All Building articles in 2000 Issue 20 – Page 2
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Features
Here’s the gain plan
Planning gain, perhaps unfairly, is often linked with slightly dodgy negotiations in smoke-filled rooms. This, however, would be a thing of the past if this new proportional system is adopted.
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News
Raynsford attacks estates full of ‘tawdry little boxes’
Construction minister urges housebuilders to improve quality and density of urban housing developments.
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Features
‘Getting gently better all the time’
Project managers, architects and other professionals have been busy amending and expanding the Egan vision since we listened in on a regional cluster group last summer.
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Features
‘It’s all a lot of hype’
That’s what Egan means to one regional contractor. Others have seen turnover double. Building asked three smaller players to say what impact the new culture has had on them.
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News
Carillion axes 50 jobs in regional reshuffle
Analysts predict 400 more redundancies as contractor cuts civils work and freezes building turnover.
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News
Fitzpatrick turnover leaps 35%
Fitzpatrick, one of the UK’s largest privately owned contractors, continued its record of strong growth last year with a turnover rise of 35% to £136m. This follows a 43% increase in 1998. It increased pre-tax profit 73% to £4.6m for the year to 31 December 1999. Under managing director Jim ...
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News
Hutton says urban renewal will cost up to ‘£2bn a year’
Top economist Will Hutton says Rogers’ taskforce needs to double spending proposals unveiled this week.
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Consultant Parkman in £10m buyout
Listed Consulting engineer Parkman has been taken private in a £10m management buyout, backed by six directors and led by former chairman Richard Archer.The aim of the team is to grow the 1000-strong company through acquisitions in the transport, water and environment sectors, and by winning local authority best-value contracts. ...
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Amec splashes out £1m on new identity
Amec is spending about £1m on the production and roll-out of its new logo, which was launched on Monday. The new image includes a turquoise touchstone meant to denote “a standard by which something is judged or recognised”.As of Monday, Agra, the Canadian project manager brought by Amec for £200m ...
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