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Blue heaven
Bluewater may be the last of the mammoth out-of-town shopping centres, but its classy interiors set new standards for smaller, town-centre malls across the UK.
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Secret services
How did architect Hawkins/Brown and services engineer Atelier Ten install cabling and ducting in a listed Victorian manor house without ruining its character?
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How to do adjudication
Two books on the Construction Act. Both helpful and well researched. But whereas the first gets an unconditional thumbs-up, the second has been partly overtaken by events.
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Don't ignore the formalities
Failure to stick to the precise procedural requirements of termination clauses in commercial contracts can have dire legal consequences. What can you do to reduce the risk ?
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Timely reminder
A recent decision on the Working Time Regulations 1998 confirms employees' right to do no more than a 48-hour week, unless they opt out.
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Tender price forecast
As the Far Eastern economic crisis recedes, the outlook for construction does not look as bleak as it did six months ago. Tender prices also likely to creep up, pushed by rises in wages, materials prices and workload.
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Just the job
Try Construction's hard-working commercial director tells Jane Garwood about his ambitious plans to improve the business and his motorbike.
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Appointments
Contractor Mark Roberts has been appointed managing director of Redruth-based Lark Construction. Kent-based Crispin & Borst has promoted Jim Menzies to estimating director. Consultants Amanda Harvey and Patricia Nathan-Amissah have been promoted to partners in the commercial litigation department of solicitor ...
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Appointments
Contractor Clugston Construction has appointed Peter Deakin director of its southern operation. Matthew Mercer and Anne Pugh have been made regional managers and Peter Dobson has become marketing manager for the region.Consultants Civil and structural consulting engineer Thorburn Colquhoun has promoted Colin McPherson to associate director.Peter ...
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New, improved National Construction Week
Are you ready? National Construction Week, such a risible non-event in October 1997, has a fresh start on Monday. This time, the week will last five days, not 10 (ouch) and there s stacks of sponsorship. After all the television exposés on cowboy builders and the millennium project ...
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Police probe £125m Drake & Scull JLE bid
Detectives raid M&E firm's offices and arrest former director in Jubilee Line contract investigation.
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Construction orders plummet in first quarter
Infrastructure sector hardest hit as new orders drop 26% on last three months of 1998.
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PFI teams shocked as Home Office rebids 1996 project
Jarvis, Bovis and Bradman teams may seek compensation after being asked for "single-decant" schemes.
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Union slams majors' employment practices
Senior Unison official threatens to weed out PFI bidders with poor employment records.
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South Bank shortlist
Four architects have been shortlisted to design a masterplan for London's South Bank Centre arts complex. The four chosen from the initial list of 13 are Jeremy Dixon.Edward Jones, Michael Hopkins and Partners, Rick Mather and Associates and Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Frank Duffy, chairman of DEGW ...
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Report praises industry progress
Overall clinet satisfaction with the construction industry is improving, says a report for next week's National Construction Week. Called The Improving Performance of the UK Construction Industry,* the report will be launched by construction minister Nick Raynsford on Monday. It says clients are 16% more satisfied with main contractors' performance ...
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Housebuilder league mooted
The National House Building Council may introduce league tables of housebuilders along the lines of the government rankings for hospitals and schools. The idea to create a national league is thought to have been suggested to the NHBC by the DETR as part of its quest to improve consumer protection. ...
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Bovis to build SmithKline HQ
A team that includes Bovis and developer Stanhope has been named preferred bidder to fund, build and operate a £135m headquarters for pharmaceuticals giant SmithKline Beecham. The team, which also includes investment bank Schroders, pipped Amec to the project. Mowlem, with developer Heron, finished third. Development Securities/Mace came fourth. The ...
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Firm uses loophole in Scots adjudication
Judge cuts award against Rentokil Initial after company issues "arrestment order" to freeze payment.