Angela Monaghan Editorial
Building
Stories by this contributor.
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Network Rail axes Carillion and GrantRail
2007 Issue 37
Carillion and GrantRail have been dropped from Network Rail’s track renewals framework, while Jarvis has been granted a reprieve.
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Treasury to tackle PFI skills gap in public sector
2007 Issue 37
Managers on hundreds of private finance projects request training to boost expertise
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Network Rail axes Carillion and Grant Rail
12 Sep 07
The remaining companies working on the framework for renewals are Balfour Beatty, Jarvis, Amey SECO and First Engineering
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Balfour Beatty continues acquisition drive with Cowlin
2007 Issue 36
Contractor expands presence in South-west with purchase of £52m Bristol-based company
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Bovis set to take on £400m MediaCity:UK scheme
7 Sep 07
Lower-risk construction management role is most likely option on first phase of Salford project
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Bovis set to take on £400m MediaCity:UK scheme
7 Sep 07
Lower-risk construction management role is most likely option on first phase of Salford project
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Carillion set for £2.6bn of Middle East work
2007 Issue 36
Carillion said this week that it was set to win £2.6bn of extra work in the Middle East and North Africa.
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WSP shares bounce after 33% profit hike
2007 Issue 36
Shares in consultant engineer WSP had risen almost 7% by Tuesday after its latest results revealed that it had surpassed growth expectations.
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Bovis set to take on £400m MediaCity:UK scheme
2007 Issue 36
Lower-risk construction management role is most likely option on first phase of Salford project
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EC Harris teams up with shipbuilder on BSF
2007 Issue 36
Consultant EC Harris has formed an alliance with shipbuilder VT Group to bid for client advisory roles in the education sector.
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Prison contractors join forces
2007 Issue 36
Contractors on the national prison framework have come together to maximise their purchasing power in the face of high materials prices.
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WSP profit ahead of forecast
4 Sep 07
Increase in geographical spread through acqusitions helps half year profit increase 33% to £15.7m
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Olympic bosses axe £300m utilities programme
31 Aug 07
ODA retenders contracts after a year of negotiations, leaving bid teams £1m out of pocket
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Olympic bosses axe £300m utilities programme
2007 Issue 35
ODA retenders contracts after a year of negotiations, leaving bid teams £1m out of pocket
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Tube Lines gears up for Metronet contracts
2007 Issue 35
Tube Lines is preparing to take on some of Metronet’s contracts, following last month’s news that its fellow tube maintenance company had gone into administration.
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Vivid interior for Gordon Ramsey's TV restaurant - image
29 Aug 07
Vivid Interiors completes fit out for F Word studio in under four weeks
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Erinaceous shares plunge
2007 Issue 34
Shares in Erinaceous were in freefall this week after it became the latest victim of the turmoil in the global credit markets when it announced that it was no longer in talks with any party over a sale or management buyout of the company.
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Birchall forced out of Rider Levett Bucknall
24 Aug 07
Managing director of rebranded Bucknall Austin leaves as board seeks ‘different style’
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Birchall forced out of Rider Levett Bucknall
24 Aug 07
Managing director of rebranded Bucknall Austin leaves as board seeks ‘different style’
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Birchall forced out of Rider Levett Bucknall
2007 Issue 34
Managing director of rebranded Bucknall Austin leaves as board seeks ‘different style’
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Building boom at seven-year high
2007 Issue 34
The building boom has reached a seven-year high, a report from the Construction Products Association (CPA) revealed this week.
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Stewart McColl: I want my company back
2007 Issue 34
When SMC Group shares dived from 196p to 16p in just eight months, chief executive Stewart McColl took the rap and left the company he’d founded. But as talks begin on a possible merger between SMC and Aukett, word is out that he could soon be making a comeback.
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Barton Willmore gets green light for Thames regeneration scheme
23 Aug 07
Barton Willmore secures planning permit for mixed-use regeneration scheme in Deptford
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Three QSs merge and seek AIM listing as Baqus
20 Aug 07
Merged company comprising Boxall Sayer, Denley King and Fletcher McNeill will be chaired by Roger Knowles
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T Clarke profit hit by problems in two regions
17 Aug 07
Profit slips at electrican and contracting company after difficulties at two regional businesses
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The odd couple
10 Aug 07
First, Ray O'Rourke worked for Tony Douglas, now it's the other way round. Both are very big personalities - in very different ways – but it's OK because they have a 'very special' relationship. Angela Monaghan wonders how it's all going to work …
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‘We will surprise the hell out of the industry’
10 Aug 07
Tony Douglas, Laing O’Rourke’s new chief operating officer, announces five-year plan to turn it into the most modern firm in British construction
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‘We will surprise the hell out of the industry’
10 Aug 07
Tony Douglas, Laing O’Rourke’s new chief operating officer, announces five-year plan to turn it into the most modern firm in British construction
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‘We will surprise the hell out of the industry’
2007 Issue 32
Tony Douglas, Laing O’Rourke’s new chief operating officer, announces five-year plan to turn it into the most modern firm in British construction
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Wounded McAlpine is takeover target
2007 Issue 32
Alfred McAlpine effectively put itself up for sale this week when it announced that it intended to sell its PFI portfolio and troubled slate quarries, and demerge the rest of the business
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Mace scores a hat trick at Wellington Place in Leeds
2007 Issue 32
Consultant lands three roles at £500m scheme to create 2.6 million ft2 urban district
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Mace scores a hat trick at Wellington Place in Leeds
2007 Issue 32
Consultant lands three roles at £500m scheme to create 2.6 million ft2 urban district
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Laing O'Rourke profit soars 30%
8 Aug 07
Pre-tax profit rises to £44.5m as contractor aims to increase tunrover to £5bn in 2008
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Mace tipped for Walkie-Talkie
2007 Issue 30
Developer Land Securities is understood to be on the verge of appointing Mace as construction manager on its 20 Fenchurch Street tower in the City of London, known as the “Walkie-Talkie”.
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Mace tipped for Walkie-Talkie
27 Jul 07
Land Securities could appoint Mace as construction manager on its 20 Fenchurch Street tower
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Tube Lines expected to take over some Metronet work
20 Jul 07
London Underground group set to step into breach after consortium goes into administration
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Tube Lines expected to take over some Metronet work
2007 Issue 29
London Underground group set to step into breach after consortium goes into administration
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Brown starts shake-up of NHS build programme
2007 Issue 29
Construction companies are to be hit by a revamp of the NHS in the wake of Gordon Brown’s takeover of the premiership.
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Metronet goes into administration
18 Jul 07
Ownership transfers from stakeholders including Atkins and Balour Beatty to administrator Ernst and Young
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Metronet denied £551m emergency funding
16 Jul 07
Tube repair company may go bust as arbiter refuses emergency funding
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Metronet denied £551m emergency funding
16 Jul 07
Tube repair company may go bust as arbiter refuses emergency funding
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Trillium snaps up Amec PPP arm for £163.5m
13 Jul 07
Deal with Land Securties Trillium includes sale of nine PFI projects that have reached financial close
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Hopkins races away with Olympic velopark contract
2007 Issue 28
Hopkins Architects has won the race to design the Olympic velopark, likely to be the last major design-led venue procured for the 2012 Games.The Hopkins consortium, which beat seven other teams, also included Expedition Engineering, sustainability consultant BDSP and landscape and masterplanning architect Grant Associates.The losers were David Chipperfield,
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Board averted ‘Kier scandal’
2007 Issue 28
Measures put in place to avoid conflict of interest after Dodds and Mattar admitted relationship
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Board averted ‘Kier scandal’
13 Jul 07
Measures put in place to avoid conflict of interest after Dodds and Mattar admitted relationship
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Board averted ‘Kier scandal’
13 Jul 07
Measures put in place to avoid conflict of interest after Dodds and Mattar admitted relationship
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Brown threatens to scrap supercasinos
12 Jul 07
Prime minister say there may be better alternatives to Las Vegas-style casinos as he announces review
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Brown threatens to scrap supercasinos
12 Jul 07
Prime minister say there may be better alternatives to Las Vegas-style casinos as he announces review
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Grafton turnover up 12.5% to £1bn
12 Jul 07
Builders merchant reports double-digit profit growth in first six months
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Grafton turnover up 12.5% to £1bn
12 Jul 07
Builders merchant reports double-digit profit growth in first six months
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Green light for Gehry's Brighton scheme
12 Jul 07
Design for the 'crumpled tin can' towers has been signed off by council despite strong local opposition
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Metronet under fire for negligence
6 Jul 07
Tube repair company admits it may be responsible for yesterday's derailing accident on the Central Line
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More delays for Olympic stadium
2007 Issue 27
… as external works go three times over budget
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More delays for Olympic stadium
6 Jul 07
… as external works go three times over budget
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More delays for Olympic stadium
6 Jul 07
… as external works go three times over budget
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Taywood and Wimpey complete £5bn merger
2007 Issue 27
Chief executive aims to raise margins as company shares are traded on stock market
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London Underground prepares for the worst
2007 Issue 27
London Underground (LU) has made contingency plans in case Metronet, the troubled Tube PPP consortium, collapses
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London Underground prepares for the worst
6 Jul 07
London Underground makes contingency plans in case Metronet collapses
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London Underground prepares for the worst
6 Jul 07
London Underground makes contingency plans in case Metronet collapses
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Taywood and Wimpey complete £5bn merger
6 Jul 07
Chief executive aims to raise margins as company shares are traded on stock market
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Timms takes reins as sixth minister for construction in six years
2007 Issue 27
The former chief secretary to the Treasury must find his feet at the newly created Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
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Metronet puts its future on the line
2007 Issue 27
The consortium with the job of upgrading most of London Underground is struggling to cope with a £2bn cost overrun, potentially endless legal difficulties and increasingly nervous shareholders. Angela Monaghan looks at how it went so wrong, and what the stakeholders are doing to put it right
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Stephen Timms set to become construction minister
3 Jul 07
The former chief secretary to the Treasury is expected to be appointed shortly
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Housebuilders set to put ‘land hoarding’ claims to rest
29 Jun 07
Office of Fair Trading launches investigation into housing sector despite Callcutt review
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Housebuilders set to put ‘land hoarding’ claims to rest
29 Jun 07
Office of Fair Trading launches investigation into housing sector despite Callcutt review
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Housebuilders set to put ‘land hoarding’ claims to rest
2007 Issue 26
Office of Fair Trading launches investigation into housing sector despite Callcutt review
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Project managers slashed in second academies revamp
2007 Issue 26
Capita Symonds, EC Harris, Mouchel Parkman and Alligan among those that survive the cull
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Who’s going to build the olympics?
2007 Issue 26
Just our luck. Right when we’re getting down to building the 2012 Games, all the big contractors get loads of other work and disappear into framework tie-ins. Angela Monaghan reports on the changing face of British building
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ODA puts design into 'bloodstream' of Olympics
22 Jun 07
New design strategy will ensure emerging talent has an input in design of buildings for 2012 Olympics
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Contractors on academies framework left in the lurch
22 Jun 07
Firms including Balfour, Carillion, Kier, Laing O’Rourke and Skanska could fall foul of change in policy
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McCloud drops Bioregional Quintain from TV scheme
22 Jun 07
Television design personality enters talks with smaller partner over West Country venture
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Contractors on academies framework left in the lurch
2007 Issue 25
Firms including Balfour, Carillion, Kier, Laing O’Rourke and Skanska could fall foul of change in policy
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Laing seals £361m Stoke hospitals deal
20 Jun 07
John Laing/Sodexho consortium will build two hospitals during 37-year contract
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Willmott Dixon wins £35m leisure deal
18 Jun 07
Rotherham council selects contractor to design, build and maintain four PFI leisure centres over 32 years
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Multiplex family sells up after 45 years
15 Jun 07
Contractor to be sold to asset manager Brookfield for £3.1bn
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Multiplex family sells up after 45 years
15 Jun 07
Contractor to be sold to asset manager Brookfield for £3.1bn
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Metronet looks to reduce workload
15 Jun 07
Company in dispute with London Underground over cost overruns expected to reach between £750m and £1.2bn by 2010
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Multiplex family sells up after 45 years
2007 Issue 24
Contractor to be sold to asset manager Brookfield for £3.1bn
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BPF appoints Hermes' Rupert Clarke
12 Jun 07
Chief executive of Hermes Real Estate Investment Management will become junior vice-president
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Yvette Cooper launches first zero carbon house at Offsite 2007
12 Jun 07
Housing minister calls for for a 'complete revolution' in housing design and build as she unveils exemplar scheme
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Brookfield makes £3.1bn approach for Multiplex
11 Jun 07
Contractor and developers set to recommend all-cash offer from Canadian asset managers
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Metronet appoints Serco to maintain air-con Tube track
8 Jun 07
Serco will maintain the track that is being used by Metronet to test air-conditioned tube trains
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Mace caps year of big wins with 20% leap in profit
2007 Issue 23
Construction group looks to future with optimism as 67% of 2007 order book is secured
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Morgan Sindall joins big five contractors
2007 Issue 23
Morgan Sindall increased its turnover by £1bn this week as it confirmed its deal to buy part of Amec’s construction and civil engineering business, and its whole regeneration arm, for £26m.
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John Laing JV seals £165m housing PFI deal
7 Jun 07
John Laing Social and Pinnacle Regeneration Group will refurbish and manage 1200 LA homes in Lewisham as Regenter B3
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Mears buys Britannia Care for £1.1m
7 Jun 07
Following its purchase of Careforce for £22m in March, Mears acquires its second care services provider of the year
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2012 Olympic logo revealed
4 Jun 07
The new logo will be available in four colours and has been approved by the International Olympic Committee
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Morgan Sindall buys Amec's ailing construction business
4 Jun 07
Contractor spends £26m on Amec's regeneration and construction arms and will integrate the 2800-strong building division into its own business
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Foster's Heathrow East wins planning approval
1 Jun 07
The replacement for Heathrow's Terminals 1 and 2 should be completed in time for the 2012 London Olympics
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G&T regroups and rebrands to shed ‘stuffy’ image
2007 Issue 22
Consultant founded in 1840, when Queen Victoria was 21, launches a modern makeover
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Interserve probed by OFT over tenders
31 May 07
The OFT is investigating 16 tenders submitted by Interserve's project services division between 2000 and 2005
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Former Bovis boss joins Candy & Candy
25 May 07
John Howell will join development manager as construction director
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Former Bovis boss joins Candy & Candy
2007 Issue 21
John Howell, the former head of Bovis Lend Lease’s southern division, has joined development manager Candy & Candy in the newly created role of construction director
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Armitt dons his hard hat for life in the firing line
2007 Issue 21
ODA chairman vows to be less hands-on than Lemley as he faces the press for the first time
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London hospital sues Carillion for fraud
18 May 07
Dispute with Chelsea and Westminister Hospital relates to £2m of work which NHS Trust says was never carried out
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McAlpine on high as it doubles profit
18 May 07
Company's pre-tax profits double from £23.6m to £53m
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McAlpine on high as it doubles profit
2007 Issue 20
Sir Robert McAlpine more than doubled its pre-tax profit, from £23.6m to £53m, in the same financial year it delivered the Emirates stadium in north London.
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Contest hots up for Amec’s building arm
2007 Issue 20
Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty are battling it out to buy Amec’s construction and PPP business.
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Where did it all go?
2007 Issue 20
One of the things Blair’s tenure is certain to be remembered for is the surge of public spending that began in his third year in office. Here, Angela Monaghan, Mark Leftly and Sarah Richardson explain what it was spent on
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ODA's top priority to finish 2012 on time, says Armitt
17 May 07
Future non-executive chairman promises quick decisions for Olympic Games
