All Features articles – Page 635
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Tender price forecast
Tender prices continue to be driven up by labour costs, although prices are not seeing the steep increases of the previous two quarters. Margins throughout the supply chain have improved.
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WAP to the future
Mobile phones are as ubiquitous as hard hats and muddy boots these days. But a new generation using WAP technology is set to extend their role and introduce the m-commerce era.
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The lying game
Angela Baron of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development on how to spot CVs that are full of porkies.
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The Lord's test
It's a far cry from the leather-and-willow image of cricket, but Future Systems' media centre has already become part of the Lord's scenery. The question is, do Aggers, Blowers et al like it?
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Shed Zeppelin
The blimp is back. A German firm has plans to revive the airship in the form of a fleet of huge cargo carriers. And, of course, colossal gasbags need an even bigger hangar to be built in. The problems were, well, vast.
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40 under forty
Meet the future of the industry. These are 40 of the bright young professionals who will be shaping construction in the 21st century. We’ve omitted those thirtysomethings already running large firms, such as Oliver Jones of Citex and Bovis Lend Lease’s Ross Taylor, and no doubt there are others we ...
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One rule for them …
If a contractor is late, it gets thumped with liquidated damages. If a consultant is late, it’s difficult to do anything at all. So, perhaps we should make both subject to the same rules. But which ones?
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Appointments
Contractors Try Construction has promoted Graeme Culliton and David Smith to construction directors. Construction services group Allen has appointed David Wallis as a non-executive director. Pearce Group has appointed Rob Bradley managing director of its construction arm, CH Pearce. Mike Drysdale takes over as managing director of Crest Construction Management.Yorkon ...
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Back to Latham
Adjudication seems to be failing in one of its key objectives: to improve site relations. Perhaps this is because one of its key uses, set out in the Latham report, is being ignored.
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The battle for brownfield
The government’s brownfield policy is under siege. Last week, Lord Rogers launched an attack on its lack of progress; this week, parliament said he was right. Meanwhile, housebuilders struggle with the torpid planning system to deliver urban dwellings.
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What counts as bias?
Which of the following constitutes bias in an arbitrator? a) A non-executive directorship with a rival, b) Shares in one of the parties, c) Strong published opinions. (Answers below.)
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Feel the difference
The fact that no two projects are the same needs to be reflected in the contractual documents, including the specification. It doesn’t always happen that way, though.
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The easier way out
Being made redundant or having to do it to others is never nice, but it can be made easier.
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Fuels paradise
Thanks to the deregulation of the utilities, housebuilders can save money, make their developments more attractive to buyers and be green as well.
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Life saving
High quality for low cost was the brief for a £125m PFI hospital. For Kvaerner’s facilities management team, that meant planning 30 years of operation before a brick was laid.
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The new west
Readers were treated to a preview of Bristol’s three new lottery projects, which opened yesterday, organised by Building and Corus. While the visitor attractions are impressive, it’s the open spaces around them that holds it all together.
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Can you sue the referee?
In its subcontracts, Mowlem insists that a barrister from a particular chambers is used. When the other party put its own man in, Mowlem threatened to sue him. What happened next?
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It’s a small world
Christian Spencer-Davies makes a living building diminutive versions of architects’ visions. It’s a life of long hours, difficult customers and little or no recognition. Why does he do it?
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It’s payback time
The payment mechanisms in most subcontracts do not meet the standards set by the Construction Act. Here’s an argument to prove that, and a warning to contractors if they don’t take it on board.
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Let’s be cynical …
Partnership agreements are getting legal teeth. This may sound like a good idea in theory, but it is bound to cause confusion and undermine the worthy aims of the partnership ideal in practice.