All Features articles – Page 644
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Where do you draw the line?
The Plant Construction vs Clive Adams and Another case was the first time that the courts have ruled on a contractor’s obligation to warn of potential hazards in design and construction plans.
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Gatecrashing parties
New legislation giving rights to third parties is a bona fide grey area, and contracts will have to exclude it until the courts can set out some case law. It is also a wonderful opportunity …
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Strewth! Oz gets tough
Cowboy builders in Australia will be chopped off at the knees by legislation that’s far more hardline than ours. In New South Wales, firms face blacklists, huge fines and even prison if they transgress.
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How to make money and still go to heaven
Steve Wright, head of Gusto Construction, has been taken aback by the interest in his ecologically virtuous Nottinghamshire development. But he’s a quick learner. Now he’s thinking of setting up as a green consultant.
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Ian Macpherson
The winner of the Owens Corning-sponsored Personality of the Year award retired last year after 35 years in construction – 10 of them heading the hugely successful CM firm he founded.
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Just the job
Dealing with protesters and meeting the Terminator are all in a day’s work for Carillion’s special events operations manager.
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Project/construction manager of the year
In this Barbour Index-sponsored award, sound financial results and the outstanding management of complex schemes such as Bovis Lend Lease's Bluewater were the deciders.
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Multidisciplinary practice of the year
Repeat business and a truly diverse skills base caught the eyes of the judges in this category, which was sponsored by materials group Marshalls.
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Ooh,Missis!
Michael Wilford's brash, blowsy arts centre is more fat ladies than matchstick men. But this disjointed Salford landmark could well become as popular with the public.
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Surveying practice of the year
In this Hays Montrose-sponsored category, the firms have fully embraced the Egan agenda, concentrating on client satisfaction, introducing benchmarking and upping partnering deals.
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Specialist subcontractor of the year
The top firms in the award sponsored by The Facilities Business worked on some of last year's most prestigious projects, including the Millennium Dome and Bluewater.
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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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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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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.