All Features articles – Page 646
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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.
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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.