All Building articles in 2003 issue 04 – Page 3

  • Comment

    Back to basics

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    What is a construction contract? Oddly enough, we're still struggling with that one – and as for agreeing what constitutes reasonable remuneration for work, well …

  • News

    Tube set to remain in state ownership until autumn

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    The transfer of London Underground from government ownership to Transport for London, the body responsible for transport in the capital, will be delayed until at least the summer, and possibly the autumn, it emerged this week.

  • News

    Aukett's results are 'poorest for many years'

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Aukett, The UK's only listed architect, issued its worst annual results for years this week, posting a pre-tax loss of more than £2.4m.

  • News

    Rogers is back on Welsh assembly

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Richard Rogers is back on board to design the much-delayed Welsh assembly scheme, 18 months after his practice was sacked from the project when it overran the £27m budget, writes Clive Betts in Cardiff.

  • Comment

    John Armitt's coup

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Network Rail wants to end the contract culture by taking on the role of contractor and subcontractor. Could this be the end of the line for disputes?

  • News

    YJL fit-out arm raises profit forecast

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Cornhill Interiors, the London fit-out arm of contractor YJL, has raised its projected future turnover figures, less than a year after launch.

  • News

    Amey to clarify cash position

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Shareholders in Amey expect to receive information clarifying the financial position of the beleaguered support services group by today.

  • Comment

    Unprecedented agreement

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    I started to read Nick Henchie's article "Redmond's recipe for fudge" (6 December 2002, page 46) with some trepidation, as I have not previously agreed with many of his pieces on adjudicators' decisions.

  • News

    Rail labour agency hits the buffers

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Collapse of Fastrack means 150 workers face loss of thousands of pounds of pay.

  • News

    Jailed director released after three days

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    The jailed director of Irish housebuilder Kilkishen Homes has been granted a reprieve after spending three days in prison.

  • Comment

    Resolutions for adjudicators

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    A series of articles in Building (John Redmond, 8 November, page 55; Tony Bingham and Nick Henchie, 6 December, page 46) caught my attention.

  • News

    Curzon Holdings to axe 50 jobs

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Curzon Holdings, the parent company of fit-out specialist Jarvis Newman, is to lay off one-seventh of its workforce.

  • News

    Carillion in £100m cliffhanger

    2003-01-31T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Carillion could seal two major central London contracts worth a total of £100m in the next month.

  • Features

    Appointments

    2003-01-29T11:24:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week