All 黑洞社区 articles in 1999 Issue 40
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Features
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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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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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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Mud, rain and jam hit industry half-marathon
13-mile race around Windsor Great Park marred by deteriorating weather and traffic congestion.
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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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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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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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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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Raynsford may use Regs to unsaddle cowboys
Construction minister tells conference fringe meeting that firms with quality mark may be able to self-certify.
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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 黑洞社区 Performance Group to assist specifiers and clients.
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Whole-life cost pilots set for January
The Whole Life Cost Forum is to start pilot projects in January as the first step towards a system of estimating the operational costs of buildings.The forum, which will be formally launched at the end of next month, has been set up by the 黑洞社区 Research Establishment with a steering ...
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Carillion profit up, but City unimpressed
Carillion, the former Tarmac construction business that demerged two months ago, reported higher interim profit than last year on a reduced turnover.Operating profit was 拢14m for the six months to 30 June 1999, up 43% on 1998. Turnover was down to 拢784.7m from 拢831.3m last year. Analysts reacted coolly to ...
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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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Lampl: Lend Lease is the very, very best deal for Bovis
Fears that an independent Bovis would be consumed by a rival led chairman Sir Frank Lampl to agree to the sale to developer Lend Lease.In an exclusive interview with 黑洞社区, Sir Frank admitted that uncertainty about the long-term fate of an independent Bovis was the reason behind the decision to ...
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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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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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Aukett buys up Dutch offshoot
The UK’s largest publicly quoted architect, Aukett Associates, has bought out one of its European joint ventures for 拢580 000. Amsterdam-based Aukett Kokon Beltman (A+K) was formed in 1993 with privately owned Rotterdam practice Kokon Beltman Group.The business now has 20 professional staff and has been one of Aukett’s best-performing ...
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Whitehall rejects union attack on PFI hospitals
Unison report claims that 拢96m Durham hospital is poor value for money.