All ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø articles in 1999 Issue 44 – Page 2
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News
Tarmac, Rugby face foreign takeover bids
International bidders swoop as fears of interest rate hike and US downturn leave materials sector vulnerable.
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Jarvis quits Home Office bid
Jarvis has pulled out of the race to build a private finance initiative headquarters for the Home Office just two weeks after new bid documents were issued by the department.The Home Office confirmed that only two of the three consortia had responded. It said the Bovis consortium and the Mace/Godfrey ...
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BDP chases Far East semiconductor revival
Architect BDP is opening up an office in Singapore to service the reviving market for semiconductor factories. BDP director Ted Barton said that there are plans for an annual spend of £250m in Singapore alone. He said that the Singapore government, which takes equity in such projects, has been looking ...
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PFI bank starts hiring
The Treasury has appointed two advisers to help it create Partnerships UK, the public-private bank that will provide capital for private finance initiative projects. Investment bank NM Rothschild and lawyer Herbert Smith have been appointed to carry out due diligence checks on the bank, which is due to open in ...
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Features
Appointments
Contractor Howard Tinkler has been promoted to regional building services manager for Carillion in the Midlands. Housebuilders Willmott Dixon has appointed Wendy Churchill-Coleman company secretary. Steve Watt has been appointed chairman and managing director of Persimmon City Developments. Andrew McPhillips has joined Crest Homes South East ...
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Small housebuilder aims to win City hearts
Country & Metropolitan bucks trend by floating with aggressive acquisition plan.
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Features
Legal advice from the client
The rules on costs introduced by Lord Woolf s Civil Procedure Rules mean that there are some aspects of the law in which the client may find itself advising its lawyers.
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Features
Staging an adjudication
The scene is set for the adjudication : on one side is Bodgit, the allegedly incompetent builder; on the other is the client, accused of withholding payment. Between them resides Justice. So, what s the verdict?
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Comment
Balancing act
First person We find it acceptable to cover the countryside in spec housing, but disturb wildlife on a major work programme? Never.
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NHBC complains about ‘trial by television’
NHBC to take BBC Wales to Broadcasting Standards Council over allegations of misrepresentation .
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Costain starts on £200m road-rail job
Costain has started work on a £200m project to build Britain s biggest road-rail freight interchange on a 200 ha site near the junction of the M4 and M25. The London International Freight Exchange project includes £50m of rail infrastructure that will be built on and off site ...
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JLE sparks offer Bechtel deal to save £10m bonus
Electricians propose pay and productivity package to help Bechtel hit its 2000 deadline.
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