All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 459
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Construction Act review was a ‘missed opportunity' says Pollock
While advances in improving payment in the construction industry have been made, ECA director David Pollock believes more could have been achieved in the recent government-backed review of the Construction Act.
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SEC acquisitions continue
Southern Electric Contracting (SEC) has acquired Yorkshire-based plumbing and heating contractor Harrison Smith (Batley).
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Archive TitlesTactical switch
In a match-up that mirrors last week's Six Nations contest, the Welsh Assembly appears to have emerged victorious against its counterpart north of the border. The Assembly and the Scottish Parliament kicked off at the same time and two years on both were heading for disaster. One of them, however, ...
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Archive TitlesProject of the week
World Headquarters for the Royal Bank of Scotland, Gogarburn, Edinburgh
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Management
Large projects can easily go pear-shaped - robust programme management is the way to make sure they don't
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Legal
The Public Contracts Regulations bring in new rules for public procurement - you mean you didn't know? Get reading
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Archive TitlesFrom where I'm sitting …
Why should investors put their money into regeneration projects?
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It's the hip thing to do
Like it or not, Home Information Packs are on the way and developers had better get with it. Here's one cool guide to help you on your way …
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Our great industry has a tiger by the tail
Grupo Ferrovial, the smoking ban, universities and Lord Byron. All get a mention this week in the latest blogs from Elvin Box…
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Archive TitlesWay to go
The Northern Way was launched two years ago with the aim of bridging the £29bn wealth gap between the north and the south of England. But has the real gap been between rhetoric and action?
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Get with the programme
Tony Caletka argues that despite the powerful software available, instinct, honesty and trust should play their part in contract administration. He also looks at the subtle differences in contract wording regarding EOT entitlements
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Archive TitlesThe new Ford focus
As English Partnerships chairman Margaret Ford prepares for next month's MIPIM, she tells Josephine Smit about the challenges ahead - including looking at some fresh ideas for infrastructure.
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DTI spots signs of life
Further signs that the construction industry is pulling out of its slowdown have emerged, including new life in the commercial sector
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Double glazing: HBG starts on two London schemes
Contractor HBG is working on two major projects in central London that will both boast strikingly glazed entrances.
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Archive TitlesJust what the doctors ordered
Cash is about to start pouring out of hospitals and into ‘one stop shops' where health meets social care and the public and private sectors join forces to deliver services. As Swanke Hayden Connell Architects explains, mixed-use health projects call for new models of integrated development
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Archive TitlesQSs should develop own eco tools
An architect has called on QSs and project managers to work harder to make construction projects environmentally sound
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Durnien.com opens in Derry
Belfast QS company Durnien.com is expanding with a second office, a recruitment drive and plans to double last year's profit
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Defuzzing lifecycle costs
It's good to see a degree of consistency being introduced with regard to whole life and life cycle costing.