Sky high
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It has been predicted building work at airports will be worth some 300 billion pounds sterling during 2000-2020. Many airports are expanding their services to cope with the increasing number of passengers and freight. It is anticipated the growth of e-commerce will lead to extra demand for worldwide freight transportation. Several airports in the UK are planning to expand, such as the new 1.5 billion pounds sterling terminal at Heathrow Airport, England. Many construction firms have found it difficult to break into the market as airports often use preferred companies for building work.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 2000
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I've got 30 minutes ot shift your belief structure
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Building industry cluster groups would have greater credibility if more people were to become involved, according to the Movement for Innovation organisation which has been set the task of implementing recommendations made in the Egan report to improve how the industry operates. Cluster groups promote the concepts of sharing and partnering, and actively consider the views of industry workers involved in innovative building projects.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1999
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An ideal divorce
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The division of Tarmac PLC into two separate businesses; building materials and construction, was a complicated problem for the firm's information technology (IT) department. Steve Connor was put in charge of creating a network for the new company, Carrillon. All documents had to be able to go out under the new name from 8am Jul. 30, 1999. They were given the previous 48 hours to complete the task whilst still having to offer an IT service as normal. Each of the new companies kept their own hardware but sorting out the relevant databases for each firm was more difficult.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1999
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