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Putting the record straight
Ann Minogue recently criticised construction s Neanderthal attitude to legal reform. She pointed to an editorial comment in a law letter that urged parties to exclude from industry contracts legislation protecting the rights of third parties. This is the editors response.
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Change for the better
New tax rules may mean a one-off tax hit this year, but they also give smaller practices the chance to improve their management systems, and in doing so become more profitable.
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Spotlight on reinforced concrete frames
Mace continues its series on the lead times of trade packages, which are mostly unchanged or slightly shorter. John Gravett takes a closer look at enquiries, tenders and workloads for reinforced concrete frames.
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Appointments
Contractor Building, civil engineering and utilities contractor McNicholas has appointed Stas Chobrzynski personnel manager. Housing Nick Paul and Martin Foster have been appointed non-executive directors of Laing Homes. Housebuilder Charles Church has appointed Richard Breen construction director for its southern region. Robin Brown has been ...
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First Egan homes projects
The government s Housing Forum has confirmed its first tranche of Egan demonstration projects. The 18 schemes chosen include the Millennium Village in Greenwich, south-east London, and Samuel Lewis Housing Trust s 227-unit redevelopment of Nightingale Estate in Hackney, east London. To have schemes picked for demonstration project status, developers ...
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Tube consortia welcome bid rules
Announcement that consortia can win both bundles of deep-tunnel London Underground lines is greeted with enthusiasm.
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More gear up for MOD prime contracts
Mowlem and Building & Property restructure as firms jostle for ministry work.
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Profit halved at Allen contracting arm
Failure to follow proper tender procedures pushed operating profit at Allen's contracting arm down more than 50% to £1.73m for the year to 28 March 1999. Chief executive Ken Fox said that this led to the winning of too much low margin work profit fell despite turnover rising ...
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Atkins moves one step closer to one-stop dream
Multidisciplinary giant offers £50m for estate agent Lambert Smith Hampton.
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Beazer seals prefab deal
Beazer Partnership Homes is hoping to add £60m to its turnover over three years as a result of a scheme to build pre-erected houses with three housing associations. The Amphion Consortium, made up of associations from Hyde, Hastoe and Swale, has appointed Beazer preferred bidder to build 1000 new homes ...
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Tay revamp ‘not complete’
The restructuring that will push Tay Homes into the red this year is not complete by any stretch of the imagination , according to chief executive Bill Bannister. Bannister said the changes, which will see Tay write off £10m-12m in writedowns, reorganisation and redundancy costs for the year to ...
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Christiani sees turnover rise
Christiani & Nielsen recorded a 42% hike in group turnover to £115m in 1998 despite its Far Eastern business losing an estimated £60m in turnover and potential sales as a result of Asian flu. Pre-tax profit rose almost a third from £1.8m to £2.6m for the 12 months to 31 ...
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Jarvis shares crash by a third
Last-minute dispute with Railtrack over maintenance and track renewals wipes 35% off the share value of stock market darling.
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The Rogers report
The urban taskforce's findings will be out next week. How will Lord Rogers suggest our cities are revived? And will the government act on his recommendations?
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Meet the president
QS Simon Kolsar is taking over as head of the RICS at a time when the institution is reinventing itself to fit with an industry in the throes of radical change. What's his plan?
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Down with designers
Architects are arrogant and have poor management skills. So, why do we give them so much power?
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Coming in from the cold
The rouble fell off a cliff and took the Russian economy with it last year. This year, there are faint signs of life, and those UK firms that stayed may be rewarded. Meanwhile, Taywood and Skanska are on site at the UK's new Moscow embassy