All Building articles in 2002 issue 11 – Page 2
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City-wide heritage initiative
English Heritage has intensified its strategy of conservation-led regeneration with a pioneering initiative covering the whole of the city of Liverpool.
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NewsHappy campus
Happy campus: Hawkins/Brown has won planning permission for its design for the University of Portsmouth’s business school. The practice won a competition to design the scheme in April 2001, and work is due to start on site in June. The project team includes contractor Fitzpatrick, project manager Northcroft, M&E engineer ...
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O'Rourke creates Laing O'Rourke brand
Concrete specialist O'Rourke this week announced that it would be creating a Laing O'Rourke brand.
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NewsHSE launches year-long nationwide safety blitz
Chief construction inspector Kevin Myers given new powers to oversee crackdown on site safety.
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Features
The black hole
Construction firms need to base their decision-making on accurate data, but up to now information on the £25bn repair, maintenance, refurbishment and extension sector has been terribly hazy. Now a DTI-sponsored survey puts it into focus. Alan Armitage of Construction Forecasting & Research explains …
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Big hitters on shortlist for Leeds supertram
Mowlem, WS Atkins, Bouygues and Jarvis are members of four teams shortlisted for the £500m Leeds supertram project.
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Berkeley slams planning green paper
Housebuilder Berkeley this week hit out at the government’s proposed changes to the planning system.
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FeaturesThe benchmark
It's a tough life for the Greenwich Millennium Village team: a location next to the maligned Millennium Dome, the attentions of John Prescott, and tough targets for improving construction performance. Thomas Lane finds out how well they are doing
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Five reasons why small is beautiful
Speed Bureaucracies can take years to implement change, but a small business can make changes in minutes. They are constantly adapting and are able to make the most of opportunities as they appear. The small business is able to react speedily to the demands of customers without battling through organisational ...
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Unison strikes back
Contractors claim that a government deal with Unison will push up the costs of hospital PFIs by up to 5%
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NewsWS Atkins eyes up US consultant Hanscomb
Atkins in acquisition talks with global QS as part of new round of market consolidation.
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NewsTaywood has 'turned round' contracting arm
THE RECENTLY appointed chief executive of Taylor Woodrow, Iain Napier, has said he wants to continue the rehabilitation of the group's contracting business by increasing the amount of work it does for its housebuilding arm.
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Architect offers help to school heads
Architect Hunter & Partners has launched a service to help head teachers manage construction work in schools.
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FeaturesAppointments
ContractorsMidlands-based contractor Thomas Vale Construction has appointed Bill Munn best practice director. Fit-out contractor Morgan Lovell has appointed Ira Edwards (left), formerly of Gensler, head of design in London. Contractor Faithdean has made the following appointments: Martin Britton has been promoted to director. Andrew Fraser, Jamie Goodwin, Tony Groves ...
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Two Building Awards shortlists announced
Shortlists were announced this week for the industry's client and personality of the year at the 2002 Building Awards.The awards, which will be hosted by Rory Bremner at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on 24 April, also honour the industry's contractors, housebuilders, architects and other consultants.The shortlist for client of the ...
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Blacklisting fear over agency sale
Fears are growing that the imminent sale of the labour agency ESCA Services will lead to a monopoly in labour supply to the construction market.
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Five up for £500m MoD work
The Ministry of Defence has announced a shortlist for its latest prime contract, a £500m scheme covering more than 300 sites in the South-west.
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£500m canal programme unveiled
British Waterways has launched the second phase of a two-stage, £500m programme of canal work, including nine new restoration projects and waterway schemes.
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NewsUnion PFI deal to be tested on £300m Coventry hospital
Industry waits to see how agreement allowing ancillary workers to remain on NHS payroll works in practice.
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