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The selective approach
Prime contracting is a great idea, but only for projects that lend themselves to the approach. Not all do.
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Improved circulation
A trailblazing day hospital in London provides production-line treatment for patients. The building design by Avanti manages to reconcile an efficient layout with gracious architecture.
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Getting IT together
There is plenty of talk in construction about reaping the benefits of information technology, but rather less action. Now QS Gardiner & Theobald has taken up the gauntlet in Reading.
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Strawberry fields forever
At the home of the world s most prestigious tennis tournament, spectators were too preoccupied with strawberries, cream and Tim Henman to notice they were in the midst of a massive redevelopment to secure its future as a world-class venue.
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Location, location, location
A new green space for London capitalises on its Thames-side siting, its simple architectural forms allowing clutter-free views and acting as a magnet for housing developers.
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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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Raynsford heads guestlist at Commons reception
Senior industry figures join ministers and MPs at Building's 1999 Commons terrace reception.
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Tax rethink planned
Officials set to announce three-month moratorium on new scheme after talks with major contractors.
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Willmott Dixon aims for London interiors market
Contractor ploughs £2.5m into new firm Inspace and aims to build up turnover to £50m in four years.
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Erskine told to resign
Outgoing RIBA president David Rock has urged architect Ralph Erskine to resign from the £250m Greenwich Millennium Village. In a letter to Erskine dated 30 June, Rock said the RIBA supports the stand made by HTA Architects, Erskine s co-architect, which resigned from the project last week. Rock said the ...
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Pressure mounts for cowboys act
Chartered builders have backed consultants in calling for new statutory regulations to stamp out cowboy builders. In a submission to the government, the Chartered Institute of Building has echoed the Construction Industry Council s call (25 June) for the Construction Act and Building Regulations to be strengthened. The CIOB wants ...
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Fees attacked on £250m MPs’ building
Fees for consultants on the new £250m MPs building should be capped, says a new report. The study published last week by QS Northcroft said that fees for consultants on the project, which are currently calculated on a percentage basis, should be converted into lump sum payments. Fees paid ...
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‘I’m impressed,’ says Egan about industry progress
One year on from the launch of Rethinking Construction, Sir John Egan gives his annual report.
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Blair drives forward with six more PFI hospitals
Prime minister says yes to schemes in Leeds, Oxford, Portsmouth, Blackburn, Derby and Havering.