All Building articles in 2003 issue 50 – Page 2

  • Features

    Bovis loses monthly heats but wins yearly tournament

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Contractor remains triumphant in annual league as its other pole position is snatched by HBG's strong month

  • Comment

    Wonders & blunders

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Ben Schott likes nothing better than a glass of dry sherry in Barry's Reform Club, but the London Eye gives him a funny turn

  • Features

    Big deals

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Family strife, collapsing contractors and shrinking balance sheets … we review a dramatic business year

  • Features

    The best of what happened

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Here's a month-by-month summary of the biggest news stories to catch our eye throughout the year

  • News

    Battersea gets powered up

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Bovis Lend Lease has been appointed construction manager for the largest private urban regeneration scheme in the UK at Battersea power station, south London.The £600m scheme, developed by Parkview International, has received detailed planning permission and involves building over an area of 515,000 m2 on a 15 ha site. The ...

  • News

    Fury as DTI rules out probe of Ballast Nedam directors

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Victims of Ballast collapse express outrage as government says its hands are tied over activities of Dutch parent

  • News

    BAA cuts Richard Rogers out of design framework deal

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Foster, Grimshaw, Parr, Ruddle Wilkinson and Reid all land five-year contracts as airport operator drops five firms

  • Features

    Away with the danger

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    In this month's industry overview, Experian Business Strategies reports that pre-Christmas growth has been as stable as the nativity scene, and is expected to remain so into the new year

  • News

    Lewisham scraps Alsop masterplan and starts over

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    £45m New Cross Gate development is reopened to competition after ‘aspirational’ plans are snubbed

  • News

    Brown delays revised CIS tax scheme until 2006

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Chancellor Gordon Brown has postponed the introduction of a revised version of the CIS tax scheme because of technical difficulties.

  • Features

    Biscuit world cup 2003

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    What the building trade lacks in sporting finesse, it makes up for in cookie-munching abilities. To celebrate this gastronomic talent, we invited 16 firms to submit their entries for the Biscuit World Cup 2003 … It's crunch time

  • News

    Review of the year - 2003

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    2003 brought 12 months of drama, boardroom rivalry, epic overruns, and ballooning budgets. If you feel like you missed some of the action, our blockbusting review of the year will fill in the gaps

  • News

    Mace profit soars 72% in 2002

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Diversification and strong overseas sales pay dividends for construction manager that has spread its wings

  • Features

    Hot stuff: Top 10 industry issues

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    We run down the juiciest topics of conversation in the industry this year

  • News

    Gaunt Francis maps out Formula 1 academy

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Architect Gaunt Francis has designed a £4m training centre for racing drivers at the Silverstone track in Northamptonshire.

  • Features

    Each year, 40,000 desperately needed homes don't get built. Who's to blame?

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    When Kate Barker announced the findings of her review into housing undersupply last week, housebuilders were smug that the finger was pointed at planners – until they realised they weren't getting off scot-free. So did the industry need to hear a few home truths? We found out

  • Features

    Appointments

    2003-12-17T14:40:00Z

    Contractor Bovis Lend Lease has appointed Edmund Obiala construction project director. He will be responsible for the Chapelfield development in Norwich.Housebuilders Paul Land, previously with the Sharman Group has joined regional housebuilder Wainhomes (South West) Holdings as technical director. Ken Lusk joins as development manager, Jason Walker as assistant ...