All Features articles – Page 632
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It’s all in the timing
The Working Time Regulations may defend workers’ rights, but they were badly drafted, overlong and full of holes. Now, the DTI has tried to correct these problems with a new guidance document.
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Do prime numbers add up?
Prime contracts promise much for contractors: better margins for a longer period, repeat work with a reliable client – and a significant increase in liability. Here’s why.
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Appointments
Contractors Henry Keenan, formerly of Posford Duvivier, has been appointed business development manager at Wrekin Construction. Steve Knapper has been promoted to chief estimator. Tony Moss has joined the Midlands region as contracts manager.May Gurney has appointed Norman Gautrey , formerly with Mowlem, divisional director in Cambridge.HousebuildersBeazer Group has promoted ...
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Jarvis: The art of the graceful plunge
The undisputed king of the share dive – one of the most hotly contested events in the industry Olympics – has to be Jarvis, whose manager is Paris Moayedi. After concerns that Railtrack was looking for ways to peg back its margins, the firm blew the opposition away with a ...
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The best laid plans
A well-drafted business plan isn’t just something banks want to see before they give you a loan – it’s a valuable tool, which, if carefully put together, can form the heart of your strategy.
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Contracting in cyberspace
Although contracts transacted over the Internet are no different from traditional ones, you should take precautions to avoid potential disputes over when and where an e-contract was formed.
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The final straw
Your chances of overturning a final settlement once it has been signed are pretty limited, particularly if you’re seeking adjudication in a dispute that is not directly related to the contract.
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Nick Grimshaw
Architecture is a tricky game. Even this key figure in British hi-tec, the designer of stunning buildings around the world, has had to cope with bad publicity and the rise of the Zaha Hadid generation. So how does he continue to play it so well?
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Just the job
Environmental consultant Nerida Robinson tells Susan Rice about recycling plastic cups and her passion for horses.
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The man who saved the Leaning Tower of Pisa
London academic John Burland has spent the past 10 years on the toughest job in construction. Here’s how he stopped the Italian landmark collapsing without destroying that famous lean.
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Ray of light
A glorious glazed dome is the centrepiece of Manchester Corn Exchange's rebirth as a chic shopping centre.
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Modern manners
Ian Simpson Architects has transformed an ornate stone Victorian warehouse into Manchester's classiest apartment block. Its design is both stylish and well-mannered.
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Wheel sails over obstacles
“Good afternoon and welcome to another exciting round of construction hurdles. The two competitors today started their careers as millennium projects?” “That’s right, Brian, both in honour of the three big zeros.”“And it looks like being an exciting race, Brian, although I don’t think the result’s really in much doubt. ...
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… and how much does it cost?
Transplanting Dutch housebuilding techniques to British soil could mean cost savings of up to 15% – but only if certain conditions are observed.
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Amsterdam quays
Whereas the city of Rotterdam is regenerating its docklands as a multi-use extension of the city centre, Amsterdam is redeveloping its eastern harbour purely as housing. And mainly yuppie housing at that, with loft-style apartments and even more stylish owner-developer town houses. Java and Borneo are the most recent of ...
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Appointments
ContractorTaylor Woodrow has appointed Jeremy Sampson group general counsel. He will be responsible for legal services.HousebuilderStamford Homes has appointed David Connolly land director at its head office in Peterborough.Consultants Turner & Townsend has promoted Mike Moore to director of its operation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Project manager and quantity surveyor ...
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The RIBA bites back
Robert Akenhead’s last article (“Who’d employ an architect”, 28 July), was a root-and-branch attack on the RIBA’s new standard contract, which, he argued, unreasonably limited an architect’s liabilities and heaped obligations on the client. Here, two members of the institute give their response.
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Thinking big
An interest in large-scale urban design took young architect S333 from London to Amsterdam. Six years on, directors Barton Hamfelt and Jonathan Woodroffe say they’ve landed on their feet.
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Cost model: Commercial research laboratories
It has been decided that UK plc’s economic wellbeing depends on its scientific base, so billions of pounds of investment are being poured into it. The snag for construction is that labs are unlike other buildings. So, in this month’s cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest looks at what goes ...
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Getting even
Some councils charge firms a fee every time they put up a hoarding in a street. Cowboys, of course, don’t tell the council and don’t pay. Under the best value rules, this has to stop – but will councils apply them?