All Features articles – Page 654
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Cost model: Urban design and infrastructure
Infrastructure and public realm projects are a key component of the strategies to regenerate urban districts drawn up by Lord Rogers’ taskforce. Davis Langdon & Everest, with urban designer EDAW, examine the funding, procurement and cost of the schemes that will bring people back to the city
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Sunk by your own float
When a contractor incurs loss because it's been prevented from completing on time, any float in its programme can prove expensive – as Alfred McAlpine discovered.
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Look and learn
There are important lessons to be learned from how the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank and the Millennium Dome challenged traditional construction methods.
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The outsider
Bill Tallis was not the obvious choice to head the Major Contractors Group, in that he had never worked in construction. So, what does the new director have in store?
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Rogers returns
Fourteen years after the Lloyd’s building, Richard Rogers Partnership is back with another hi-tec block in the Square Mile. Could it be Lloyd’s II?
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Be reasonable – or else
Following the Woolf report, courts are trying to shovel as much of their caseload as they can onto the books of ADR providers. But can you force people to be reasonable?
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I don’t speak legalese
Lawyers used to help their clients write statements and affidavits. But, under the Civil Procedure Rules, witnesses must junk the jargon and write in their own words.
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Appointments
ContractorsDoug Elliott has been made managing director of design-and-build firm TNG, part of Unite Group.Birse Construction has promoted Steve Barker to marketing director of its civil engineering division. John Branton replaces Barker as marketing manager of the North-east civils business.Mark Kirwan has been appointed general manager at fit-out specialist Crispinteriors, ...
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A certifiable nuisance
The DETR’s latest consultation paper on self-certification under the Building Regulations makes businesses vulnerable to court action, and introduces yet another time-consuming approval mechanism.
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Inflated claims?
An adjudicator decided he had the authority to referee a compromise agreement. One of the parties disagreed and refused to abide by the adjudicator’s decision. So what next?
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Materials life costs
The Building Performance Group guide to how long building components last and their whole-life costs. This week: asphalt, single-ply polymer and bituminous membrane flat roofs.
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Smart design
We keep hearing that 3D modelling and intelligent objects are the future of building design. Can AutoCAD Architectural Desktop Release 2 smooth the transition to the new era?
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Flexible friends
The Institute of Management’s Karen Charlesworth on how flexible working can help your career and your firm.
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Reinventing the wheel
At first glance, the capsules for the Millennium Wheel look fairly conventional. In fact, nobody has ever built anything like them before – and the problems were unprecedented, too.
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When all's said and done
The fact that you have a contract that is only evidenced by an oral agreement does not stop you suing under the Construction Act – but be careful of potential pitfalls.
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Appointments
Contractors Specialist contractor Concrete Repairs, part of Gleeson Group, has promoted Steve Jones to head of its new Bristol office. Lord John Patten has been appointed a non-executive director of Amey.Michael Rogers, previously with Birse Construction, has been appointed business development manager at McNicholas.Dean & Dyball Construction has appointed Tim ...
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Clash points
The dome client came unstuck when it tried to enforce a contract clause that required a bond and guarantee from a supplier. But clients only use such clauses because firms are so bad at producing documents on time.
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Clash points
Subcontractors are not the only culprits when it comes to forgetting about the paperwork. And why should the supplier alone provide these bonds? The clause is hardly in keeping with the partnering ethos.
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Just the job
You think the people building the dome have it tough? At least they don’t have to wear a silly costume to work.
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Rough justice is still justice
Justice? You get that in heaven. Down here you’ve got the law. And adjudicators aren’t even as consistent as the courts – they’re more like a referee at a football game. But, then again, you try playing without one …