All Features articles – Page 643
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Cost model: Multiplex cinemas
Since 1985, nearly 2000 multiplex cinemas have opened, mainly on out-of-town sites. Now government planning guidance is forcing cinema operators back into town centres. Cost consultant Davis Langdon & Everest examines the design, specification and costs of urban multiplexes
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Dot-coms quick on the draw
Two on-line services have beaten the government in the race against the cowboys. Improveline and hi-revolution are offering householders a database of vetted and reliable contractors – so why does anybody need the quality mark?
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Double exposure?
You can’t pursue the same case in two tribunals at the same time, but if you have litigation or arbitration under way, you can still refer it to adjudication to get a quick, interim decision.
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From here to eternity
Chartres, Notre Dame, Salisbury – LA. Can today’s structural engineers measure up to their medieval forerunners and produce a future-proof cathedral in the world’s most notorious earthquake zone?
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What are your intentions?
Does a letter of intent constitute a contract? It depends what the parties’ intention is and what’s in the letter. If you want a legally binding document, it’s best to write it as a mini-contract.
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Mr Rethink
The boss of award-winning housebuilder Westbury is rising to the challenges of the stock market and the Internet.
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Strange ways
The Institute of Personnel and Development’s Angela Baron delves into the wacky world of management training.
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‘They just quietly beaver away, changing the face of the world’
Designing buildings is one thing, but working out where to place them to maximise their use requires in-depth analysis of public spaces. Which is where a little-known firm called Space Syntax comes in.
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Morley’s cricket school makes Edgbaston debut
David Morley and Bryant Priest Newman’s £2.4m “Lord’s II” school opens for Warwickshire.
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Keep out of harm’s way
Cutting corners on health and safety is not good business practice. It turns you into a criminal. And as the law shifts to recognise corporate liability, you can expect to be treated like one.
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There once was an ugly duckling …
Provincial towns are being given much-needed makeovers to enable them to compete with their more fashionable neighbours.
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Appointments
ContractorBirmingham-based RW Buxton has appointed John Scott-Lee business development director.HousebuildersWestbury Group has appointed group operations director Nigel Fee managing director of Westbury Homes. Deputy group finance director Colin Cole has been made Westbury Homes’ deputy managing director. Paul Heaton has been appointed land manager for the Yorkshire region of ...
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Blair heads attractions at record Building Awards
1300-strong audience watches PM’s first speech on construction at Grosvenor House Hotel.
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Dodging two-stage pitfalls
Egan’s model of open-plan tendering can be undermined by contractors careful to cover their backs. But trouble can be avoided by getting into contracts early, or by building in some controlled competition.
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Energetic exchange
Speakers at Brufma’s Building Energy Efficiency conference earlier this month called for a “revolution” in the industry’s thinking to meet the forthcoming radical changes to Part L.
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He travels the fastest …
Working for yourself can have great rewards – but also great risks. You’re the PR department as well as the workforce and managing director, and independence sometimes means isolation.
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Get on top
The Institute of Management’s Mark Hastings explains how small businesses can manage regulation.
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Undercutting is over
The new best-value regime promises to put creativity and innovation back into the local authority tendering process, but, as commentators point out, it may come as a shock to the established system.
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Major contractor of the year (£200m-plus turnover)
In this TJM Europe-sponsored category, all the firms had that little extra something, be it Carillions's PFI expertise or Bovis Lend Lease's worldwide coverage.
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Contractor of the year (£50-200m turnover)
Partnering, partnering, partnering was the secret to making the shortlist – and it certainly got results for the firms that did. This award is sponsored by Ernst & Young Real Estate Group.