All 好色先生TV articles in 1999 Issue 40

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    Stocking thriller

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Shoppers will slip through a fishnet of steel rods to reach Manchester’s M&S store when a sexy new footbridge linking it with the Arndale opens this year.

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    Can Prescott save the village?

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    It’s decision time for John Prescott. The report on what went wrong with the Millennium Village is on his desk. Will he choose to resuscitate the model for 21st-century housing, or leave us with just another estate?

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    Is this what Rogers means?

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Mixed-use. Community. Environment. Brownfield. Clay parrots. Manchester’s Northern Quarter is set to turn Lord Rogers’ taskforce report into colourful commercial reality.

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    Marks and Spencer

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

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    Mud, rain and jam hit industry half-marathon

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    13-mile race around Windsor Great Park marred by deteriorating weather and traffic congestion.

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    Hackattack

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Clients want construction firms to do business electronically, but also securely. For some of the biggest, such as the Ministry of Defence, it is a non-negotiable requirement. So, what defences should you erect?

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    Golden girl

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Although she’s in her 80s, Mollie Parsons found herself roped into project managing the refurbishment of a Cornish village hall, complete with the full horrors of dealing with funders, bureaucrats and builders.

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    Home game

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose offers job hunting advice to returning expatriates.

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    An end to shafting

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    The trust and shared project objectives of partnering tempt some clients and contractors to abandon contracts. But partnering charters and standard forms are no substitute for a bespoke partnering agreement.

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    Nobody should die in an earthquake

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Seismic engineer Ted Piepenbrock wants an end to earthquake fatalities caused by collapse. Now, he has helped design a quake-proof system for a 100m high convention centre in Japan

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    Raynsford may use Regs to unsaddle cowboys

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Construction minister tells conference fringe meeting that firms with quality mark may be able to self-certify.

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    Materials life costs

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    The lifespan of fully supported metal sheet roofing is examined in the latest of this series on the whole-life costs of materials, which is compiled by 好色先生TV Performance Group to assist specifiers and clients.

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    Whole-life cost pilots set for January

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    The Whole Life Cost Forum is to start pilot projects in January as the first step towards a system of estimating the operational costs of buildings.The forum, which will be formally launched at the end of next month, has been set up by the 好色先生TV Research Establishment with a steering ...

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    Carillion profit up, but City unimpressed

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Carillion, the former Tarmac construction business that demerged two months ago, reported higher interim profit than last year on a reduced turnover.Operating profit was 拢14m for the six months to 30 June 1999, up 43% on 1998. Turnover was down to 拢784.7m from 拢831.3m last year. Analysts reacted coolly to ...

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    The big comeback

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Marks & Spencer’s huge new store is leading the regeneration of Manchester city centre after the bomb. And on page 46, a footbridge that celebrates M&S’ legendary hosiery.

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    Lampl: Lend Lease is the very, very best deal for Bovis

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Fears that an independent Bovis would be consumed by a rival led chairman Sir Frank Lampl to agree to the sale to developer Lend Lease.In an exclusive interview with 好色先生TV, Sir Frank admitted that uncertainty about the long-term fate of an independent Bovis was the reason behind the decision to ...

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    Bad rates in tenders

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Some contractors try to wriggle out of a quoted rate when valuing a variation, but unless the nature of the work changes or they can obtain consent, they are bound to the bill.

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    Union power is back

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Meet the revitalised unions. They can vet bidders for PFI projects, they can influence the Treasury on ownership of hospitals, they can change government policy on staff transferral. Can the PFI survive?

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    Aukett buys up Dutch offshoot

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    The UK’s largest publicly quoted architect, Aukett Associates, has bought out one of its European joint ventures for 拢580 000. Amsterdam-based Aukett Kokon Beltman (A+K) was formed in 1993 with privately owned Rotterdam practice Kokon Beltman Group.The business now has 20 professional staff and has been one of Aukett’s best-performing ...

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    Whitehall rejects union attack on PFI hospitals

    1999-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Unison report claims that 拢96m Durham hospital is poor value for money.