All Building articles in 2003 issue 50
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Has Cleaver given himself the chop?
Mansell boss Philip Cleaver has been an active part of the deal for Balfour Beatty to take over the contractor. Now he's keeping shtoom about whether he'll be sticking around to see how it works out …
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NewsA Shoreditch thing
Merritt Design Partnership, in association with Emmerson Architects, has received planning consent from Hackney council for a mixed-use scheme in Shoreditch, next to Hoxton station on the future East London line extension. The scheme will include 98 residential units and 5778 m2 of floor space for offices. Hackney council has ...
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Comment
Simon's saga, part two
His credentials in construction law were impeccable, his experience undeniable, his preparations unquestionable. Here's how his home improvement went down the pan
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Comment
Keep it simple, stupid
Anybody of the opinion that the law is a mammal of the genus equus asinus will be nodding their heads to this plea for common-sense adjudication rules …
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Features
Just the job
Colin James tells us how he used his construction background to found his own IT consultancy
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CommentSuspect everyone
Look, it's nothing personal but I just don't trust any of you – and you'd be mad to trust me or each other. If we could all understand this, there'd a lot less grief
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NewsCrest of a development wave
Crest Nicholson's masterplan for the mixed-use Harbourside regeneration scheme in Bristol has received detailed planning consent by Bristol council. The scheme is to include the Waterfront building, designed by Bristol architect Fitzroy Robinson, which will be a five-storey office building.The masterplan for the Harbourside redevelopment is to include a total ...
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NewsMSPs given false Holyrood cost estimate
The real cost estimate of the Scottish parliament building was withheld from MSPs when they voted to go ahead with it in 1999, the Fraser inquiry heard this week.
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RICS confirms merger talks
The RICS confirmed this week it was in talks to merge with the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors.
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NewsDoubts emerge over future of Mansell chief executive
Philip Cleaver remains tight-lipped over rumours that he is set to leave next year after Balfour Beatty takeover
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Prescott sets out his stall for town centres
Retailers are to be encouraged to develop in town and city centres under a revised planning policy statement issued by deputy prime minister John Prescott.
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Call to end student planners' debt
The chairman of the Local Government Association has called on the government to arrest the fall in the number of planning officers by helping graduate planners pay off college debts
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Comment
Costa bundle
Forward funding agreements for property in Spain are almost as popular as beach resorts. But you'd better know how Spanish law treats them or risk paying out
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NewsBroker's notes: Exchange of presence
Ho ho ho! It's Christmas. I realise that you, dear reader, were probably aware of this festive development, but I do get rather excitable at this time of year.
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John Sisk poised to buy Bristol contractor
Irish construction group John Sisk is on the brink of buying Bideem, a Bristol contractor with a turnover of £20m
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Comment
The couch brigade
Billions have been earmarked for new schools and hospitals, but who's going to build them? Either we rely on the Europeans – or we poach a few psychiatrists
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NewsBreaking China
British architect Zaha Hadid, in association with long-standing collaborator Patrik Schumacher and Urban Design consultant Ricky Burdett, has completed the masterplan for the 32.5 ha SoHo China development in Beijing, China. The plan combines exhibition, residential and green spaces, and aims to create an alternative urban heart for China's capital. ...