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Readers offer: a free tour of @Bristol
Readers are invited to take part in a special pre-opening tour of @Bristol the city s most exciting new development of the year. The visit, which has been organised by Corus and Building, will include Wilkinson Eyre s Explore project, which has interactive scientific displays, and Wildscreen, the ...
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Allies and Morrison to win slice of Manchester flagship
Architect expected to beat four rivals to 12 000 m 2 office and retail building in £500m city-centre regeneration.
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Cut minister’s planning powers, say Tories
Shadow environment spokesman Archie Norman has called for the abolition of the secretary of state s power to intervene in planning decisions. The proposal is contained in a draft document due to be published next month that outlines Conservative Party policy on planning and housebuilding. Former Asda boss Norman has ...
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Scots Housing Forum tells firms to Eganise or lose out
New taskforce says housebuilders risk losing business to firms that use benchmarking to prove efficiency.
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European output growth set to slow
Euroconstruct forecasts that output growth will fall from 3.1% in 2000 to 1.7% in 2002.
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Jarvis brushes aside City takeover rumours
Contractor denies it is vulnerable as chief executive insists his management team is the best for the job.
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MDA abandons central London HQ
Quantity surveyor MDA is closing its central London office and moving the staff to its base in Croydon, Surrey. The move from Portland House, Victoria, is almost complete, with the last of the 150 staff leaving today. STG, the investment firm that owns 29.75% of MDA, is known to have ...
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Balfour in major PFI push
Balfour Beatty plans to bid for five of the 10 major private finance initiative hospitals and all four roads in the next round of PFI contracts. The hospitals include the £250m Royal London, the £220m Walsgrave in Coventry and a £177m scheme in Derby. The firm revealed its plans at ...
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Showdown at Spaghetti Junction
One-third of West Midlanders say they ve been ripped off, the press is going bananas and everybody wants government action. So, a perfect place to test the quality mark. Will it pass?
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The Birmingham firm that won the first quality mark
Millman Group is the first Birmingham firm to win the quality mark. Construction minister Nick Raynsford gratefully awarded the certificate at last week's Interbuild conference to manager Rebekah Millman. Raynsford and Millman also did an impromptu interview with local radio legend Ed Doolan on BBC Radio WM. Director David Millman ...
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Hats off to Fez
First person Two communities: a medieval Arabian labyrinth or ideal American exurbs. Which has the most to teach the UK?
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Ideas above its station
Walsall's landmark bus station does a lot more than shield passengers from the rain. It makes double-decker travel glamorous.
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Pane barrier
Transforming the bold, irregular curves of Foster and Partners' GLA building into simple, flat glazing panels meant double geometry for the design team.
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Think thin
Every millimetre of space is at a premium in the City of London, so thinner walls can mean big gains for property developers. As MEPC proved, that can be a delicate balancing act
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Mix and match
The team building Glaxo SmithKline s headquarters in west London uses more than its fair share of data exchange technology. Its IT system combines CD-ROMs, an extranet and a technical drawings network.
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Pebbles that spell trouble
Remember the shoe borrower s act from last week? An ambitious attempt to protect the rights of third parties, it can hinge on opinions about intention and that could be a problem.
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Dealing with divorce
Clients fire consultants with the most threadbare excuses, in a way that would be inconceivable with contractors. So perhaps it s time for them to get tough and start insisting on termination fees.
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The away game
In the third article on the FIDIC suite of international forms, they are found wanting when it comes to recovery of costs because of incidents outside contractors control.
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Clash points
The benefits of involving specialists early in the design process are huge. Savings of up to 60% can be made. But clients are reluctant. Why is this? Are they being poorly advised and what are they afraid of?
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Clash points
Experienced clients have been involving specialists early for over a decade. It s the inexperienced customers that rely on the advice of consultants and might not be fully aware of the benefits.