All Features articles – Page 644
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Renzo Piano
He has the pick of the world's big private commissions. He can compare himself to a pianist and get away with it. It's OK to be jealous.
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Turning pitch
Will a winter spent on a state-of-the-art practice surface that can simulate spin and seam wickets give Glamorgan Cricket Club the edge this season?
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The consultants' catch-22
Consultants must take care over the wording and timing of certificates and letters to their clients or they could find themselves in a double-bind and vulnerable to an action for negligent misstatement.
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Appointments
Contractors Richard Mawdsley has joined Mowlem as group property development manager. Clive Holloway has been appointed director of Mowlem subsidiary E Thomas Construction. Allan Day has been made design manager at Mowlem Defence Solutions, the prime contracting partnership between Mowlem’s FM subsidiary, Aqumen, and BAE Systems.Ian Findley White has been ...
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Balancing the budget
In the latest in its series, accountant Smith & Williamson examines the main provisions of the budget and their impact on small and medium-sized contractors and consultants.
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From Basildon to Berlin
In the first of a new series on European law, we look at the rapidly evolving bidding rules for public sector work. How is the client obliged to treat your bid? What can you do if it infringes on your rights?
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Lowry Centre named best millennium project
Salford art gallery beats 100 entrants to win first Celebrating Construction Achievement awards.
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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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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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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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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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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 …