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Sir Steve Robson
This Treasury man has three years to change the way state and industry do business. Not everyone thinks he can. How on earth is he going to make it happen?
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Singular successes
First person London has a series of individual triumphs along its riverbank, but the overall effect lacks cohesion.
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Under £1m: Aston Martin Owners Club - Auto barn
A dilapidated 14th-century tithe barn may seem like an unlikely home for a classic-car club. But in Architecture plb’s design, modern minimalism and medieval austerity make for a surprisingly happy fit.
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The e-biz has landed
Brian Moran and Mark Suster reckon e-commerce can cut building cost 20%, and they’ve set up a web site to prove it. Will they be construction’s first Internet millionaires?
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As green as it gets
Self-sufficient for its supply of water, gas and electricity, this Millennium Commission-funded centre incorporates a variety of sustainable technologies.
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Morrison’s ripe banana
This is the latest dispatch from the battlefield that is adjudication enforcement. Morrison, back before the beak for a second time, tried to argue that there wasn’t even a dispute. Which brings us to bananas …
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The battle of Brompton
Contractor meets client, contractor sues client, client sues rest of the team: a typical story of multimillion-pound multiparty litigation – and how difficult it is to sort out. This is how one judge is going about it.
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Do you really want to know?
If you lose an adjudication, do you want to know why you lost? If you do, you have to agree to it before you get into the contract. Here are some things you should be aware of.
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Appointments
Contractors North Midland Building has promoted Mike Catlin to commercial director. John Latham has been promoted to contracts director.Hull-based PDR has appointed John White purchasing manager. Paul Uter has joined as project manager and Paul Charstone has been made project quantity surveyor. Peter Farnan has joined FM Contract Services, ...
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Services whole-life costs Air-conditioning
A new series on the lifespan costs of engineering services starts with a comparison of four air-conditioning systems.
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Cost study: Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre
Government, academia and business have come together to develop premises for start-up high-tech businesses in Plymouth. The alliance’s first building, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre, provides light and airy research and production units for £639/m2
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NAO queries role of best practice bodies
Watchdog questions the number of government-funded construction efficiency initiatives.
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Unipart called in to advise O’Rourke on productivity
Superstructure contractor in talks with car parts firm in bid to boost efficiency on Docklands tower block.
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Specialists £14m out of pocket at Braehead
Two specialists are understood to be owed a total of £14m for unpaid work at the Braehead shopping centre in Glasgow.Specialist contractors O’Rourke and Swift Structures are understood to be owed £10m and £4m respectively.The news follows the issuing of two separate writs against client Capital Shopping Centres for unpaid ...
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Bovis Lend Lease bags £2bn-plus deal
Bovis Lend Lease has landed its largest-ever contract, believed to be worth more than £2bn. It is a five-year deal to manage the retail outlet building programme for oil giant BP Amoco. The construction group will build more than 1300 new outlets across 15 countries over the next five years. ...
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Hadid wins £15m centre
Zaha Hadid Architects has won an international competition to design the £15m Wolfsburg Science Centre in Germany.The practice beat off 30 rival designs, including one from Wilkinson Eyre Architects. The 11 000 m2 building, due to be completed by the end of 2002, is across the River Aller from ...
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Revenue to take the heat off small companies
Firms with less than £5m turnover set to have their paperwork cut out for them by the taxman.
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Allott & Lomax merges with Babtie
Engineer Allott & Lomax has merged with technical and management consultant Babtie Group.Babtie has 2500 staff worldwide and Allott will add about 500 to create a 3000-strong group with an estimated annual turnover of £120m in 2000. The merged company will be called Babtie Group, but the Allott name will ...
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Schal set to lose construction director
Gareth Lewis tipped to join rival firm now the Royal Opera House is finished and other senior staff consider their positions.