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Giving what it takes
The skills and qualities managing directors need are many and diverse. Andrew Sims reports back on a course that looks at what you need to succeed and how to spot room for improvement.
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Happy talking
Matthew Kyte, IT systems and communications manager at multidisciplinary consultant AYH, gives his verdict loud and clear on a revolutionary dictation suite from Philips.
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Whole-life cost model
The emergence of facilities management and PFI is making it vital for occupiers, developers and construction teams to consider how much a building will cost to occupy. This can be as much as 10 times the capital costs over a 25-year lifespan. This whole-life cost model compiled by Citex Professional ...
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FeaturesLord Rogers' urban revolution
The government taskforce charged with halting the decline of English cities has published its interim report. How will it go about its job?
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Firms hit by tough tax and risk rules
Inland Revenue to introduce early payments plan; code of governance to enforce clampdown on risk.
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Merged architects aim for overseas markets
Overseas expansion is a priority for the architectural practice formed out of the merger of Abbey Hanson Rowe and Holford Associates.The pair announced the merger deal, which will create a new top 10 practice, this week after nine months of talks.The practice, which will have 330 staff, will start trading ...
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Approved list firms halved
Constructionline, the government's list of contractors and consultants that is now run as a public-private partnership, has lost 5000 of the 11 000 firms on its database. By the 31 December 1998 deadline for firms to sign up to pay to remain on the register under the public-private system, fewer ...
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£2000 'golden handshake' for Jubilee Line sparks
Drake & Scull negotiating tax-free pay-off deal to speed up the £3.8bn Tube project.
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Try threatens to wind up 116-year-old Portsmouth FC
High Court hearing within a fortnight will consider winding-up request over unpaid £435 000 bill for stand.
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Crane to talk over MOD contracts
Construction Confederation chairman Alan Crane was on Wednesday due to meet defence minister John Spellar to discuss Ministry of Defence plans to introduce supply-chain contracting. Crane, who wrote to Spellar asking for clarification on the plans late last year, was expected to be given fuller details of an initiative that ...
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FMB cool on staged payments
The Federation of Master Builders has reacted coolly to an agreement reached between the Office of Fair Trading and a construction firm allowing the company to accept staged payments for home improvement work. Limelight, which includes Moben Kitchens and Portland Conservatories, has agreed to use contracts that allow clients to ...
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Bovis/Atkins team bids for hospital
New team makes Dudley shortlist despite collapse of merger talks.
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Wilkinson wins three Canary Wharf bridges
Working with engineer Jan Brobowski & Partners, architect scoops new road links in Docklands.
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Rogers taskforce set to call for fast-track planning
Urban taskforce interim report likely to recommend changes to speed up planning applications.
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Contractors to face legal action over Christmas pay
Firms' failure to pay operatives in line with European Union Working Time Directive to result in tribunals.
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Paul Shepherd heads industry gong list
Shepherd Building Group chairman and managing director Paul Shepherd, and director of architect Edward Cullinan Associates Robin Nicholson headed the list of construction industry figures recognised in the new year's honours list. Shepherd and Nicholson were awarded CBEs in recognition of their years of service to the construction industry through ...
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City claims Tarmac is back in merger talks
Analysts say Tarmac and Aggregate Industries have revived bid to create £1.8bn materials giant.
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Commercial property demand set to drop
The CBI and property consultant GVA Grimley have warned of a looming drop-off in confidence in the property sector. The latest CBI/GVA Grimley survey of 389 companies' property needs shows that demand for commercial property is holding up despite falling confidence in the rest of the economy. But CBI director ...
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Struggling Lovell suffers £3.2m loss
YJ Lovell has reported a £3.2m pre-tax loss for the year to 30 September 1998. The social housebuilder and construction group managed an operating profit of £238 000 compared with a £415 000 loss the year before but was hit by £3.5m in exceptional items. Chief among these was ...
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Tay Homes caught in takeover tug of war
areholder and rival housebuilder Sunley plans to eject Tay's management team after shares fell 20% during buoyant 1998.