All Building articles in 2003 issue 20 – Page 2

  • News

    Union warns on corporate killing law

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    The government's proposed corporate manslaughter bill will be undermined by lack of funding, the safety inspectors' union warned this week

  • News

    Construction firms top the great unloved

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Construction companies are among the most undervalued on the stock exchange, according to a report by business adviser RSM Robson Rhodes

  • News

    Procurement chief Roche to quit Laing O'Rourke

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Laing O'Rourke is to lose group procurement director Gus Roche

  • News

    Design champion for South-east housing

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Regional design champion the Kent Architecture Centre is to open two branches in south-east England

  • News

    Moayedi made Jarvis chairman

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Jarvis chief executive Paris Moayedi has been appointed as the PFI contractor's chairman after the death of Lord McGowan earlier this month

  • Comment

    Be very, very careful

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Given the predicament of the UK market, it's no surprise to learn that fidgety construction bosses are turning their gaze overseas

  • News

    Leading hoteliers to speak at Building conference

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Six of the UK's leading hoteliers are among the speakers at a Building conference entitled Understanding the Hotels Sector

  • News

    Catching the breeze

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Architecture, engineering and design group Aukett has submitted a detailed planning application on behalf of Trent Developments for a 66,714 m2 urban quarter on the seafront at Folkestone, Kent. The 7.1 ha site will incorporate 600 flats, a cinema, and 80,000 m2 of retail space. The curved, sail-like facades of ...

  • News

    LandSec denies boss move

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Developer Land Securities has quashed rumours that director John Anderson is to join rival Chelsfield

  • News

    Big science

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Pascall + Watson Architects has received planning permission for these two neighbouring buildings for the London Metropolitan University. One is a science centre, which will house the largest flexible teaching laboratory in the UK; the other will contain the National Archive for Voluntary Action. QS is Davis Langdon & Everest, ...

  • News

    Use Olympic bid to recruit young talent, says CIC boss

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Former Olympian Graham Watts warns skills shortage could scupper UK's chances of hosting 2012 Games

  • News

    BAA revamps framework deals

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Airports operator BAA has revised its framework agreements with contractors and consultants to make them less bureaucratic

  • News

    Kier moves to avert collapse at Bournemouth mall

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Concrete specialist recalled because of fears over integrity of multistorey car park at £65m shopping centre

  • Comment

    Let's not go to Austria!

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Want to avoid adjudication by inserting a clause into your contract that any dispute must be settled in another country? Don't pack the passport quite yet...

  • News

    UK firms on Athens shortlist

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Two UK consortiums have emerged as bidders to update a masterplan for Athens International Airport

  • News

    Kier scores eight to take first place in April

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Contracts worth £55m help Kier to the number one spot, but Bovis Lend Lease dominates the yearly results

  • Features

    Party animal

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Dawn Gibbins' blend of knife-throwing, feng shui, democracy and belly dancing certainly makes a new contribution to modern management theory. But how did it win her businesswoman of the year?

  • News

    Security 'top priority' at animal testing lab

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    An animal testing facility is under construction as part of a £95m extension to the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus near Cambridge

  • News

    Ferrovial threatens to pull out of Amey takeover

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Spanish firm issues ultimatum to shareholders: accept £81m offer within seven days or the deal is off

  • News

    Connaught to stick with AIM

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Facilities management group Connaught has ruled out a switch from the alternative investment market to the main stock exchange for at least 18 months