All Features articles – Page 628
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Under siege
Concern is mounting across the industry over the Defence Estates prime contract. Accusations are flying that it is simply a way of offloading risk. Construction is gearing up to go to war.
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Who says Glasgow’s miles better?
Edinburgh’s waterfront development is steaming ahead while arch-rival Glasgow struggles to stay in contention.
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The future’s now
How the next 20 years pan out for construction depends on what the industry does today – a government consultation paper, Building Our Future, gives us the chance to consider the opportunities and the risks.
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ADR: Pressure points
It’s a good bet that any whiff of coercion in an ADR procedure will give rise to a human rights defence.
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Appointments
ContractorsAndrew White, managing director of special projects at Alfred McAlpine, has joined the company’s board as an executive director. Christopher Collins, chairman of Hanson, has been made a non-executive director. Richard Clay has been promoted to surveying director at Hertfordshire-based Ashe Construction. Andrew Morris has become commercial director. David Ainge ...
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Arbitration: The problem of free will
If the act does give ammunition to disgruntled losing parties, arbitration is in big trouble. But does it?
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The bluffer’s guide to urban design
Urban design is more than a buzzword – it’s a growth market for consultants and local government. Here’s who’s doing it and how you can win a piece of the pie.
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Bonny on the Clyde
Glasgow's riverside science park has just become home to Britain's first titanium-clad buildings and a 104 m tower with a twist. The visitors are queuing up, and it isn't even open.
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Planning: More complications
Will carrying out a human rights audit become a standard part of planning procedures?
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PFI: When is a contractor like a council?
Answer: when it’s working for a public authority – which creates a new set of risks for PFI contracts …
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What is Ken doing to London?
“We are the genesis generation. There will never be a first assembly, a first mayor or first deputy mayor again, so we have this huge responsibility to shape the whole structure of the GLA and the framework for policy in action,” says deputy London mayor Nicky Gavron. Perched on a ...
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Spirit level
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose explains how spending a few days shivering in a forest will work wonders for your team’s morale.
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Radiating wisdom
Construction firms don’t have to keep their employees in the dark or bury them under paperwork. They can disseminate vast quantities of information via intranets.
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The ABC of B2B
Do you know your ADSL from your ISP? Or are you just confused by all the jargon surrounding business-to-business e-commerce? Our glossary of crucial phrases will help you chat with confidence.
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The never-ending story of Terminal 5
Legend has it that the unfortunate Greek messenger Phidippides collapsed and died of exhaustion after completing the first marathon. The team working on Heathrow’s Terminal 5, however, are more likely to die of old age before the £1bn project is finished: a decade on from the start line, not a ...
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Forget Sydney, it’s the construction Olympics
Construction has always been competitive, but some of its struggles have been truly Olympian. So, on your marks …
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Plucky Scots land football’s top prize
The plucky Scots, so often football’s heroic failures, have swept to victory against all the odds after the much-fancied Millennium Dome flopped early in the tournament, having failed to get the crowd behind it.The Parly is a deserving victor, having kept the local crowd on its toes ever since the ...
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Foster’s wobble lets in Libeskind
As usual, the critics were divided over Daniel Libeskind’s presentation. The skewed asymmetrical lines of his Spiral routine grated on traditionalists, who felt it lacked the grace and fluidity of traditional floor routines. They likened Libeskind’s performance to a pile of boxes tumbling – an accolade that would flatter few ...