All Building articles in 2004 issue 49
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NewsTravis Perkins buys DIY merchant Wickes for 950m
The building merchant beats rivals to acquire UK’s second largest building supplies company.
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NewsBaggeridge boosts brick profits despite slip in demand
Higher brick prices help push profits by 30% as sales volumes drop in softening market.
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Ex-rail boss unveils £13.2bn rival to Crossrail
The ambitious rail scheme would take passengers further than Crossrail but opponents say the original London rail scheme must not be scrapped.
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NewsWilson Bowden optimistic despite slowdown
Wilson Bowden says end of year results will be in line with expectations and that it will complete 5,000 homes in 2004.
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NewsRoyal property investment wins planning approval
Prince Charles has won planning approval for a £3m manor house, but he neither he or his sons will be living there.
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Scotland to accept refugees qualifications
New scheme in Scotland will help refugees' convert construction qualifications to their UK equivalents.
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NewsMorgan Sindall confident of strong results
Contractor is buoyed by growth in affordable housing and the acquisition of three new construction divisions from Benson.
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Aggregate Industries predicts rock-solid results
Aggregate says that significant increases in hydrocarbon costs and cement prices will not undermine end of year results.
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NewsSuperlink plan set to extend Crossrail's reach
News of a possible extention to the proposed Crossrail scheme and the latest on the proposed takeover of building supplies group Novar.
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Jarvis sells Tubelines according to report
Stage one of Jarvis's survival plan is reported to have taken place with sale of stake in Tubelines.
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NewsCSCS shock: Only 8.5% of craft workers hold card
Unions attack CITB-ConstructionSkills for failing to sign up site level workers to card scheme.
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Industry demands joined-up policy-making from Whitehall
RIBA, RICS and CIC write to government to complain about fragmented responsibility for industry.
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CommentWho are you today?
A piece of legislation that protects ‘consumers’ against unfair treatment from ‘commercial’ types – meaning you – undermines whole basis of a building contract
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FeaturesTalking up a storm
Wates chief Paul Drechsler has been hired to shake up the century-old family business. And he just loves to natter about it. He tells Angela Monaghan all about framework deals, services, Dublin, PFI schools, his workers … and Eric Clapton.
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NewsPrime position
Newham council has awarded planning consent for a 249-unit, £50m mixed-use development in Warton Road, Stratford, east London. The scheme, a Telford Homes joint venture with the Royal Bank of Scotland, overlooks the site for the proposed Olympic stadium. The development, designed by architect Stock Woolstencroft, includes an 18-storey tower ...
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Morecambe wises up
Developer Urban Splash and the North West Development Agency have teamed up to regenerate the Midland Hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire. The from its current decrepit state into a 46-bedroom hotel with cafe, bar and bathhouse. The NWDA, which is contributing £4m, wants the Lancashire town to be seen as the ...
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The making of a muddle
The Skanksa vs Egger case blurred the distinction between entitlement to extension of time and entitlement to compensation. Here’s what happened …
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A place for leisure
In 1997 outline planning permission was granted for a business park on a 53-hectacre site. The permission covered mixed-use development for business and commerce, comprising classes A2, B1, B2 and B8, together with recreational use associated with a particular recreation ground. No environmental impact assessment (EIA) was carried out in ...
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FeaturesThe jet set
In Zürich, a crack Anglo-Swiss project team including Grimshaw and Arup have used imagination and pragmatism to bring glamour back to air travel. Martin Spring takes a tour around the airport that is a bit of a departure.
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FeaturesLocal lowdown: Ireland
Local lowdown Robert Smith of Hays Montrose reports on the rapid growth of the Irish market