All Building articles in 2005 issue 49 – Page 3
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Urban Catalyst changes tack
Urban Catalyst is to repackage itself as a consultant after becoming exasperated at the “frustrating” regeneration process.
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CommentA painful case
Sometimes contractors just get fed up with a job, and it grinds to a halt. When something like that happened to Birse, it got sacked. Then it got the bill …
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NewsBuilding wins campaign to Reform the Regs
ODPM agrees to develop process for updating regulations in a ‘simpler, more transparent manner’
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Councils freed to build social housing
The government has lifted its long-standing embargo on council house building as part of this week’s package to increase housing supply.
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CommentBrain donors wanted
At what point does a speculative joint venture become the exploitation of the naive or the desperate? Here’s an engineer’s take on this increasingly pressing question
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Lakesmere boss sets out new year resolutions
The name of roofing contractor Lakesmere may not be particularly familiar to the industry, but the company’s work certainly is.
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Corporate killing north of the border
The expert group set up by the Scottish executive to look at how to solve the conundrum of the ‘controlling mind’ has come up with a distinctive approach
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DfES pledges to cut bid costs of Schools for Future
The leaders of the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme have admitted that bid costs are unacceptably high.
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AYH to oversee fashion chain expansion
Cost consultant and project manager AYH has been appointed by fashion chain New Look to manage the refurbishment of 31 former Littlewoods stores across the UK.
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Industry attacks Brown’s plans for housebuilding
Planning gain supplement is attacked as ‘unworkable’, while PPS3 revives controversy over council powers
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John Laing latest firm to receive takeover approach
Companies thought to be interested in PFI specialist include Spanish firms Acciona and Ferrovial
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FeaturesBreaking amec
In the late 1980s, Amec pioneered the concept of the one-stop shop for construction services. Now, with its French services business up for grabs and the rest of the company set to be split in two and possibly sold, the sharks have started circling …
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FeaturesAfter the wobble
Ahhh, Christmas … Time for old chums to get together, share memories, slap backs, redistribute blame and generally relive their glory days. For this lot, those days were spent designing, building, redesigning and amending the Millennium Bridge. So here’s your chance to eavesdrop on Arup, Foster and Partners, Sir Robert ...
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MP calls for update on act review
The DTI was this week urged to clarify its progress on the review of the Construction Act after claims that it would delay announcing its findings until next year.
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Simpson’s 68-storey tower in Southwark faces axe
Beetham Tower in doubt as council votes against allowing tall building along Blackfriars Road
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Unions in T5 benefits row
Eastern European fit-out workers on Heathrow Terminal 5 are being prevented from receiving their entitlement of travel and accommodation benefits, unions have claimed.
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Coverite sues Shepherd over £3m Leeds contract
Roofing and cladding contractor Coverite has launched a legal battle against Shepherd Construction after being thrown off a £20m project in Leeds.
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