All Features articles – Page 625
-
Features
Designed out of the picture
A recent court case upheld the original intent behind JCT insurance provisions, leaving the designers vulnerable to liability for the employer s insured losses.
-
Features
Early days
Mace s human resources director tells you how to make new employees feel welcome on their first day and beyond.
-
Features
Remote control
Need some stone but can t face tramping around distant quarries? Soon you ll be able to pick rock from the comfort of your office, thanks to the wonders of mobile technology.
-
Features
A fishy business
A recent marine law arbitration case that originated in the USA and concluded in the UK has some valuable lessons for construction lawyers involved in disputes beyond British borders.
-
Features
Brighton
Brighton distinguishes itself from the kiss-me-quick, donkey-riding image of more traditional resorts by being more of a city by the sea. The past five years have seen an ongoing programme to transform the seafront with a mix of public and private funding. One major development in the early stages of ...
-
Features
Bournemouth
What was once a genteel seaside town in a quiet bay has transformed itself in the past 10 years into a mecca of clubs and bars to rival Brighton. The council s latest idea to banish the town s Costa Geriatrica image is to make it the UK ...
-
Features
Big dipper
The Commonwealth's best swimmers will be competing in Manchester's new aquatics centre in the 2002 games. Its record-breaking four pools in an awkward central site will make a splash with the locals, too.
-
Features
We do like to be beside the seaside
British beach holidays used to look like this. Now, buoyed by bundles of regeneration cash, resort towns are more likely to use sailing academies, arts centres, bars, shops and restaurants to get visitors singing that tune.
-
Features
Appointments
Contractors Galliford Northern has appointed Nigel Jennison business development manager to expand the division s construction business. Peter Gillespie joins as marketing manager. Builder and developer TA Fisher has promoted Bob Price to the new role of commercial director. Winchester-based Wilding Butler Construction has appointed Nick Sellick to the board ...
-
Features
Adjudication in drag
Some adjudicators seem to be suffering from judgitis , lording it over cases like Gilbert and Sullivan parodies. They could do worse than imbibe recent sobering guidance from Judge Lloyd.
-
Features
The difference Brown’s billions will make
The government has made it clear that public housing is top of its 'to do' list - it will spend £2.5bn on it by 2004. So, is the industry about to enjoy a slap-up feast at the chancellor's expense?
-
Features
Where Woolf is wrong
Lord Woolf will make a fine Lord Chief Justice but he s just plain mistaken about the single expert witness in construction disputes. It does not speed up the process, and it makes it more expensive.
-
Features
Value-added tactics
Local authorities are constantly expected to prove their best-value credentials through a stringent review process, so it s only fair that private contractors in a PFI project also toe the line.
-
Features
Stepping out in style
Unlovely off-the-peg PVCu patio doors have long been the ugly duckling of exterior design. Now, Buro Happold plans to give them the looks of a swan with performance to match.
-
Features
The new Manchester?
A blizzard of regeneration projects including a £500m retail scheme is set to transform Liverpool s city centre and give it the chance to get one up on its larger northern neighbour.
-
Features
Object lesson
Object software will soon be taking some of the donkey work out of specification. Just imagine having every single bit of information you need at your fingertips
-
Features
Trouble glazing
The DETR's proposals to revamp Part L are putting the pressure on window designers, makers and installers. How can glazing become more thermally efficient?
-
Features
John Gains
The man who put Mowlem back in profit is stepping into Sir Martin Laing’s shoes as the new president of the Construction Confederation – but is he straight-talking enough for the job?
-
Features
The best of three
When a contractor tried to stop an adjudication by questioning the referee s jurisdiction, the judge knocked down its arguments one by one, but it was the last that proved most interesting.