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Bryant to kick-start £350m Poole housing scheme
Housebuilder in discussions with Poole council over planning for crucial 2.5 ha of waterside land.
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Clock ticks for ruling on Sir Robert McAlpine death
HSE to decide within next two months whether to prosecute McAlpine for subcontractor's death at City site.
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Bigshots size up £3bn army PFI
Four teams have emerged as the main bidders for a £3bn PFI barracks scheme launched by the Ministry of Defence this week.
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Features
First taste
Ian Shaw, personnel manager at contractor Simons Construction, explains how and why firms should put a good work experience programme in place
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Appointments
Contractors Midlands contractor William Sapcote & Sons has appointed Phil Livesey, previously with Mansell, senior project surveyor. HousebuildersJayne Boldison has been appointed sales adviser at Cala Homes. She was previously with property agent DTZ. David Taylor has joined Crest Nicholson Residential as design manager for Attwood Green in Birmingham. Consultants ...
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Strategic choices
What was so interesting about the league of European contractors Building published last month?
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Five things to know about accounting standards
Why worry about International Accounting Standards?All stock-market listed companies in the European Union must prepare their accounts under International Accounting Standards by 2005 at the latest. This will make it easier to compare companies throughout the Continent.Isn’t 2005 still a long way off?Annual reports for 2005 must contain IAS-compliant comparative ...
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FeaturesCost model: Prefabrication and preassembly
How can prefabrication and preassembly deliver the buildings that clients and designers aspire to? In this cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest looks at case studies of recent applications of preassembly techniques
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Schofield Lothian's profit climbs 272%
Consultant Schofield Lothian's pre-tax profit for the year to 30 April 2001 rose 272% on the same period the previous year to £409,583.
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YJL turns round Allenbuild
Allenbuild has returned to profit eight months after it was acquired as a loss-maker by contractor YJL.
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Comment
Olympian folly
Everyone is so keen on a British Olympic bid that they're failing to ask whether London really wants to host the games – let alone whether it actually can
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FeaturesAction stations
The British Army is about as tough as clients get: complex, demanding, and heavily armed. Victoria Madine looks at how contractors can get a piece of its rapidly increasing capital budget, and on pages 45-46 Marcus Fairs interviews a general who's also a construction guru
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FeaturesThe mask of command
After an exemplary career in the military, Sir Antony Walker has taken up service with Aqumen. He tells Marcus Fairs some of his secrets of leadership.
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Comment
Joint roasting
Be wary of situations that may give rise to joint liability in due diligence work. If the other party can't pay its part, you could be landed with the whole lot
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Comment
Error of our ways
Surely some mistake? You bet – the construction industry makes them every day of the week. But the great thing about blunders is that they can be put right
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Comment
Ups and downs of LIFT
The Local Infrastructure Finance Trust aims to combine facilities for health and social services. But will the disparate local stakeholders unite under the LIFT banner?
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Let's ditch the JCT
Despite their ferocious complexity and bewildering draftsmanship, the industry is still clinging to JCT forms. There are alternatives, and we should use them