All Building articles in 2001 issue 33 – Page 2

  • News

    Bowsprit launches five-year plan

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Civil engineer Bowsprit Contracting is implementing a five-year growth plan after a management buyout from parent company Environmental Resource Group, a subsidiary of AEA Technology.

  • News

    CITB lures school-leavers with billboard campaign

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The Construction Industry Training Board this week launched a national advertising campaign to persuade school leavers to get a job in the industry.

  • News

    Linden puts two big hitters on the board

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder Linden has appointed Sir Malcolm Field and Malcolm Heald as non-executive directors.

  • News

    Bellway swoops on rivals' former staff

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder boosts management with 40 made redundant in takeovers.

  • News

    Bankside tower goes to planners

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    The Tate Modern could be overshadowed by a 32-storey glass apartment block if planning permission on a proposed site next to the gallery is granted.

  • News

    Prospects still rosy, says upbeat Balfour

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Balfour Beatty this week denied that there was a downturn in the UK, despite market speculation to the contrary.

  • News

    PFI-style refurbs launched by Willmott Dixon arm

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Contractor's subsidiary Inspace to pioneer refurbishment scheme in which clients pay no capital costs.

  • News

    Architects shun Welsh Assembly

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Local architects are shunning the Welsh Assembly in a show of support for the Richard Rogers Partnership.

  • News

    Architect seeks Livingstone backing for micro-flats plan

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Piercy Conner to request funding for scheme to provide young professionals with affordable city homes.

  • Features

    Appointments

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    ContractorsBallast has appointed Nigel Brook and Phillip Cooper main board directors. Trevor Curtis, previously with Amec, has been appointed project director. The Wincanton office of Cowlin Construction has appointed Bill Badham (right) managing director. Pauline Speight has joined Morgan Sindall as director of people development for the firm's national construction ...

  • News

    Another fine messe

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    This landmark Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners-designed trade fair hall in Frankfurt opened this week.

  • News

    Faithful & Gould wins £4bn nuclear scheme

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Quantity surveyor Faithful & Gould is to act as adviser on the £4bn decommissioning of the Dounreay nuclear plant on the north coast of Scotland.

  • News

    Mowlem scoops £20m courts PFI project

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    A consortium led by contractor Mowlem and project financer Innisfree has been named preferred bidder for a £20m PFI courts project in East Anglia.

  • News

    Carillion tipped for £105m campus

    2001-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Carillion has been tipped to win two contracts worth a total of £105m for the University of Hertfordshire.