All ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø articles in 1999 Issue 39 – Page 2

  • News

    British Museum rumpus over 'wrong' French stone

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Heritage Lottery Fund threatens to order demolition of portico in Great Court because of Portland stone row.

  • News

    Industry faces big hike in CITB levy

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The Construction Industry Training Board is likely to raise the industry’s training levy, chairman Hugh Try told ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø this week.Try said the levy on directly employed labour would increase from 0.38% of direct employ payroll to 0.5%. He said: “We expect to get government approval by the end of the ...

  • News

    Unions launch fresh attack on the PFI

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Unions are renewing efforts to persuade the government to abandon the private finance initiative.TUC general secretary John Monks attacked the PFI. He told a packed fringe meeting at Bournemouth that it was “nothing more than a glorified mortgage showing up debt later on. “Porters, catering staff and maintenance workers end ...

  • News

    Armstrong: no brownfield tax breaks

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Local government minister Hilary Armstrong hinted at this week’s conference that the government would stop short of offering tax breaks to housebuilders to meet its brownfield development targets.Asked whether there would be incentives for housebuilders building on recycled land, Armstrong told ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø: “No, but we will do whatever is needed ...

  • News

    GlaxoWellcome opens its arms to new partners

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Pharmaceutical firm to invite 20-25 more contractors to join its “Fusion” procurement initiative on Monday.

  • News

    Architecture body calls for good design on PFI courts

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Design will be paramount on new law courts, says Commission for Architecture and Built Environment.

  • Features

    Appointments

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • News

    Raynsford: State will fund anti-cowboy pilots

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Construction minister to stay in job as he seeks Labour nomination for mayor of London.

  • Features

    You know his vision…

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    … 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.

  • News

    Bob and Chris’ Fearnley Group in receivership

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Fearnley Group, the Manchester-based contractor bought by Mowlem managers Robert Dean and Chris Stroud two years ago, has gone into receivership.Receiver Arthur Andersen was appointed last Tuesday at the £20m-turnover firm.Staff at Fearnley’s Manchester office said the company is still trading and it is “business as usual”. However, one ...

  • Features

    Cullinan’s funky new campus opens for term

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    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?

  • News

    BAA staffs up for Terminal 5 – again

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    BAA has stepped up the design development of its £1.8bn Heathrow Terminal 5 project, recalling dozens of staff.BAA is boosting the design team at Heathrow in anticipation of a favourable result in the public inquiry. A spokesperson for BAA said: “We believe the major detailed design effort will take us ...

  • News

    Shares rise as Jarvis lands £280m rail deal

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Shares in contractor Jarvis jumped 6.5% on Monday after confirmation that it had bagged a £280m Railtrack contract to replace and upgrade the West Coast Main Line. This rise took place despite the fact that some City analysts were surprised by the low value of the contract. It had been ...

  • News

    New 2000 villages plan

    1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Five millennium villages and two national parks are among the new projects unveiled by deputy prime minister John Prescott in his speech to the Labour Party conference on Wednesday.Prescott said the “flagships for urban renaissance” would build on the lessons learned at the Millennium Villages in Greenwich and Allerton Bywater, ...