All Building articles in 2002 issue 42 – Page 2
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NewsWhitehall creates tsar to deliver hospital programme
Department of Health creates role of capital spending chief to ensure 100 hospitals are built by 2010.
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Contracts
Grimley nabs recycling jobUS group Cyntech Technologies has hired GVA Grimley to procure and project manage 65 recycling plants in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.£16m fit-outs for OverburyMorgan Sindall fit-out arm Overbury has bagged £16m worth of work, including a £10m deal to fit out eight floors at HSBC ...
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Construction is ignorant of Egan initiatives, says report
Survey finds only 12% of construction firms have partnering deals and 10% use key performance indicators.
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What's a computer for?
What is it with construction firms and IT? In the 1990s, many of the big players spent millions installing state-of-the-art systems only to find they had wasted their money. Staff didn't know how to use them, they quickly went out of date and were incompatible with their business partners' software. ...
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Gloom deepens in London commercial sector
The RICS says demand for commercial property fell for the second successive quarter in the three months to 30 September.
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NewsWimpey to close Laing Homes' Milton Keynes HQ
Integration of Laing's housebuilding business expected to cost £7m, mainly in redundancy payments.
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Foster says yes to Elephant & Castle vision
Architect Foster and Partners has accepted the job of drawing up a vision for the stalled £1.5bn redevelopment of Elephant & Castle in south London.
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Eight in running for Canada Water
Developer British Land and an Urban Catalyst–Multiplex joint venture head a longlist of eight for the £400m redevelopment of Canada Water in south-east London.
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SEEDA to set up UK’s first brownfield trust
The South East of England Development Agency is setting up the country’s first brownfield land assembly trust, a key recommendation in the urban taskforce report three years ago.
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Bids in for Leeds Supertram
The two remaining teams vying for the £500m Leeds Supertram scheme submitted their bids this week.
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O'Rourke eyes Bertie's Bowl
Contractor Laing O'Rourke is in the running for the Irish National Stadium project in Abbotstown, County Dublin.
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Pretty succeeds Eaton as Barratt chief
David Pretty has been appointed chief executive of housebuilder Barratt after the death of Frank Eaton in a car crash earlier this month.
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NewsBare-faced chic
Bare-faced chic: Developer Chelsfield has completed a speculative office development called Skysuite at Albert Embankment, central London. The 600 m2 scheme, designed by minimalist architect John Pawson, forms the top two floors of the 18-storey block. The project team on the scheme includes QS Jackson Coles, contractor Sames, M&E engineer ...
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FeaturesGood, bad and just plain ugly
At next week's urban summit, deputy prime minister John Prescott will be called to account for his regeneration policy. To show the kind of problems he faces, Mark Leftly examines three exemplary schemes that met very different fates
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FeaturesWhere did Atkins go so wrong?
After five years of extraordinary growth, consultant Atkins had become so big that nobody really understood the whole business. So in a bid to create a coherent structure, its new chief executive introduced a centralised accounting program – and a year later its shares were almost worthless. The question is, ...
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Architectural schizophrenia
A conflict sometimes arises between an architect’s duties as employer’s agent and as an independent certifier. But as long as no bias is shown, they can do both
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NewsJailed contractor is freed by Court of Appeal
Brian Dean, convicted to 18 months in prison for manslaughter, is released and fined a nominal £1.
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Amey FD will need five months to audit books
City sources this week claimed it would take acting finance director Eric Tracey until next year to get a clear picture of Amey's accounts.
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SMC Group buys architect in aggressive growth drive
Bullish architecture group makes the top 10 after finalising purchase of Corstorphine & Wright.
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NewsIndustrial action
Industrial action: London architect Bushe Associates has completed the first phase of a £1.5m live–work development completed in Hornsey, north London, for developer Nu Homes. The scheme involved the conversion of five light industrial units into flats. The second phase will see the construction of eight units, which will complete ...
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