All articles by Denise Chevin – Page 2

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    Jarvis on the brink

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    There won't be too many tears shed in the construction industry this week over the spectacle of Jarvis teetering on the edge of the precipice.

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    Pidgley's gambit

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    So what is Tony Pidgley up to? His decision to shrink Berkeley Homes and reinvent it as a regeneration specialist has set minds and pulses racing across the city and the housebuilding sector.

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    The guests are arriving

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Isn’t the point of the European Union’s single market to increase the flows of goods, services, capital and labour, and thereby increase economic efficiency?

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    First steps

    2004-06-04T00:00:00Z

    It's hard to imagine now, but when Richard Rogers and his fellow members of the urban taskforce unveiled their grand vision for revitalising rundown towns and cities, it seemed like the manifesto of some radical art movement from the mid-20th century

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    Nothing left to give?

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    A government review of construction's ability to refurbish Britain's public services is overdue (see news).

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    Treasury to probe industry's ability to deliver PFI plans

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Ministers order review of capacity as government seeks assurances over its spending programme

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    A sharp reminder

    2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

    The publication this week of the National Audit Office's report into health and safety on building sites has done the industry a favour.

  • Features

    Alchemy in the UK

    2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

    John Morgan, the man who transformed himself from punk impresario with a microscopic office in Soho to the boss of £650m contractor Morgan Sindall, kicks off our special feature on entrepreneurs. Morgan was also a judge at Building's first Entrepreneur of the Year award – the winner and ...

  • Features

    Colin Busby

    2001-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The man who took Kier from buyout to billion-pound business in under 10 years — by playing it safe. We meet a model contractor.

  • News

    Morgan Sindall buys second firm in a week

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Contractor set to acquire Carillion's social housing arm after buying Miller Civil Engineering Services for £20m.

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    O'Rourke to partner Laing in PFI work

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    More details of construction arm sale emerge, including initial payment of about £27m.

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    Laing to wrap up sale for £50m

    2001-04-27T00:00:00Z

    Laing is expecting to complete the sale of its construction arm to concrete specialist O'Rourke by early June.

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    Prescott to set new safety targets

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    Deputy prime minister expected to call for 40% reduction in deaths and serious accidents in four years at summit next Tuesday.

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    WS Atkins/Mace merger talks called off

    2000-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Mace executives worried about loss of independence and lack of representative on Atkins board, says source.

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    UK should look to Europe, says global forecast

    2000-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Report says US market will tail off in next two years – but Europe is set to boom.

  • Features

    Double take

    1999-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Few individuals have had a bigger impact on design and construction over the past 20 years than architect Richard Rogers, now Lord Rogers of Riverside, and his younger brother Peter, a director of developer Stanhope. Who better, then, to talk about the future?