All Building articles in 2005 issue 44 – Page 4
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Former Schal boss Chapman joins consultant
Terry Chapman, the former managing director of construction manager Schal, who left the company in April after a failed management buyout from parent Carillion, has joined Initiate Consulting as chief operating officer.
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YRM boss embraces future as not-for-profit trust
Architect leaves troubles behind and creates a company structure that defies commercial conventions
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CommentWonders & blunders
Des Lynam analyses the performance of two very different domes – and as usual, Italy scores big points while England gets a red card …
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CommentBehind the veil
This is a murky tale of one man, three companies and a lot of fly-tipping. It also illustrates how the courts will look at who truly controls a company …
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Feilden Clegg joins Bath scheme
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley has taken over as lead architect from Llewelyn Davies Yeang on the Bath Western Riverside scheme.
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Quango boss attacks ‘inflexible’ PFI contracts
PFI contracts are not being managed properly after buildings have been constructed, according to the government’s PPP advisory quango Partnerships UK.
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Ascot meeting switched
The race meeting that follows Royal Ascot has been switched to an alternative venue to enable contractor Laing O’Rourke to address any problems with construction work at the venue.
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Fears for workers as curbs on asbestos are relaxed
Industry experts say workers face increased danger from asbestos-related illness after laws governing removal of the substance were relaxed this week.
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NewsStamp of approval
Building Design Partnership notched up another award when its BBC Mailbox in Birmingham won the Best of the Best prize at the British Council for Offices Awards.
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Pilkington approached for takeover by stakeholder
Pilkington, the UK glass maker, was this week the target of a £2bn takeover approach by Nippon Sheet Glass.
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Costain monitors presence in Iran amid political unrest
Contractor ‘monitoring the situation’ on £950m gas project, as tensions mount between Tehran and the West
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Amec merges its UK design and construction businesses
Support service group Amec has merged its UK design and construction businesses. The new division is called design and project services and employs 4500 people.
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NewsMetronet parachutes in Atkins director Ainsworth
Millennium Dome project director Bernard Ainsworth is seconded from Atkins to be head of civils and stations
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SMC buys architect for £5m
Quoted architect SMC has continued its strategy of aggressive expansion by agreeing to purchase DTR:UK, a Manchester-based architect and design company, for £5m.
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Government to fund £40m skills academies
The government is to stump up £40m to fund four national skills centres to address labour shortages across UK industry, ministers announced this week.
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Wembley: Multiplex faces new £25m loss
Multiplex faces a further £25m loss on Wembley stadium after it revealed that talks to agree a fixed price contract with steel subcontractor Hollandia might stall.
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UK planning 127 towers
The number of residential towers under construction has increased nearly two-thirds in the past year, according to Savills.