Building 1997 |
Title | Subject | Authors |
12 ways to to save the industry: National Construction Week was a short-term fix, but the industry still faces an image problem, worries over workload and skills shortages. | Construction and materials industries | |
2000 problems ahead. (year 2000 transition problems; contracting industry liability) | Construction and materials industries | Clive Seddon |
32 lifeguards, 28 bouncers, 15 chefs and three pianists....(Amey chairman Neil Ashley)(Interview) | Construction and materials industries | Julie Anderson |
54321: as the countdown to the launch of the UK's fifth terrestrial television channel comes to a head, contractor Kyle Stewart is racing to finish Channel 5's headquarters on time. | Construction and materials industries | Andy Cooke |
Abroad-minded. (analysis of overseas activity by United Kingdom construction companies)(Working Abroad) | Construction and materials industries | Martin Hewes |
Access all areas. (how United Kingdom private companies can gain access to European Union structural funds)(Legal)(Column) | Construction and materials industries | Barbara Linehan |
Aggregates Advisory Service now operating.(Construction Monitor supplement; UK Department of the Environment body) | Construction and materials industries | |
All systems glow. (construction industry, United Kingdom)(Industry Overview) | Construction and materials industries | Jacquie Cannon |
A matter of some interest. (interest on revised contractors certificates; case law) | Construction and materials industries | Tim Elliott |
An inspector falls. (United Kingdom housebuilders face problems as local authorities reject recommendations of public inquiries)(Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | Nigel Moor |
Back to basics. (block paving)(Insight supplement) | Construction and materials industries | |
Billed to last. (evaluation of Masterbill 97)(Evaluation) | Construction and materials industries | Richard Sullivan |
Blue Bloor. (Prince of Wales influences JS Bloor Homes' housing development in Shepton Mallet, England)(Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | Leslie Gillilan |
Bovis revamp favours subcontractors. | Construction and materials industries | Dave King |
Brick awards 1997. (United Kingdom building industry) | Construction and materials industries | |
Brindleyplace. (commercial centre, Birmingham, England) | Construction and materials industries | |
Bringing it all back home. (Andrew Panter, Managing Director, Wimpey Homes)(Building Homes supplement)(Interview) | Construction and materials industries | David Birbeck |
Brixton reborn.(urban regeneration City Challenge programme in Brixton, England) | Construction and materials industries | Daniel Thistlewaite |
Burning issues. (holding the fire brigade liable for fire damage)(Column) | Construction and materials industries | Tim Elliott |
Capability town.(Building Homes supplement; landscape design in United Kingdom housing developments) | Construction and materials industries | Grant Smith |
Care for the community.(United Kingdom building industry ethics and Considerate Constructors Scheme) | Construction and materials industries | Colin Harding |
Cash points. (United Kingdom 1997 Building/Hays Montrose salary survey for construction industry) | Construction and materials industries | |
Caught short. (National Specialist Contractors Council study of United Kingdom construction industry skills shortage) | Construction and materials industries | |
Checking up on progress. (minister for construction, Nick Raynsford) | Construction and materials industries | Michael Latham |
Chip shopping. (questions and answers on choosing a computer processor)(Information Technology)(Buyers Guide) | Construction and materials industries | Chris Partridge |
Clampdown date. (new PAYE rules hold dangers for construction industry) | Construction and materials industries | Edward Goodwyn |
Cole's law. (WSP Group Managing Director Chris Cole)(includes profile of taskforce planning company's strategy) | Construction and materials industries | Elane Knutt |
Confidence trick: More than every buyers expect perfection, but can something built in a muddy field attain it? (Building homes) | Construction and materials industries | David Birbeck |
Construction industry support for rough sleepers' initiative.(Construction Monitor supplement; UK homeless projects) | Construction and materials industries | Tom Biddlecombe |
Contractors' body to lobby deputy PM. (United Kingdom Construction Confederation to meet Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and Construction Minister Nick Raynsford) | Construction and materials industries | Adrian Barrick |
Cost model. (decisions to be made when designing and constructing a high-quality industrial building)(Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | |
Cost model. (office fit-out costs) | Construction and materials industries | |
Cost model. (UK housebuilding industry)(Industry Overview) | Construction and materials industries | |
Cost study. (American Air Museum in Duxford, England) | Construction and materials industries | David Wood |
Cost study. (Clockhouse Place office headquarters on Bedfont Lakes Business Park near Heathrow Airport, England) | Construction and materials industries | Stephen Smith |
Cost study. (Friends' Provident office development in Manchester, England) | Construction and materials industries | Ian Theis, Andrew Elson |
Cost study. (headquarters building for Knoll MicroCheck on business park outside Nottingham, England) | Construction and materials industries | Ian Rennie, Andrea Riley |
Cost update. (analysis of unit rates, materials prices and labour costs in the UK construction industry)(Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | |
Cost update. (financial analysis of United Kingdom construction industry) | Construction and materials industries | Davis Langdon & Everest |
Cost update.(Procurement supplement; cost information on bill rates, materials and wages within construction industry) | Construction and materials industries | |
Cost update. (United Kingdom construction industry's wages and materials costs)(Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | |
Counting the costs. (Legal) | Construction and materials industries | Kelda Groves |
Counting the days. (planning for the millennium date change) (includes case study of John Laing) | Construction and materials industries | Clive Seddon |
Country file Lithuania. (construction industry)(Building Procurement supplement) | Construction and materials industries | Franklin and Andrews |
Country file: Singapore. (investment opportunities in Singapore)(Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | |
Covered with glory.(PVC-U in Construction supplement; cellular PVC usage in construction industry) | Construction and materials industries | Mark Barnes |
Creature of habit: the monk who couldn't resist using his QS skills in God's service. | Construction and materials industries | Jessica Cargill Thomspon |
DBFO roads - round two.(Design, Build, Finance, Operate; UK roads construction operations) | Construction and materials industries | Ann Minogue, Trevor Butcher |
Defective reasoning.(UK construction industry legal considerations of Ruxley Electronics and Construction Ltd v Forsyth 73 BLR 1) | Construction and materials industries | Richard Foley |
DOE moves to new headquarters.(Department of the Environment; UK) | Construction and materials industries | |
Draught dodging. (air-leakage tolerances) | Construction and materials industries | |
Drawing on experience. (AutoCAD Release 14) (Software Review)(Evaluation) | Construction and materials industries | Jeremy Newsome |
EC may allow firms to claim interest from late payers. | Construction and materials industries | |
Economy class. (construction of BAA's car park, Heathrow Airport, England) | Construction and materials industries | James. Macneil |
European costings. (information on building costs, labour rates and materials prices in Europe)(Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | |
Foresite. (lead-time and cost data for United Kingdom construction industry) (includes analysis of joinery sector)(Industry Overview) | Construction and materials industries | |
Foresite. (procurement lead times in United Kingdom construction industry)(includes analysis of lift industry)(Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | Gary France |
Foresite. (review of procurement lead times in UK construction industry)(includes analysis of piling industry)(Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | |
Foresite. (trend towards lengthening procurement lead times)(Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | Gary France |
Free for all. (Softcover International's ChoiceCAD software) (Software Review)(Evaluation) | Construction and materials industries | Andy Ling |
French lessons. (legal recourse for subcontractors in continental Europe)(Legal)(Column) | Construction and materials industries | Dominic Helps |
Fuel speed ahead.(temporary petrol station constructions) | Construction and materials industries | Marcello Minale |
Full of beans. (Java programming language) | Construction and materials industries | Chris Partridge |
Gammon's gamble. (Gammon works on Carlsberg brewery in Shanghai, China)(China: Special Report) | Construction and materials industries | |
Getting off the ground. (opportunities for United Kingdom construction companies in China)(China: Special Report) | Construction and materials industries | |
Getting the measure.(PVC-U in Construction supplement; pros and cons of plastics in construction) | Construction and materials industries | Nick Gale |
Hangover cure. (cantilevered pavilion on the river Thames) | Construction and materials industries | Jessica Cargill Thomspon |
High-rise office towers.(cost analysis of tall building construction) | Construction and materials industries | |
High-rise office towers.(Procurement supplement; cost analysis of tall building construction) | Construction and materials industries | |
Home start.(Building Homes supplement; Zurich Municipal's new housing guarantees) | Construction and materials industries | |
Honest, highly skilled and cheerful. (United Kingdom survey of publics view of construction industry)(National Construction Week) | Construction and materials industries | |
How to harness Europe's Celtic tiger. (Ireland's construction industry)(includes related article on Irish construction workers)(Industry Overview) | Construction and materials industries | James Edmond Macdonnell |
How to satisfy the banks that schemes are PFI-able. (slow progress with Private Finance Initiative hospital schemes in the UK) | Construction and materials industries | Douglas Hogg |
International costings. (comparison of international building costs) | Construction and materials industries | |
Joint adventure. (contractor firms' use of partnering management training courses)(includes related article describing training course) | Construction and materials industries | Daniel Thistlethwaite |
Jury on trial. (use of citizens' juries to promote housebuilders' proposals)(Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | David Roger |
LA lure. (positive aspects of United Kingdom government's private finance initiative for social housing)(Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | Derek Collins |
Local heroes. (construction industry management) | Construction and materials industries | Elaine Knutt, Andy Cook, Denise Chevin, Giles Barrie, Jessica Gargill Thompson |
Making adjudication work. (UK government's consultation document on adjudication under the Construction Act) | Construction and materials industries | Catriona Dodsworth |
Marriage guidance. (dealing with mergers and acquisitions in the United Kingdom construction industry)(Industry Overview) | Construction and materials industries | Colin Robinson |
Materials differences. (United Kingdom construction materials companies must catch up with continental European counterparts)(includes views of construction managers)(Top 500) | Construction and materials industries | Andrew Pring |
Meet the men from the ministry. (China's Ministry of Construction and China Construction Association)(China: Special Report) | Construction and materials industries | |
Mixed fortunes. (boosting profit in UK construction industry)(Tilbury Douglas Chairman Mike Bottjer) | Construction and materials industries | |
Move over, Canaletto. (architectural photography, Happold Gallery, Bath, England) | Construction and materials industries | John (Supreme Court justice) Marshall |
Moving up a grade. (Asta PowerProject version 4.1)(Information Technology)(Evaluation) | Construction and materials industries | Matthew Kyte |
New sealed paving system. (Petrapave concrete block paving)(insight supplement) | Construction and materials industries | |
No flex, please.(advantages of office designs with no cables or cords) | Construction and materials industries | Morgan Lovell |
No staying power.(legal aspects of United Kingdom arbitration law) | Construction and materials industries | Belinda Griffiths |
Notional health service.(Procurement supplement; role of planning supervisor in construction industry) | Construction and materials industries | Joelle Depont |
Odd job men. (unusual occupations in the United Kingdom construction industry)(Site Life supplement) | Construction and materials industries | Caroline Sanders |
Only 48 hours in a week. (implications of European Union's directive of a 48-hour maximum working week) | Construction and materials industries | Lynne Burns |
Our flexible friends in the north. (South Close Developments and Rivergreen Developments allow house purchasers to customize specification)(Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | David Birckbeck |
Out of control. (faulty housing construction in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) (includes related article on owners experiences with faulty housing)(Building Homes supplement)(Cover Story) | Construction and materials industries | Jeremy Pollock |
Outside chance.(PVC-U in Construction supplement; use of cellular PVC-U products in building design) | Construction and materials industries | Peter Cooper |
Pad locks. (security standards for doors and windows in the United Kingdom may not be rigorous enough)(Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | Mark Brinkley |
Partners in time.(measures to prevent staff shortages in UK building industry) | Construction and materials industries | Andrew Gay |
Party pieces. (UK Liberal Democrats and Labour and Conservative parties detail policy plans for construction industry) | Construction and materials industries | Robert Jones, Nick Raynsford, Diana Maddock |
Party walls draw the lines. (UK's Party Wall Act) (response to Tony Bingham, Building, p.31, July 18, 1997) | Construction and materials industries | John Lytton |
People, politics and pay. (expatriate life in China) | Construction and materials industries | |
Personal view.(PCV-U in Construction supplement; architect attitudes towards polyvinyl Chloride in construction) | Construction and materials industries | Matt Brown |
PFI and local authorities. (new legislation has impact on United Kingdom's private finance initiative)(Legal)(Column) | Construction and materials industries | Susan Owen |
PFI delays are reaching legendary proportions.(private finance scheme; criticism of UK private finance scheme for the National Health Service) | Construction and materials industries | Chris Smith |
Plots & plans. (leading United Kingdom housebuilders purchase strategic land)(planning practice, part 1)(Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | Nigel Moor |
Political failures make Hereford patients suffer: after bridging one affordability gap, Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust's plans for a much-need new building were hit by the double whammy of further funding problems and John Major's early election call. | Construction and materials industries | |
Practice policy.(PVC-U in Construction supplement; attitudes towards polyvinyl chloride) | Construction and materials industries | Wolfgang Doering, peter Caplehorn, Chris Blow |
Preaching to the converted.(PVC-U in Construction supplement; use of polyvinyl chloride in London, England, housing association project) | Construction and materials industries | |
Preferred bidder complains of delay after delay.(criticism of UK private finance initiative scheme delays) | Construction and materials industries | John Turner |
Procuring profits. (role of supply chain management in boosting profit in United Kingdom construction industry)(Finance)(Column) | Construction and materials industries | Colin Robinson |
Public inquiry Hastoe: Hastoe Housing Association has cut back on its development programme but when it does build, the schemes are often pioneering prototypes. (Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | Chris Brazlinton |
Pump action. (benefits of projection plastering)(Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | Mark Brinkley |
PVC-U pushes open the door.(PVC-U in Construction supplement; polyvinyl chloride replacement doors) | Construction and materials industries | Chris Phillips |
Quick off the block. (Priestmere Properties' experiences of using Panablok prefabricated blockwork)(Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | |
Service requirements.(construction industry) | Construction and materials industries | Phillip Morris |
Show business. (Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | Leslie Gillilan |
Show business.(Building Homes supplement; property market in Ashford, Kent, England) | Construction and materials industries | David Rogers |
Show business.(Building Homes supplement; rural housing development in Northamptonshire, England) | Construction and materials industries | |
Show business. (Dexterfield's Sandringham Court apartment block in St Albans, England)(Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | David Rogers |
Show business. (McCarthy and Stone's Bay Court apartment development in Falmouth, England)(Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | |
Show business. (show home review; Troon, Scotland)(includes a personal view of Troon development)(Building Homes supplement) | Construction and materials industries | Lesley Gillilan |
Sir Michael Latham.(Building Homes supplement; United Kingdom Labour government housing policy)(Column) | Construction and materials industries | Michael Latham |
Sizing up.(Reinforcing Links supplement; sizing and choice of reinforced concrete) | Construction and materials industries | Charles Goodchild |
Soft option. (project management software) | Construction and materials industries | Tony Ciorra, Colin Stickler |
Spoiling for a fight. (problems with interpretation of landfill tax legislation by HM Customs and Excise)(Legal)(Column) | Construction and materials industries | Richard Connett |
Spotlight on mechanical services.(Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | John Gravett |
Talk is cheap. (Legal) | Construction and materials industries | Rudy Klein |
Tender price forecast. (forecast for first quarter 1997) (Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | |
Tender price forecast. (rise in building tender prices in the United Kingdom in second quarter of 1997)(Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | |
Tender price forecast. (rise in UK construction industry tender prices in first quarter 1997)(Procurement) | Construction and materials industries | |
Tender price forecast. (United Kingdom construction industry survey) | Construction and materials industries | |
The fight continues.(PVC-U in Construction supplement; English Heritage's attitude towards polyvinyl chloride and aluminium building materials) | Construction and materials industries | John Fidler |
The good, the bad and the tardy. (five construction lawyers give their verdicts on the second draft of the Scheme for Construction Contracts) | Construction and materials industries | Tony Bingham, Rudi Klein, Tony Blackler, Dominic Helps, Jennie Price |
The outdoor life.(PVC-U in Construction supplement; usage trends of polyvinyl chloride in conservatory industry) | Construction and materials industries | Chris Richardson |
The outsider. (Tarmac head of contracting and fee-earning operations Dr Leslie Atkinson) | Construction and materials industries | |
The percentage game. (strong emphasis on margins in UK construction industry) | Construction and materials industries | Martin Hewes, Giles Barrie |
Third parties and litigation. (funding of litigation procedures in United Kingdom) | Construction and materials industries | Richard Williams |
Top 200. (United Kingdom's leading construction consultants) | Construction and materials industries | John Osborne |
Transfer market update. (new interpretation of European legislation on transfer of employees)(Legal)(Column) | Construction and materials industries | Lynne Burns |
Transferring responsibility. (European Court of Justice ruling places new interpretation on Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) rules) | Construction and materials industries | Edward Goodwyn |
Trench warfare? (constant conflict in United Kingdom construction industry)(Legal)(Column) | Construction and materials industries | Andrew R. Hemsley |
Trimming costs.(PVC-U in Construction supplement; financial comparison of polyvinyl chloride verses wood) | Construction and materials industries | Jim Schofield |
Turn in the cowboys. (United Kingdom construction industry must decide how to deal with dishonesty)(Legal)(Column) | Construction and materials industries | Liz Bridge |
UK consultants earn 6.7 billion pounds sterling a year: previously uncounted billions of pounds of fees come to light in first state-of-trade poll. | Construction and materials industries | Adrian Barrick |
Up from under.(PVC-U in Construction supplement; use of plastics in drainage systems) | Construction and materials industries | George Gray |
Warm patches and cold fronts. (mixed fortunes for United Kingdom construction industry) | Construction and materials industries | |
Water torture. (United Kingdom partners complete aquarium in Beijing, China) | Construction and materials industries | |
What clients really, really want. | Construction and materials industries | |
What goes up...: Instead of worrying about whether or not the Greenwich dom will be built, we should be longing for its completion and ensuring that, once the millennium celebrations are over, it is pulled down. | Construction and materials industries | Alistair. McAlpine |
White out.(PVC-U in Construction supplement; coloured polyvinyl chloride products) | Construction and materials industries | Peter Watts |
Who cares wins: who needs to keep buyers sweet? Everyone, according to new research into profitability. (Building Homes) | Construction and materials industries | |
World service. (Feilden Clegg designs Earth Centre in Doncaster, England)(Interbuild) | Construction and materials industries | George Demetri |
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