All Building articles in 2005 issue 12 – Page 4
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SMC Group backs out of buying Aukett
Aukett Group, the only architect quoted on the London stock exchange, has announced that architect SMC Group has dropped plans to take it over.
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CommentSort out your attitude
Being a member of the awkward squad can cost you, even when right is on your side. These days it pays for both sides of a dispute to co-operate with each other
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NewsGleeson sells building arm in black month for contractors
Listed contractor quits sector following £16.6m losses, as Mowlem and Alfred McAlpine also suffer woes
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FeaturesPolitics and architecture
With the anticipation of a general election hanging in the air, we examine the importance of architecture to politicians and the people who vote for them – and takes stock of what Blair has done for the built environment in his eight-year tenure
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Council architects take Whitehall to task on design
Local government architects have attacked the role played by central government in procurement and design in a pre-election document that has been sent to all three major parties.
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Comment
It’s dense, alright
Having read your news story on high density housing and children (11 March, page 24), I believe there is a dichotomy.
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UK firms set to work in Algeria
British construction companies are meeting the Algerian government in a bid to get involved in infrastructure projects planned as part of a $50bn (£26bn) economic recovery programme
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HOK Sport faces legal fight after ‘crippling’ US rival
Wembley architect is accused of poaching five senior staff from Ellerbe Becket – after promising not to
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NewsReview of Construction Act to reform payment practices
Government consultation paper hailed as a ‘bold’ approach by industry leaders as it tackles contentious issues
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ACE slams proposals for reverse auctions at TfL
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) last week met officials from Transport for London (TfL) to lobby against reverse auction bidding for framework agreements.
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Architect Ralph Erskine dies aged 91
Ralph Erskine, one the 20th century’s greatest and most influential architects, has died at the age of 91 after a short illness.
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Raven Mount posts £6.9m pre-tax loss
Raven Mount, a housebuilder listed on the alternative investment market, this week revealed a pre-tax loss of £6.9m for 2004, a 38% bigger loss than for 2003.
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NewsPlans for £350m Suffolk winter sports resort put on ice
a £350m winter sports leisure resort outside Ipswich in Suffolk will go ahead, according to the developer, despite the fact that planning approval has been put back six months.
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NewsHousebuilders reject ODPM’s latest revision of PPG3
Top industry executives and consultants meet civil servants to argue against second draft of planning rules
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News£27m dent in Alfred McAlpine’s annual results
Contractor Alfred McAlpine took a £27m hit in 2004 because of losses on two construction contracts, problems in its utilities business and general restructuring costs
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Kier’s homes division helps boost profit 54% to £27m
Contractor Kier announced a pre-tax profit of £26.9m for the six months to 31 December, a rise of 54% on the same period the previous year.
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NewsJohn Laing’s profit rises to £25m on back of PFI market
Support services firm’s core divisions turn in good results including £6.4m profit from sale of roads PFI stake
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Charity warns against ditching section 106
A leading social research charity has warned the government not to tamper with the section 106 system for affordable housing, in the light of Treasury economist Kate Barker’s proposal for a planning gain supplement.
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Alfred McAlpine sues after paying £10m for company
Contractor claims former shareholders of Eastern Contracting Holdings duped it into paying double its value