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Windows 99
An extensively glazed headquarters for US software giant Computer Associates has a distinctive W shape that is refreshingly different from the usual corporate boxes.
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Why is a lawyer like a bull?
This is the story of the architect who gave a speech at a lawyers jamboree in which he suggested that his audience make themselves redundant. And what's more, he has a point
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What do you do for a living?
The role of project manager is vital in ensuring the client gets the building it bargained for. But there is a curious lack of agreement about what they are actually supposed to do, and how much risk they bear.
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Wealth and safety
A recent House of Lords Scottish law decision has given employers and their insurance companies reasons to be cheerful.
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Why adjudication is illegal
The Human Rights Act, due to be implemented in a year's time, conflicts with a number of provisions of the adjudication process, and threatens to make adjudicators' decisions unenforceable.
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How was IT for you?
The results of 精东影视's IT survey show an industry in which management and staff see eye-to-eye on spending and lack of training but part company over laptops and voice-recognition software.
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Spotlight on mechanical services
In a regular series looking at delivery times, Mace reveals 13 movers among the 42 packages. John Gravett takes a closer look at enquiries, tender prices and workload in the mechanical services sector.
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Equal measures
Continuing his series on career issues, Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose discusses sexism in the construction industry.
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Appointments
Contractors Ballast Wiltshier has appointed David McEvoy , formerly of Bovis Construction Scotland, construction director. Mike Burns has joined as project manager. Paul Sealy has been appointed managing director of Bristol-based contractor CW Duke & Sons. Mike Elliott has been made finance director and Neil ...
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Cost update
This analysis of building costs shows materials prices falling slightly but labour rates rising markedly. Drylining prices and electricians' rates are also highlighted in this quarter's report.
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Who dares wins
A planned construction spend of 拢3.6bn makes the Ministry of Defence a client worth courting, but contractors must meet exacting standards or face tough penalties.
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Game over for lottery architects
Winning lottery funding is no longer the glittering prize it once was for architects. Recent cuts in capital project spending have halted many projects and left practices seriously out of pocket.
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Luther Cochrane
Sir Frank Lampl's anointed successor at Bovis on his new role, plans for the firm after those merger talks and the joys of being a dad.
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Whose line is it anyway?
For its Glasgow headquarters, BT took no chances and put in its own team to shadow the developer's consultants, with the power to halt the project. Not everyone was happy.
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Restoration drama
Post-bomb repairs have been carried out on Manchester's Edwardian cotton exchange. Its elaborate foyer makes a grand front-of-house area for the theatre module within it.
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Tower of strength
A Liverpool housing trust has found a cheap way to stop brick cladding on high rises from collapsing. So why isn't everyone using polyurethane foam?
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When sleep is at a premium
Last week, Dominic Helps welcomed new legal cost insurance that protects against a worst-case scenario. It can help you get a good night's sleep if you can afford it.
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Keep it going
Sustainable construction is not to be dismissed as flavour of the month . It is the shape of things to come and, particularly in relation to energy consumption, is set to have a major impact on procurement practices.
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Limited clarification on TUPE
When can an employer change employees' terms and conditions of employment following a TUPE transfer? The answer remains hazy.
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PFI: the state of the art
The move from private finance initiative projects to public-private partnerships has thrown up innovative devices to free procurement from legal and commercial constraints.