All ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø articles in 1999 Issue 40 – Page 2

  • Features

    Appointments

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    ContractorsºÚ¶´ÉçÇø, 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 ...

  • News

    Australian engineer aims to rival Arup

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    M&E consultant Norman Disney & Young uses London as base to start worldwide expansion

  • News

    Mace admits it is in merger talks

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    After months of speculation, Mace chief executive Bob White admitted this week that the construction manager is in merger talks.”We are in discussions about a merger,” White said. But he refused to reveal the identity of the other party.Speculation in the City and among those in the industry has thrown ...

  • Features

    Adjudication: the facts

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Specialists fear abuse under prime contracting

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Specialists ask Raynsford to set up regulatory agency to police behaviour of prime contractor.

  • Features

    Watch out, cameras about

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Comment

    All aboard

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    First person It’s better to travel hopefully than to arrive, so here’s hoping the revamps of Manchester Piccadilly and Westminster Tube go well.

  • News

    Small firms: anti-cowboy scheme won’t work

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    The Federation of Small Businesses has attacked the government’s measures to combat cowboy builders, calling its proposals “anti-competitive” and likely to aid rogue traders working in the black economy.In a letter to construction minister Nick Raynsford, FSB construction adviser David Brown said the government’s proposals for clamping down on rogue ...

  • News

    London sparks say they’re blacklisted

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    M&E contractor Balfour Kilpatrick denies claim that it has told recruitment agency not to hire London electricians.

  • Features

    Here’s the new plan

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Forget Coronation Street and Brookside. Granadaland is leading the avant-garde in urban design and regeneration – as the next three pages of exciting projects demonstrate.

  • News

    Gillespies team to design £470m Ford masterplan

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Industrial wasteland around Ford Dagenham plant in east London to be transformed into world-class estate.

  • News

    Bovis knocked down to a bargain basement £285m

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Parent P&O says it is a good price, but City sceptics note that rejected bids last year were over £300m.

  • News

    Miller snaps up Northern housebuilder for £23.2m

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Acquisitive Scottish housebuilder bids to become national player with purchase of Cussins.