All Features articles – Page 618
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Pane barrier
Transforming the bold, irregular curves of Foster and Partners' GLA building into simple, flat glazing panels meant double geometry for the design team.
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The away game
In the third article on the FIDIC suite of international forms, they are found wanting when it comes to recovery of costs because of incidents outside contractors control.
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Appointments
Contractors Midas Construction has appointed Nigel Tiffin, previously with EBC Building and Maintenance, senior estimator. David Tennant has been appointed group environmental manager at MJ Gleeson. Housebuilders Steve Wiseman has been promoted to Scottish regional managing director at housebuilder McCarthy & Stone. Alistair Hare has been promoted to group commercial ...
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Ideas above its station
Walsall's landmark bus station does a lot more than shield passengers from the rain. It makes double-decker travel glamorous.
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Nature studies
It might resemble a medieval hill village encircled by meadow, but this is Arup Associates' bold take on student accommodation. Are they experts in this field?
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Show me the money
As you’ll be aware, adjudication is a cheap way to resolve disputes. One reason for this is that parties may try to avoid paying the adjudicator’s fee. This is upsetting for the adjudicator, but what can be done about it?
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Shoes made for walking
Once upon a time a third-party beneficiary was unable to sue. Not any more. The implications of the “shoe borrower’s act”, in terms of supply chain litigation, for instance, could be far reaching.
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Just the job
Antony Akilade meets the chief executive of Schofield Lothian, the construction consultancy with a global outlook.
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Judging the design judges
Stuart Lipton’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment has been reviewing projects and educating clients for nine months. Is it making Britain better designed?
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CyberHype.com?
Portals dedicated to UK construction are jockeying for position on the Internet. But can they deliver what they promise – and does the industry really want them anyway?
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Whole-life cost model
Reduced life costs can prove a useful selling point when renting out industrial buildings. Citex looks at some of the ways developers are making industrial units more cost-effective to run and details the capital and maintenance costs for a typical unit.
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Brownfieldsites.com: Sites and skills on-line
Brownfieldsites.com, which goes on-line later this month, is a specialist web site that carries information on sites along with details of companies and professionals that can help develop them. The web site is the brainchild of developer Ian Humphreys, who says the idea grew out of a frustrating experience he ...
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Certa: Taking the risk out of the brownfield quagmire
Certa is the underwriting agent for Allianz Cornhill’s contaminated land insurance policy and provides cover for the risks associated with developing brownfield sites.Environmental risks expose developers to liability that is difficult to quantify. Since 1 April, local authorities have had to produce a strategy for regular inspection of contamination. The ...
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Why Arup reinvented the Arabian tower
A wind tower and solar walls form part of an innovative passive solar energy system drawn up by Arup Associates as part of its competition-winning scheme for the new student village in Durham.
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Appointments
Contractors Midlands-based Weaver has promoted Jason Giles to contract manager and Scott Bryan to senior surveyor. Paul Cooke has joined Higgins Construction to develop partnering, best value and long-term project maintenance contracts. Karen Hawes has joined Henry Boot Developments as regional development manager ...
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Chase Moulande: All the people you need
The regeneration division of south London-based recruitment agency Chase Moulande provides personnel who have brownfield development skills. Launched in 1997, the division has 5000 clients and 1600 applicants on its books. Clients range from local authorities, housing associations, New Deal partnerships, regional development agencies and economic development consultancies to specialist ...
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And rough justice for all
In the third article in our series on dispute resolution methods, we consider how adjudication has borne out the hopes of Sir Michael Latham – and the fears of many construction lawyers.
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Where there’s muck…
A host of new companies have spotted the niche for services in the regeneration sector. Here are three that are making dosh from dirt by easing developers’ headaches.
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What’s it worth, Guv?
If work is done in the absence of a contract, then whoever did it ought to get paid. Fair enough – but can a contractor exploit this situation to make a fat profit?