George Hay

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  • Credit: Elliot Thoburn
    Features

    Shouldn't you be at work?

    2006-06-09T00:00:00

    Will Mr Jerk be able to provide enough Trinidadian food for everybody at Reid Architecture? Will the Scott Brownrigg beer keg be big enough? Will Lord Foster ‘do the Crouch'? With the answers to these questions and many more besides, George Hay presents a definitive guide to World Cup office ...

  • Rich pickings: Amey is well placed to benefit from BAA’s £7bn order book, including work at Stansted airport
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    Amey in line for key role after Ferrovial's BAA deal

    2006-06-09T00:00:00

    Spanish contractor's support services subsidiary could project manage BAA's airport build programmes

  • Stratford strife: LCR has been paying consultants’ fees since March
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    LCR left to foot design bill for Stratford City

    2006-06-09T00:00:00

    London & Continental Railways has been left to foot the bill for the Stratford City masterplan by the warring members of the Stratford City consortium.

  • David Pretty
    News

    Barratt: Give us cheap land and we'll build green houses

    2006-06-02T00:00:00

    David Pretty calls on the government to cut cost of its sites by 25% to pay for eco-friendly technologies in homes

  • News

    UK looks to Finnish nuclear finance model

    2006-06-02T00:00:00

    The UK could look to a private finance scheme being used in Finland as a model for funding a new wave of nuclear power stations

  • Mason: Happy with Amec’s restructuring plans
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    Amec sells Spie for £707m

    2006-05-26T00:00:00

    Support services giant Amec has sold its French engineering arm Spie to a private equity group for more than £700m.

  • Energy Crisis!
    Features

    Edge of darkness

    2006-05-26T00:00:00

    Presently, 12 nuclear power stations provide 22% of Britain's energy. By 2020, all but three will be shut down, oil extraction will be in decline and most of what gas remains will be under Russian control. So, the government is planning to build up to 10 replacement reactors at a ...

  • News

    Amec's nuclear talks

    2006-05-19T00:00:00

    Amec is seeking partners to help it bid for nuclear power stations after prime minister Tony Blair this week signalled his support for a new generation of them

  • Higgins: ‘Informal chats’ on fund
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    ODA considers fund to plug £2bn shortfall

    2006-05-19T00:00:00

    Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive David Higgins could set up a private investment fund to plug a rumoured £2bn shortfall for the 2012 Olympics and associated regeneration work

  • Ireland rugby coach and BCO conference speaker Eddie O’Sullivan is no expert on the UK property market. But he does know all about building a team and turning that team into winners.
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    On the ball

    2006-05-12T00:00:00

    Ireland rugby coach and BCO conference speaker Eddie O'Sullivan is no expert on the UK property market. But he does know all about building a team and turning that team into winners. George Hay finds out what he can teach you.

  • Rocketing up: The roof tax could rise from £18,500 to £50,000
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    Milton Keynes roof tax may rise to £50k

    2006-05-12T00:00:00

    A row has broken out between housebuilders and Milton Keynes council after it emerged that the £18,500 "roof tax" for the city could be as much as £50,000.

  • Costs at Djanogly City Academy in Nottingham have risen £6.5m
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    Sixteen city academies exceed original budgets

    2006-05-12T00:00:00

    Leaked government papers reveal substantial cost hikes, and the most expensive project passes £46m

  • Bexley Academy
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    London city academies set to breach £25m budgets

    2006-05-05T10:20:00

    Consultants say average cost of capital's 60 planned schools has risen to £30m because of problematic sites.

  • Bexley Academy: Costs at the south-east London school reached £38m
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    London city academies set to breach £25m budgets

    2006-05-05T00:00:00

    Consultants say average cost of capital's 60 planned schools has risen to £30m because of problematic sites

  • For whom the school bell tolls
    Features

    For whom the (school) bell tolls

    2006-04-28T00:00:00

    Political scandal, organisational muddle and diminishing funds are threatening to kill off Tony Blair's cherished city academies. George Hay looks at what went wrong, and whether lessons can be learned in time to save them

  • News

    Hammerson to push on with £180m Bishopsgate scheme

    2006-04-21T00:00:00

    Developer to put 100,000 m2 mixed-use City scheme in for planning, despite jitters in the speculative market

  • The Wembley arch
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    Wembley: the battle begins

    2006-04-21T00:00:00

    As a landmark UK project, Wembley Stadium has been a disaster from the beginning. On the eve of the High Court battle between main contractor Multiplex and steel subcontractor Cleveland Bridge, we tell the story of the the biggest fiasco in UK construction's history.

  • On report: Harefield is under review by the education department after its design came in over budget
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    Taylor Woodrow's £20m city academy faces axe

    2006-04-21T00:00:00

    Spiralling costs deal fresh blow to Tony Blair's flagship initiative to deliver 200 city academies by 2010

  • News

    Mayor unites his Olympic designers

    2006-04-13T00:00:00

    London mayor Ken Livingstone is to announce the formation of an organisation that will draw together all the design bodies at the Greater London Authority dealing with the Olympics

  • St Paul’s conversion: Opening day is in doubt
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    Flagship city academy on hold after busting budget

    2006-04-13T00:00:00

    Questions raised over accelerated delivery programme as £20m St Paul's Academy in Greenwich faces delay

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