All Features articles – Page 643
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Stressed to kill
The Institute of Management’s Karen Charlesworth looks at one of the UK’s biggest economic problems: work stress.
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Tender price forecast
Labour shortages and workload growth pushed tender prices up 1.8% in the first quarter of 2000, and the upward trend is set to continue. by Davis Langdon & Everest
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Will they fly this time?
Forget what happened last time: BAA’s second-generation framework agreements are a new system being driven by a new team. But will they fare any better?
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Subcontractors: risk dustbins
It appears to be a popular practice nowadays for main contractors to farm out risk along with the subcontract. The Construction Act provides some protection, but it may require further intervention.
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Named and blamed
This is a horror story for clients. It begins with Mr Steve Catton’s firm entering into an ordinary contract with a builder, and ends with a judge telling him that he is personally liable to the tune of £200 000 …
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Och aye, the new
When a Scotch whisky-drinking club developed new premises in London, award-winning architect Allies and Morrison came up with the right blend of classic and contemporary.
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Appointments
Contractors John Jackson has been appointed regional director of Alfred McAlpine. He will be responsible for the company’s civil engineering business in London and the South-east.South east-based Loweth has appointed Graham Scott managing director. He succeeds Stuart Redcliffe, who remains as chairman. Richard Baker has been appointed finance director and ...
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Angle poise
Clear-glazed partitions spread precious daylight in an ad agency's attic office. And, in a special twist devised by hotshot designer Softroom, they slope to reflect the mansard roof.
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Expert advice
The role of the expert witness has changed dramatically since the Woolf reforms – more power, more responsibility. So, here’s a list of things to pack when the call comes.
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Wading into a sea of risk
What do you do if someone you’re working with suddenly sinks without trace? Well, if you’ve read Richard Davis’ book on insolvency you’ll already know. Plus a guide to the courts and the latest on adjudication.
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Are we safer now?
Astonishing – European regulations that the industry is more or less happy with. But have they made building sites any safer?
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The right mayor or a nightmare?
Everyone who has anything to do with building in London will be affected by the outcome of the city’s mayoral race next month. What are the policies on offer and what is there to cheer or fear?
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Louder than words
Hays Montrose's Robert Smith explains what your body language says about you.
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Learn to share
Project extranets are no longer a daydream. Information Channel, co-developed by Schal, is a state-of-the-art document exchange system that will soon support e-commerce and more.
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The Guggenheim gazebo
Welcome to the spiral of New York's Guggenheim Museum transplanted to the centre of a Kew Gardens greenhouse redesigned by Salvador Dali and built in Hanover …
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European Union
Aukett Associate managing director John Thake may not speak any foreign languages, but he’s not letting that get in the way of his plan for a cross-Europe designer.
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Dangerous liaisons
In the second article looking at the latest FIDIC suite of international contracts, another form is found to be heavily biased against contractors – and it’s the clients that will pay.
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Spotlight on curtain walling
Lead timesLead times for bespoke panellised cladding have remained constant at about 41-42 weeks for the past year. In contrast, curtain walling lead times have fallen steadily over the past two years as a result of increases in efficiency and capacity.Manufacturing periods have increased by one week to eight, but ...
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The conquest of space
A systematic benchmarking system for efficiently designing space in buildings has been devised by Amec Construction’s value management team.
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Lowry Centre named best millennium project
Salford art gallery beats 100 entrants to win first Celebrating Construction Achievement awards.