All Building articles in 2001 issue 14 – Page 2
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News
Jarvis heads list of investors as Treasury PFI body floats
Shares oversubscribed by 30% as 51% stake of Partnerships UK is sold to private investors.
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Miller eyes bigger construction margins
Private construction outfit Miller Group aims to increase its construction margins, which stood at 1% last year.
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Comment
You've been warned
Tony Bingham - When a subcontractor carries out your instructions and things go wrong, can you complain that it should have told you about the risks and dangers?
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Features
Beyond bars
HLM Architects' PFI prison may be a regression to Victorian design values, but its pastel shades and female warders make the Salford complex humane as well as stark.
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News
Industry and clients back move
O'Rourke's daring swoop for Laing was broadly welcomed by the industry and clients this week.
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Features
English Heritage goes back to the past
Under Sir Jocelyn Stevens, the quango backed a series of exciting designs, from the Swiss Re tower to the V&A spiral. Now it seems to have clamped the brakes on. Has English Heritage reverted to type?
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Costain moves away from PFI
Major contractor to focus on traditional contracts and repeat business.
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsDavid McLean Contractors has appointed Gareth Davies information systems director.Janice McCann (right) has joined Balfour Beatty subsidiary Balfour Kilpatrick as safety and environmental manager.Alan Fox has been promoted to managing director of ceilings and decorative finishes contractor Clark & Fenn, part of Skanska.Commercial landscape contractor Severn Vale Contracts has appointed ...
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'If anybody can turn Laing round, Ray can'
Industry salutes O'Rourke, the man who built a £220m group in 24 years.
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New Alfred McAlpine business to target IT firms
Alfred McAlpine has set up a company to provide accommodation for IT firms despite growing concerns over the high-tech sector.
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'We were informed by email after City,' say angry staff
Laing employees pin their hopes on a role for construction chief Brian May as they plan next move.
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Features
After the fire
Alistair McAlpine - That we have turned the countryside into a charnel house is horrific. It is also a unique opportunity to create a less polluting, more humane farming system
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News
O'Rourke to get £60m sweetener for Laing
Laing management tight-lipped about deal but sources say at least £60m will be left in business for liabilities.
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Allen pays YJL £5.6m to take contracts arm off its hands
Services Group Allen is to pay YJL £5.6m to take the firm's construction arm off its hands.
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NHS advertises for Procure 21 partners
NHS Estates' £3bn Procure 21 initiative has finally advertised for supply-chain partners in the European Union's Official Journal.
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Balfour scorns doubters and invests £500,000 in dotcom
Contractor Balfour Beatty has invested about £500,000 in construction portal BuildOnline.
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