All Features articles – Page 663
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Meet the president
QS Simon Kolsar is taking over as head of the RICS at a time when the institution is reinventing itself to fit with an industry in the throes of radical change. What's his plan?
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A victim of its own success?
Adjudication is establishing itself as an effective way to resolve disputes, which means that it can also be an effective way to bushwhack the opposition and the legal restraints on this look rather flimsy.
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Right first time
Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose offers 10 tips on how to dazzle colleagues and bosses in the first days of a new job.
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Modern European languages
The aim of the Construction Products Directive is to create Europe-wide standards on building products. Problem is, it s almost incomprehensible and in any case it may not work.
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Diplomatic coup
One Site: British Embassy, Moscow Security is tight and the Russian weather is no picnic, but when Taywood and Skanska's British Embassy in Moscow is complete, the Russian capital will have an important new landmark.
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Coming in from the cold
The rouble fell off a cliff and took the Russian economy with it last year. This year, there are faint signs of life, and those UK firms that stayed may be rewarded. Meanwhile, Taywood and Skanska are on site at the UK's new Moscow embassy
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Appointments
Contractors Neil O Brien has been appointed finance director of Allen. Birse Construction has appointed Jonathan Selwood business development co-ordinator for the North-east. Tim McCarthy has joined Bristol-based Stoneform as contracts manager. Mark Lye has been appointed head of procurement at London-based McNicholas. Consultants ...
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Take off time
If your client is Sir John Egan, there is an added incentive to build fast. Cladding was the answer at this Stansted Airport office.
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Wasting money
The extent of the damage that the landfill tax will do to brownfield schemes has recently been clarified by two test cases. There s some good news and some bad
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Just the job
The Foster and Partners architect tells Jane Garwood about working on the Millennium Bridge scheme in London and why she wants to design a space station.
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Green light
So far, so good the BRE's bright, sustainable building has been up and running for two years and its occupants love it.
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Hang the expense
Titanium cladding, previously more familiar on the straps of Rolex watches, seduced the top British architects who saw it on Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum. Now, it's about to make its UK debut in Glasgow.
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Electronic dreams
Like the transition from imperial to metric, moving from paper to datafiles may take some time – but the potential savings are huge
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Clash points
Clients should take a more holistic approach to dealing with subcontractors, making sure they get paid on time and that risk is fairly allocated, rather than leaving it up to the contractor.
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Clash points
Not so. Subcontractors should fight their own corner against unfair contract terms and not leave it up to clients, most of whom are, in any case, ill-equipped to help them.
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Old chestnuts under fire
What should an architect or arbitrator take into account when determining a contractor's entitlement to an extension of time? With two fundamentally different approaches, it's a hard one to crack.
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Slippery business
If you fall off a ladder at work, don t expect the courts to award you compensation automatically. In fact, a crop of recent cases suggests you ll have a hard time proving that anyone else was to blame.
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The QS: a profession on the brink
Change or die. That's the message to QSs from the biggest survey ever carried out among the profession. The survivors will be those that adapt their skills and services to the new world.
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Blowing in the wind
When architect Rafael Viñoly wanted to suspend vast glass walls from the roof of his new Philadelphia arts centre, engineer Dewhurst Macfarlane found a surprising way to deal with wind loads.
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Appointments
Contractors Brian Evans has joined the main board of Nottinghamshire-based contractor and civil engineer North Midland Construction. Keith Offergelt has joined the engineering division of MJ Gleeson as quality manager. Housebuilders Charles Church has appointed Paul Moran sales manager for the southern region. ...