All Building articles in 2002 issue 13 – Page 2
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Contracts
Kier wins £3m housing dealKier Partnership has won a £3m design-and-build contract for 41 houses and flats in Hillingdon, west London, for the Thames Valley Charitable Housing Association. HBG to build Sheffield ice rinkHBG Construction has landed a £13.3m design-and-build contract for the National Ice Centre in Sheffield for the ...
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Comment
Houses, not circuses
If 1.7 million homes are 'not decent', that means that something like the entire population of London is living in squalor. What on earth can we do?
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China starts Olympic design race
China has given architects just two weeks to register an interest in two competitions to design facilities for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Fraser Morrison takes stake in RMJM buyout
Former Morrison Construction owner Sir Fraser Morrison has taken a stake in Edinburgh-based multidisciplinary practice RMJM.
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NewsBritish Library puts M&E contracts up for grabs
Library seeks partners for multimillion-pound, five-year contracts to look after services on estate.
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Comment
Blind man's bluff
The government's response to Britain's chronic housing shortage isn't so much bad as nonexistent. Falconer is just pretending nothing is wrong
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YJL bids for Crest Nicholson contracting division
Crest chief executive tight-lipped about future of Bristol subsidiary Pearce but City says deal is in the offing.
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NewsIndustry must do better, says new Egan report
Sir John Egan has hit out at the industry's lack of progress since the publication of his seminal 1998 Rethinking Construction report.
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Canadian firm bets on fast track casino bonanza
Engineer Yolles Partnership claims it will be able to build bespoke gambling centres in seven months.
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NewsSlowdown is easing skills crisis, says Barratt boss
Cautious developers and the end of big projects have relieved pressure on wages, says Frank Eaton.
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Balfour venture wins Stonehenge deal
A joint venture involving Balfour Beatty and Costain has won a contract to build a tunnel under Stonehenge in Wiltshire.
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CBI backs plan to import skilled workers
The CBI has backed government plans to attract skilled immigrants into the UK construction sector.
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NewsGroovy, baby
Groovy, baby: Westminster council has given outline planning permission for the refurbishment of the faux Tudor Liberty building on Carnaby Street, central London. This follows the recent revamp of the Liberty store on Regent Street by its new owner Marylebone Warwick Balfour. Architect Lifschutz Davidson’s design includes a restaurant and ...
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Bank attacked for using online auctions
The Construction Industry Council has criticised the Royal Bank of Scotland for using online bidding to tender services.
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FeaturesAppointments
HousebuildersMarion Morrison (left) has been appointed assistant marketing manager of Laing Homes South-West Thames in Leatherhead. ContractorsBenson Construction Services has appointed Dean Burgess regional director.Project and construction management company Heery International has appointed Peter Riley associate director. Don Houston has been promoted to associate director. Construction services, homes and property ...
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FeaturesAlastair Mellon
Just 37 years old and with no previous IT experience, the managing director of construction portal Asite is changing the way the industry thinks about e-procurement. Marcus Fairs found out what makes him tick – and blush.
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NewsClubs put stadiums on hold after ITV Digital collapse
Norwich, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Macclesfield and Sheffield United review plans after TV income disappears.
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Miller hunts for southern housing acquisition
Edinburgh-based contractor and developer Miller Group wants to buy a housebuilder to expand its housing business in the Midlands and the south of England.
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FeaturesAnd then there were three …
The fitting-out of the towers at either side of One Canada Square has completed the plan to make Canary Wharf into Manhattan-on-Thames
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