red
Crest Nicholson's construction division Pearce, put up for sale this year, has posted a £1.4m loss for the six months to 30 April.
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FeaturesAppointments
ContractorsHochtief has announced the appointment of Stephen Ives as managing director of Hochtief (UK) Construction. He takes over from Leslie Forrest.Gleeson's rail subsidiary, Gleeson MCL, has promoted Danny Duggan to deputy managing director. He joined the company in 1984 as a site agent.HousebuildersEdward Ware Homes has created an in-house architecture ...
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NewsAmec chiefs 'kick' US executives
Amec's top executives have intervened to speed up the restructuring of the firm's American subsidiary after the surprise departure of Peter Janson, its chief executive, in May.
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Prescott aims to expand regeneration empire
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is arguing that it should take over the urban renaissance programme from the DTI.
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Comment
Overseas aid
Far from sponging off the welfare state, immigrant labour – perhaps even when it is illegal – is helping to keep the British economy in robust health
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News
Major contractors in dock after HSE's London blitz
Kier and Wates hauled in front of magistrates alongside small firms as part of strategy of embarrassment.
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RICS: Surveyors to take on accounting work
Chartered surveyors are likely to take on more work traditionally handled by accountants, according to research published by the RICS.
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FeaturesWhere there's a mill …
Gateshead's Baltic centre gallery is the offspring of an impoverished but visionary council and an unemployed architect who designed it in his bedroom. So what else is special about it?
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Comment
Right – and wrong
A professional consultant does not have a duty to be right, but even if they are, they should warn their client that a judge may decide that they are not
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News
BAA gets full go-ahead for Terminal 5 – at last
Secretary of state gives T5 long-awaited thumbs-up, after BAA meets final conditions on rerouting rivers.
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Three share £450m Tube refurb contract
Three teams have been selected to carry out £450m worth of modernising and refurbishment work at 97 London Underground stations.
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Emcor Drake & Scull profit rises 41%
Emcor Drake & Scull announced this week that its pre-tax profit rose 41% in the year ending 31 December 2001.
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