All Features articles – Page 623
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Bouygues reconsidered
You'll know about the Bouygues case, the one where the adjudicator got his sums wrong and the court enforced anyway. Well, you may be interested to know that that wasn't what happened at all …
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Change at the top
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose explains how to get a new boss settled in without hassle.
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Spotlight on stone cladding
Lead times The overall lead time for panellised stone cladding was 41 weeks in the third quarter, a figure that has not changed since the fourth quarter of 1999.However, the lead time is likely to be a month or so longer for a complex facade, even if the design is ...
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Message to deliver
For new Construction Confederation chief Stephen Ratcliffe, focusing on external issues is the best way to unite its members.
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The design of risk
Thinking of a venture into the public-private battlefield? In the first of a series of articles on PFI, find out how your contract can protect you in the skirmishes over design.
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The return of the dragon
Frightened by the handover to China and weakened by Asia's flu, it's been a rough few years for Hong Kong. Now it's back in business like never before.
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Sandbags are not enough
Climate change will happen whatever cuts are made to greenhouse gases, and that means floods, driving rain, mass subsidence – and a whole different way of building.
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Meet the expert
Tapping into the huge pool of information available from its magazines and databases, Building's publisher this month launches a huge new portal. Here's what to expect …
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Lead times
Mace tracks the lead times of 38 works packages and, Gardiner & Theobald takes a closer look at enquiries, orders and tenders in the stone cladding market.
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Seeking Western wisdom
Hong Kong's construction industry is still feeling the effects of last year's high-rise public housing scandal. The story began when the wrong type or wrong length of piles were found under two blocks owned and managed by the Hong Kong government's housing authority.In one of the blocks at Sha Tin, ...
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Wrapped up warm
Rockwool's R&D building near Copenhagen uses cutting-edge technology to meet likely Danish energy regulations in 50 years' time. Guess what they used for the insulation …
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The chickens fight back
Tony Bingham believes that Discain won't make a huge difference to the adjudication system. Not so, says Ann Minogue: the case will spawn a host of further challenges to adjudicators' decisions.
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Bilbao spreads its wings
Santiago Calatrava's spectacular airport is the resurgent Spanish city's latest architectural icon. We revisit Gehry's Guggenheim, the building that started it all.
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Cost model: Convention centres
A convention centre is a major asset to the economy of its host city, drawing well-stuffed wallets within the reach of local businesses. Davis Langdon & Everest looks at how to build a successful centre.
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Products of change
As the potential for e-commerce continues to grow, suppliers are facing a world of change in the way they do business – and, as a recent DETR report warns, not exploiting what the web has to offer could be fatal.
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Check out the policy
How can it be that a client ends up out of pocket when a subcontractor causes a fire on site? Someone wasn't paying close enough attention to the insurance clauses.
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Clash points
Defence Estates created prime contracting to integrate its supply chain and build strong teams. But can major contractors adjust to the culture of co-operation and equality that the new regime will rely on?
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Clash points
Rudi misses the point of prime contracting. It means that most main contractors are subcontractors, too. In any case, as the ultimate holder of risk, it will be in the prime contractor's interests to create a supportive team.
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The costcutter
This man is one of the most powerful people in construction. Some of the biggest clients in the industry do what he says. But who is Deryk Eke?
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The problem of existence
If you sign a letter of intent with a company that doesn't exist, do £1m of work and then it all falls through, whom, if anyone, can you sue? Architect HOK found out after it took on a job in Hanover.