All Building articles in 2002 issue 40 – Page 2
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Balfour wins PFI schools …A consortium of Balfour Beatty and Innisfree has landed a £100m PFI contract to build and maintain six schools in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, for the council.… and hits the roadBalfour Beatty’s civil engineering division has landed a £132m design-and-build contract to carry out work on the ...
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NewsContractors face site quotas for ethnic minorities
CITB-sponsored report on Black and Asian workers proposes site managers be set targets for racial diversity.
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Multiplex: No design changes at Wembley
Paul Gandy, managing director of Multiplex UK, the contractor building the national stadium at Wembley, has told Building there will be no design changes during the construction process.
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Costain closes offices in centralisation drive
Contractor Costain is grouping its asset management, building and engineering operations at its headquarters in Maidenhead, Berkshire.
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Bournemouth waits for PFI decision
Bournemouth council will find out next week if it is to receive PFI funding to refurbish the buildings in which this week's Conservative Party conference took place.
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Western blocks
Western blocks: The second phase of Berkeley Homes’ Chelsea Bridge Wharf has been submitted for planning. Designed by Scott Brownrigg + Turner, the Centurion building is made up of more than 70 apartments on a brownfield site next to Battersea Park and Chelsea bridge in south-west London. Contractor is Bovis ...
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The blade’s a runner
The blade’s a runner: This £25m Ian Simpson tower in Birmingham starts on site in March. Holloway Circus is 39 storeys, the first 18 of which will be taken up by a Radisson hotel. It will also hold 150 apartments and four penthouses. Liverpool developer the Beetham Organisation will select ...
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CITB bids to train council construction workers
The training of council construction workers could become the responsibility of the Construction Industry Training Board if the government accepts plans put to it by the CITB.
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Four bid for HSBC facilities deal
Four companies, including contractors Mowlem and Taylor Woodrow, are competing for a facilities management deal with bank HSBC.
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Government refuses to pay for Olympic bid
The government has confirmed that it will not cover the cost of a London bid for the 2012 Olympics.
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Barratt chief executive Frank Eaton killed in car crash
The housebuilding industry this week lost a leading figure with the death of Barratt chief executive and chairman Frank Eaton.
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NewsLaing Homes triumphs at quality awards
Laing Homes won three awards, including best private housebuilder, at the 2002 Building Homes Quality Awards last week. It also won the partnering prize and a category entitled Choices for the private sector.The awards, which are in their second year, attracted twice as many entries as last year. Comedian Tony ...
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NewsJeffries fights back as Atkins takeover rumours mount
Trading of top consultant's shares intensifies as Skanska and Bouygues are tipped as potential buyers.
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We won’t drive Egan agenda, top clients tell industry
Survey shows that employers are frustrated by the rate of change – but don’t want to set the pace themselves.
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FeaturesAfter Wembley
Two years of working flat out trying to get the new national stadium built would be enough to persuade most of us to hang up our boots, but Paul Gandy, managing director of the UK arm of Multiplex, has set himself a new goal – building, rather than demolishing, famous ...
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Balfour may borrow from banks to acquire JA Jones
Contractor is still pursuing ‘golden opportunity’ of buying US firm despite City’s refusal to back a bid.
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Atkins director dies, aged 57
The industry this week mourned the sudden death of RICS vice-president and Atkins regional director Chris Powell.
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O’Rourke splashes out £7.5m on Laing shares
Ray O’Rourke has marked the anniversary of his purchase of Laing Construction for £1 by shelling out more than £7.5m more for a 3% stake in its former parent company.
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NewsSymonds plans northern drive after profit rises 44%
Wembley project manager aims to grow in northern England and Midlands after posting strong annual results.
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£300m Holyrood seven times over budget
The Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh will cost more than £300m, it emerged this week.
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