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BAA to boost construction spend
BAA says it will continue to increase its construction spend by about 6% a year, despite a drive to cut its number of framework suppliers. The airport operator spent £467.4m on its construction programme in the 12 months to 31 March 1998, a rise of 6% on its £440.5m capital ...
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BMF to put list on-line
The Builders Merchants Federation is set to launch an Internet database of materials and products. Suppliers will pay to have their product ranges, including prices, descriptions and specifications, listed on e-Xact, which can be updated by the suppliers. The cost of subscribing to the database will depend on the firm's ...
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Costain wins appeal over worker's status
Court rules that sacked agency safety representative was not an employee of the contractor and so cannot claim unfair dismissal.
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Three shortlisted for £20m Brighton PFI library
South coast council wants mixed-use development along the lines of Covent Garden.
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Try delisting rumours see shares rise
Management buyout speculation is catalyst for 12% rise in contractor s share value.
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Management team wins battle for Cala
Miller Group gave up its struggle for control of Cala this week after a raid by Cala management secured a 47% stake in the company. The long-running battle reached its climax when Miller offered to sell its 6% stake, which gave the management team control of the Scottish housebuilder. It ...
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Aukett proposes to expand tenfold
UK s largest quoted architect reveals ambitious plans to increase market capitalisation from £5m to £50m in five years.
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Big in Japan
The land of the rising sun is gearing up to launch its own private finance initiative bill this summer and British firms with experience of the PFI could find it wins them a place in a new market.
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Outlaw cowboys, say homeowners
A national registration scheme, an ombudsman and a law banning unqualified builders. According to an NOP poll, that's how the public would deal with cowboys.
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Prudence is back in town
First person Self-regulation is the best regulation and the anti-cowboy taskforce report is the industry putting its own house in order.
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Construction's £100m tax demand
This August, general contractor Les Winter will charge £9000 to install a central heating system rather than £8000 the difference between what a large subcontractor would charge and a one-man band. The reason for this 12.5% rise is not a forthcoming surge in materials prices, nor a ...
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Loser takes all
A new court procedure caps the amount of legal costs the winner of a case can claim. That s not such good news for winners or for their lawyers, so why not write and tell the Lord Chancellor so?
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Here be monsters
The requirements of North Sea oil extraction have given rise to contract clauses that try to limit what can be claimed for variations. As Amec found, they can be horribly hard to understand, let alone apply.
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A miss is as good as a mile
A contractor missed the time limit for serving an arbitration notice by a week. The court took a strict line, and refused to grant an extension.
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Slipping the choke chain
Pressure on the carotid artery can render a person unconscious in less than 10 seconds; withholding payment has a similar effect on subcontractors. So, if you do, you better be acting in good faith
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Materials life costs
The second in Building's series of whole-life costs for materials focuses on PVCu, steel and aluminium windows.
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Speak for yourself
Mary Lou Hayes of the property and construction division of Alexander Hughes Selection explains how a second language can boost your career.
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Appointments
Consultants Lorien Engineering Solutions has appointed Phil Colquhoun project manager. John Dilley has joined the firm as a senior engineer in the utilities engineering department. Matt McCleish has been made process engineer; Steve Bailey has been appointed packaging engineer and Jonathan Cruse and Andrew Kilford ...