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Subcontractors: risk dustbins
It appears to be a popular practice nowadays for main contractors to farm out risk along with the subcontract. The Construction Act provides some protection, but it may require further intervention.
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Expert advice
The role of the expert witness has changed dramatically since the Woolf reforms – more power, more responsibility. So, here’s a list of things to pack when the call comes.
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Tender price forecast
Labour shortages and workload growth pushed tender prices up 1.8% in the first quarter of 2000, and the upward trend is set to continue. by Davis Langdon & Everest
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Stressed to kill
The Institute of Management’s Karen Charlesworth looks at one of the UK’s biggest economic problems: work stress.
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Appointments
Contractors John Jackson has been appointed regional director of Alfred McAlpine. He will be responsible for the company’s civil engineering business in London and the South-east.South east-based Loweth has appointed Graham Scott managing director. He succeeds Stuart Redcliffe, who remains as chairman. Richard Baker has been appointed finance director and ...
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Scots MPs back £230m parliament
Miralles’ design gets the go ahead by 12 votes, averting £80m compensation claims from the project team.
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Three workers die in Hull building collapse
UCATT leader George Brumwell calls for more criminal prosecutions as HSE investigates accident.
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Alsop & Störmer wins £800m Dutch project
Architect Alsop & Störmer has won a competition to design an £800m mixed-use district in Rotterdam, writes Hannah Baldock.Alsop & Störmer’s appointment to masterplan the project, which is of a similar size to London’s Canary Wharf development, was announced on Wednesday. Client on the scheme is a joint venture between ...
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£49m PFI deal for Tilbury
Contractor Tilbury Douglas has won a £49m private finance initiative schools contract, the largest awarded in England. The Sheffield Schools Services consortium, formed by equity investors Tilbury Douglas and Innisfree, reached commercial close on the 25-year deal with Sheffield City Council last week. Financial close is still two months off, ...
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MDA bosses voted out in board coup
Former Taywood chief Castle is one of three now in charge of top 10 quantity surveyor after a vote of no confidence in two board directors.
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Raynsford tells industry to respect workforce
Construction minister urges industry to respect, recruit and retain staff as he launches construction week.
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Simms: City needs to back sustainability
Carillion chief executive Sir Neville Simms has warned that contractors will not be able to build in a sustainable way without the understanding and backing of the City.His comments were made on “Sustainability Day” of National Construction Week, which aimed to promote environment-friendly and socially responsible construction. Three separate reports ...
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Anti-cowboy pilot launched
Construction minister Nick Raynsford this week launched the first quality mark pilot scheme to tackle cowboy builders.He marked the start of National Construction Week by inviting firms in Birmingham to register for the scheme and undergo tests covering technical competence, financial probity and training. Companies can qualify for the quality ...
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Five designers picked for £1.5bn King’s Cross scheme
Allies and Morrison, Porphyrios, EDAW, Ove Arup and Townsend make the team for mega regeneration.
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Tender prices zoom back to boom levels
Rising labour costs have led to an unexpected surge in tender prices that has taken them above 1989 levels for the first time, according to the latest quarterly tender price survey from Davis Langdon & Everest. Data from the leading QS shows that tender prices rose 1.8% in the first ...
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Simons to go global with joint ventures
Contractor plans international alliances and is in talks with firms in Europe and the USA.
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Costain and Skanska head up north
Costain is planning to bid for large jobs in the Midlands and the north of England with shareholder and joint-venture partner Skanska. Costain, which until now has done most of its work with the Swedish contractor in south-east England, is already vying for contracts to redevelop Birmingham Bull Ring ...
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‘We don’t need to float to raise cash,’ says Miller boss
Miller group head Keith Miller has dismissed reports that the company is fixed on a stock market float next year. Reporting a 15% rise in pre-tax profit to £17m for the year to 31 December 1999, chief executive Miller said: “It is unlikely that we would want or need to ...
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Mowlem headhunts Morgan Sindall man
Game of musical chairs for top executives continues as managing director of Morgan subsidiary Stansell joins Mowlem to run southern division.
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John McCarthy steps down
John McCarthy, chairman of retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone, this week announced that he would be stepping aside at the end of the year when he unveiled a strong set of interim results. McCarthy, 60, will relinquish day-to-day control to chief executive Keith Lovelock from January 2001, but ...