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New chief gives Schal a shake-up
Carillion arm Schal has restructured following a strategy review led by managing director Terry Chapman, writes Phil Clark.The firm, best known for high-profile construction management projects such as the Royal Opera House and Tate Modern, has now been split into five divisions (see box below).Chapman, who officially became managing director ...
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FeaturesTaming the fat cats
To avoid Enron and WorldCom-style catastrophes, the Higgs report has set out rules intended to keep the portly pusses on company boards in line. But, in an industry used to mucking in and doubling up, will it ever succeed?
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FeaturesGreat lengths
Ireland has just splashed out on an extraordinary national swimming complex. Extraordinary partly because no public money will be spent on running it 鈥� which meant the designers had to create a unique building that could pay its own way.
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FeaturesHow bad can it be?
Six days after Tony Pidgley Jr made a bold 拢1bn bid for his father's Berkeley Group, his personal and professional reputations took a battering. We report on how it went so wrong
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Laing nicks lead in January with 拢99m police contract
Bovis is escorted off the contractors' monthly top spot but retains annual authority with 拢100m airport work.
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International costs: 2003
Gardiner & Theobald鈥檚 11th annual survey of global construction costs takes a look at labour rates, building costs, material prices and inflation from Norway to New Zealand
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FeaturesRead this!
Business leaders now accept that their companies need to be environment-friendly 鈥� energy efficiency improves the bottom line and green publicity can make or break a company's reputation.
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FeaturesSmart management
Have you ever found yourself wishing that you could take more than the standard five weeks' holiday a year?
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FeaturesFun in the sun
Greenhill Jenner Architects took a deprived nursery school in Northamptonshire, added a sandpit and an Italianate campanile and 鈥� hey presto! 鈥� it's Calabria meets Palm Beach
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FeaturesHamlet on ice
Sweden already had an ice hotel, so the next logical step was 鈥� an ice version of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, of course. Though this be madness, we discovered the method in't.
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Where the smart money is
The second issue of the 50 Top Clients review brings together key information on the UK construction industry's major clients 鈥� those firms that invest large sums on a regular basis
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Anglian Water Services
Procurement policyIn early 2000 Anglian Water Services selected six construction partners on a framework basis for all work covering the period April 2000 to March 2005, the current review period. This followed a comprehensive tendering exercise, and means that the company no longer spot-tenders for construction work.Current and future projectsWhen ...
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Asda Stores
Procurement policyAsda uses an approved list of partners for its main contracting and design work. In terms of contracting, the main suppliers are HBG Construction, Laing, Carillion and Pearce Retail, which have worked with the company for more than five years.For all projects, the partners have pre-agreed overhead costs, profit ...
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Associated British Ports
Procurement policyAssociated British Ports has no preferred procurement route, but much of its work is suited to a design-and-build form of contract.The type of contract used depends on the project and even on different elements of the scheme. Contracts above the various thresholds detailed in the procurement regulations are advertised ...
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BAA
Procurement policyThe bulk of BAA's construction work is let under framework agreements. These cover all types of project and are aimed at promoting long-term relationships with a preferred list of suppliers.The goal is to produce "seamless project teams" comprising representatives from the company and from suppliers with the intention of ...
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The Big Food Group
Procurement policyThe company uses different contractual arrangements for different types of purchases. Competitive tendering is used for new stores and refits, whereas serial contracts are used for such items as security and lifts.The group has started to use online auctions, but mainly for equipment such as refrigeration units.Current and future ...
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Boots Group
Procurement policyFor larger contracts, those worth more than 拢300,000, Boots has a list of three preferred contractors, which work with the group on an open-book basis. This relationship is something between a negotiated contract and partnering arrangement.It is one year into this procurement process and is constantly reviewing its needs. ...
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Birmingham City Council
Procurement policyBirmingham City Council procures all its building work via its urban design department. A wide range of contracts is used, including JCT, design-and-build and PPC 2000. The ICE form of contract is used for highways work, and term contracts for maintenance work. Some major housing schemes are procured via ...