More Focus – Page 565
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Growth industry
The latest fad is to design yourself a garden, but Dan Pearson, one man at the forefront of this revolution, reckons construction has much to gain by building landscaping into the plans first, not last
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Sending the boys round
You go to court, you win, you collect your money if you live that long. A loser that will not pay can delay for years. But now there are some radical new ideas in the wind for getting at a loser's assets.
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Macob, Outwing – now A&D
On 23 June, Judge Wilcox passed down what could be a landmark ruling when he gave a summary judgment in favour of A&D, a subcontractor seeking enforcement of an adjudication decision.
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Counting the cost of Woolf
Recent changes in English court practice mean that the winner of an action should no longer assume it will be able to recover its costs.
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Appointments
Contractors Derek Price has been made commercial director of MJC Construction. Housebuilders Thirlstone Homes has appointed Nick Mansfield managing director of its new Wokingham office. Keith Ireland has become managing director in the firm s Byfleet office. Consultants Malcolm Brummer , a ...
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Cost model: Call centres
Call centres, the new information factories, are evolving as employers recognise that the working environment can affect business efficiency and staff turnover. Cost consultants Davis Langdon Everest and Mott Green Wall examine the specification and costs of call centres
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What difference does a year make?
Did the Egan report really announce a cultural revolution in construction? As a conference prepares to mull over the changes one year on, Building analyses the response of both industry and clients.
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John Hobson
The man charged with implementing Egan has a job-and-half on his hands. But with bosses John Prescott and Nick Raynsford respectively providing power and commitment, he believes he has the backing to do it
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Measuring for real
The key performance indicators could change the way clients select firms, but are they up to the job? Building asked Gardiner & Theobald to test them on real-life projects.
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The benchmark [Asda superstore, Swansea]
The fourth in Building s series highlighting best practice looks at how Kajima used prefabrication and performance monitoring to achieve major time and cost savings on Asda s new Swansea store. A panel of experts looks at how it was done.
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On the right track
How Bovis is using bar coding technology from the retail sector to manage the supply chain on an Egan demonstration project.
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How to do 32 jobs at once
The first standard form of contract for facilities management is here, and it covers everything from insurance to cleaning in terms that construction firms will find strangely familiar.
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Relationship difficulties
There is a consensus that partnering is the way forward. But the concept is vague, and it may have unexpected effects on relationships within the project team it may even provide contractors with brand-new excuses.
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Who do you think you are?
A JCT provision allows firms to sue employers that ultimately pay them but with which they have no contract. Is this really a good idea?
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Clash points
Should natural justice apply to adjudication? If it does, you can kiss goodbye to the main purpose of the Construction Act. Fortunately, it doesn t. So that s OK then?
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Clash points
Half right. In fact, natural justice does apply, albeit within the constraints of adjudication s statutory framework after all, a process that is obviously unfair will not attract many supporters.
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Fighting terms
Performance specifications allow the industry to work together to produce optimal solutions - as long as the contract fosters teamwork. Unfortunately, JCT98 does not.
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Materials life costs
The third in Building s series of whole-life costs for materials focuses on double-glazed units. It is compiled by Building Performance Group to help specifiers.
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Best foot forward
Nancy Cavill meets Dr Jaz Saggu, the man in charge of Bovis' new best-practice training programme.
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Appointments
Contractors Ian Smith , formerly with Bovis Construction, has joined building and civil engineering contractor Charles Le Quesne as managing director. John Mowlem has appointed Louisa Blair to its market management contracting and major projects division. Mansell has promoted Philip Cleaver to the newly ...