All Features articles – Page 660
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Watch out, cameras about
Next time you are dashing about in your company car, keep an eye on your speed dial. If you get caught going over the limit, higher insurance premiums could be the least of your worries.
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Adjudication: the facts
How much does adjudication cost you? Will you get it back? Who's using it against whom? How much of your claim will you recover? The James R Knowles case log provides the statistics.
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Appointments
ContractorsBuilding, civil and utilities engineering contractor McNicholas has appointed Geoff Rose regional manager for the Midlands and Wales. Eamonn Taylor has been appointed head of the firm’s London building and civil engineering division.Jon Dale has been promoted to managing director of Kvaerner Construction International. Andy Johnson joins the firm as ...
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Union power is back
Meet the revitalised unions. They can vet bidders for PFI projects, they can influence the Treasury on ownership of hospitals, they can change government policy on staff transferral. Can the PFI survive?
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Bad rates in tenders
Some contractors try to wriggle out of a quoted rate when valuing a variation, but unless the nature of the work changes or they can obtain consent, they are bound to the bill.
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The big comeback
Marks & Spencer’s huge new store is leading the regeneration of Manchester city centre after the bomb. And on page 46, a footbridge that celebrates M&S’ legendary hosiery.
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Materials life costs
The lifespan of fully supported metal sheet roofing is examined in the latest of this series on the whole-life costs of materials, which is compiled by Building Performance Group to assist specifiers and clients.
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Nobody should die in an earthquake
Seismic engineer Ted Piepenbrock wants an end to earthquake fatalities caused by collapse. Now, he has helped design a quake-proof system for a 100m high convention centre in Japan
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An end to shafting
The trust and shared project objectives of partnering tempt some clients and contractors to abandon contracts. But partnering charters and standard forms are no substitute for a bespoke partnering agreement.
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Golden girl
Although she’s in her 80s, Mollie Parsons found herself roped into project managing the refurbishment of a Cornish village hall, complete with the full horrors of dealing with funders, bureaucrats and builders.
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Hackattack
Clients want construction firms to do business electronically, but also securely. For some of the biggest, such as the Ministry of Defence, it is a non-negotiable requirement. So, what defences should you erect?
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Is this what Rogers means?
Mixed-use. Community. Environment. Brownfield. Clay parrots. Manchester’s Northern Quarter is set to turn Lord Rogers’ taskforce report into colourful commercial reality.
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Can Prescott save the village?
It’s decision time for John Prescott. The report on what went wrong with the Millennium Village is on his desk. Will he choose to resuscitate the model for 21st-century housing, or leave us with just another estate?
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Stocking thriller
Shoppers will slip through a fishnet of steel rods to reach Manchester’s M&S store when a sexy new footbridge linking it with the Arndale opens this year.
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Cullinan’s funky new campus opens for term
Tarmac has delivered this striking university campus on time and within its £33m budget this week – but will it make the grade as an Egan demonstration project?
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You know his vision…
… now see his practice. His firm's three buildings in the heart of Berlin are the very model of mixed-use, high-density design – as well as being stunning examples of the architect's art.
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Appointments
ContractorsBangor-based Watkin Jones Construction has appointed Nigel Tonge group business development manager.MJ Gleeson has appointed Steve Davies managing director of its property division.Roofing and cladding contractor Rogerson Group (Roofing) has appointed Bob Beattie managing director.HousebuildersTaywood Homes has appointed Claire Crawford field sales manager for Scotland.John Ireland has been appointed group ...
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Discovering Columbus
In 1996, Ove Arup Partnership began exploring the uncharted waters of document management systems. The team was unimpressed by what it found. Then an expert from its own computer arm rang. The result is a gift to the industry.
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The cost of a holiday
The Working Time Regulations cause difficulties for companies that engage workers whose pay or hours fluctuate. On what basis do you work out their holiday pay?