All Features articles – Page 652
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Materials life costs
The second in Building's series of whole-life costs for materials focuses on PVCu, steel and aluminium windows.
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Slipping the choke chain
Pressure on the carotid artery can render a person unconscious in less than 10 seconds; withholding payment has a similar effect on subcontractors. So, if you do, you better be acting in good faith
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Big in Japan
The land of the rising sun is gearing up to launch its own private finance initiative bill this summer and British firms with experience of the PFI could find it wins them a place in a new market.
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Appointments
Consultants Lorien Engineering Solutions has appointed Phil Colquhoun project manager. John Dilley has joined the firm as a senior engineer in the utilities engineering department. Matt McCleish has been made process engineer; Steve Bailey has been appointed packaging engineer and Jonathan Cruse and Andrew Kilford ...
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Loser takes all
A new court procedure caps the amount of legal costs the winner of a case can claim. That s not such good news for winners or for their lawyers, so why not write and tell the Lord Chancellor so?
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Construction's £100m tax demand
This August, general contractor Les Winter will charge £9000 to install a central heating system rather than £8000 the difference between what a large subcontractor would charge and a one-man band. The reason for this 12.5% rise is not a forthcoming surge in materials prices, nor a ...
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Taking off
Disenchanted with central government s approach to the private finance initiative? There is a solution. Local authority PFI is getting airborne at Luton Airport and Bovis has just signed the first purely commercial contract.
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Welcome to our world
Thirteen months after the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland is about to get to grips with the Construction Act. What is there to learn from the past year s experience?
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Off the waiting list
Staff at Britain's biggest PFI-funded NHS hospital have reason to be excited. The brand new building in East Anglia will house long-overdue, cutting-edge medical facilities, and a close-knit project team is ensuring its smooth operation.
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Keeping tags on it
Embedded chips in components are set to make facilities management an exact science. How do they work?
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Just the job
Gleeds PFI expert Jonathan Stewart tells Nancy Cavill how a psychometric test led him to the career that took him all the way to government.
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Get organised
The third in a series on marketing explains how to plan and project manage a strategy to ensure you always stay a few steps ahead of the competition.
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PFI in crisis
Seven years after its creation, the PFI is still giving the industry nightmares. And as the Treasury prepares to change the rules yet again, Building investigates whether the PFI is falling apart and asks contractors and politicians whether it can be saved
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First born
The first completed PFI healthcare facility is no blockbuster, but staff describe the £3.5m community hospital conversion as a five-star establishment .
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No need to argue
Disputes review boards, often used for international contracts, could reach the parts adjudicators can't on domestic contracts.
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Appointments
Contractors Andy Smith , previously with Laing Construction, has been appointed business development manager at Midas Construction. Andrew Clarke has joined Luff Construction to head its new division, Luff Heritage. Margaret Chelton joins the firm as marketing and PR executive. Terry Day has been appointed managing ...
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Why can’t we help ourselves?
The Rights of Third Parties Bill is working its way through parliament. If applied, it will be hugely helpful to construction. Unfortunately, the industry s atavistic response has been to fight it tooth and nail.
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Slim possibilities
Vacuum glazing is set to change the face of buildings. At just 6 mm thick, this revolutionary slimline system will give freedom to architects while withstanding severe weather conditions.
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The simple life
Glenn Howells' uncomplicated buildings have helped him clinch a number of lucrative lottery competitions. Now the 1960s-inspired architect is designing a model for 21st-century living .
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The use of knowledge
Keeping bits of knowledge to yourself may give you some kind of power, but teamwork can only work if all the facts are shared for the common good.