All Building articles in 28 May 2010 – Page 4
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Welcome arrivals: East London Line
The East London Line extension has brought four new stations to the capital. Ike Ijeh reviews their designs
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Panama and Brazil appeal for UK expertise
UK construction firms are being encouraged to take advantage of the growing workload in Latin America
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Comment
Quentin Shears: The Americano takeover
’We need to talk about rebranding - you have a brunch meeting at three’
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All-rounder
Alsop Sparch’s £21m Carnegie Pavilion is nearing completion at Headingley cricket ground in Leeds
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Features
Meddles all round: Prince Charles, Boris and Cabe ...
Planning has always been a national regatta for those with oars to stick in, but Charles’ Chelsea fiasco took it to a new level. Sarah Richardson compares him with the other rowers
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Features
Support act: Cannon Place
Finding somewhere to lay the foundations for an office block above London’s Cannon Street station proved so difficult, the engineers had to call on the structural principles of the Forth Bridge to get the job done
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Balfour, Bovis and McAlpine in line for £75m Glasgow arena
Balfour Beatty, Bovis Lend Lease and Sir Robert McAlpine are battling it out for the £75m National Arena for Scotland, after the project was saved by a £40m council bailout this week
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£610m funding gap may leave HCA broke for a year
Black hole in housing quango’s budget means it has to review Kickstart scheme and this year’s funds
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Galliford clinches £600m BSF win
The Equitix consortium, which includes Galliford Try, has reached financial close on the £600m Cambridgeshire Building Schools for the Future programme
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Travis Perkins closes in on £553m BSS Group sale
Materials firm says both companies have agreed on strategy behind takeover, which will boost its heating and plumbing business
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PPPs ‘vital to £500bn programme’
Public-private partnerships and financing models such as that developed for Crossrail will be critical in delivering the UK’s £400-500bn infrastructure investment in the coming decade
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Crest prepares for listing amid £350m takeover talks
Housebuilder reassures City as exclusive negotiations with suitor Horizon continue until mid-June
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Firms fear public sector work could fall by 25%
Construction companies are predicting a drop of up to 25% in public sector workloads over the next three years amid concerns that a private sector upswing will not come fast enough to offset the fall
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£216m police PFI attacked for ‘horrific’ waste
West Yorkshire Police Authority has defended the bidding process for its £216m headquarters PFI after criticism from contractors that it is wasting taxpayers’ money
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in April 2010
Completions have fallen since last year, but registrations are on the rise
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Costain and Skanska scoop second £15m Crossrail job
A joint venture between Costain and Skanska has won its second enabling works contract on Crossrail
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Features
Cost update: Q1 2010
The quarterly analysis of changes to costs and prices shows the industry in general on an upward curve, as consumer price inflation continues to rise
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Berkeley pledges to achieve green standard on all schemes
First move by new boss is to ensure housebuilder meets silver Building for Life criteria across portfolio
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Latest construction appointments - 28 May 2010
Mansell has appointed David Kershaw as director of partnership housing for the company’s Thames Valley regional business