All Building articles in 2004 issue 45
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FeaturesTurfing Dracula out of his coffin
The castle that inspired the novel Dracula is to be turned into holiday apartments, but locals are branding it a huge mi-“stake”.
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FeaturesRedesign depression
Plans for Leicester’s Haymarket theatre have one councillor down in the dumps.
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NewsDubai contract wins for Atkins
School and hospital will be a first for Atkins, which usually focuses on office, leisure and residential schemes in the Middle East.
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Earth Centre in danger of being grounded
The £36m lottery attraction is seeking more cash to prevent financial collapse.
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House sales at lowest level for nine years
RICS survey says that 41% more chartered surveyors are reporting falls in house prices than rises.
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NewsLovell says Jarvis can survive
Alan Lovell says that Jarvis can secure its future by concentrating on rail and road infrastructure.
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National parks under threat
Development pressures on national parks and a Scottish drive to encourage more women to become builders feature in this weekend’s newspapers.
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Cleveland Bridge wins final Wembley adjudication
Steel contractor is awarded £2,274,000 in final adjudication against Multiplex bringing the total award to £4.75m.
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Crest Nicholson sales increase by 30%
Decision to increase number of affordable homes pushs up total number of homes sold for year ending October 31.
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British firms sidelined in Europe
British firms are missing out on public procurement contracts in Europe because of favouritism for homes companies.
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NewsLondon team submits bid for 2012 Olympics
The bid proposals of the five candidates for the 2012 Olympics have been sent to the International Olympic Committee.
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shedkm wins design competition at New Islington
Architect shedkm and developer Taylor Woodrow will design and build scheme on 6,750m2 plot in East Manchester Millennium Community.
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NewsUK architect wins Shanghai design competition
Paul Davis & Partners Architect wins competition to design rban mixed-use scheme with two 31-storey towers.
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Vinci dropped by Jarvis as Hochtief enters the frame
Hochtief looks set to buy Jarvis’s PFI bidding operations after Vinci and Jarvis are dumped from Norfolk schools PFI.
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Childrens hospital is running more than six months late
£60m Evelina hospital in London, designed by Hopkins Architects, delayed by ‘complexities of the building’.
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HTA Architects trailblazes Prescotts Northern Way
Housing specialist and property firm appointed to pioneer regeneration plans for Tees and Don valleys.
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NewsPrison Service accelerates 3bn refurbishment plan
Authorities to name contractors for framework deal four months early as concern mounts over state of system.
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Comment
A poser for Patricia
I was pleased to see your news item detailing Patricia Hewitt’s plans to “crack industry’s ‘men only’ culture” (29 October, page 13), although I can’t help feeling that we have been here before.
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FeaturesThe party's over
The champagne has all been drunk, the cab’s been called and the headache is starting to set in … That, according to the Hays Montrose executive salary guide, is how the industry’s top brass is feeling in these straitened days.