All articles by George Hay – Page 6
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Wembley to be Londons green exemplar
London mayor Ken Livingstone is to test his plans to make London the most sustainable city in the world in regeneration areas next to Wembley stadium and at Elephant & Castle.
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NewsMorgan says ‘sorry’ and quits after RICS outburst
Launce Morgan, RICS construction faculty chairman, resigns after labelling the body’s management ‘arrogant’
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HOK wins 75m Shell Centre job
Architect HOK International has won a sought-after commission to design the £75m redevelopment of the Shell Centre on London’s South Bank.
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Morrell plans school delivery forum
Paul Morrell, the president of the British Council of Offices, is looking to set up a similar industry forum to facilitate the government’s £5bn school building programme
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NewsRogers bags Docklands wharf masterplan
Architect Richard Rogers has won the race to pick up one of the most prestigious masterplans in the country, the £2bn Wood Wharf scheme in London Docklands
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Foreign Office to overhaul its estate procurement
A contractor is to be appointed ‘strategic partner’ on overseas projects, as consultant frameworks are revamped
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NewsDeveloper spurns Alsop’s £100m Shanghai Kiss
Zhejiang Huamen Real Estate Group turns to London Eye-style design, after branding Kiss too expensive
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Industry launches tool to ensure project satisfaction
Best-value process asks stakeholders what they are hoping for from the scheme before design work begins
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Contractors hit out at plans for league tables
Row breaks out over plan to name and shame firms with poor sustainability and safety performance
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ODPM set to rethink housing targets in the South-east
Opinion polls indicate that most householders in the region reject higher building levels over the next 20 years
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NewsGriffiths in more hot water over Bath Spa
Former construction minister Nigel Griffiths is set to face further questioning over his intervention in the Bath Spa scheme after it emerged that he had not been briefed by his department on the affair
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Dubai projects threatened by rising material costs
Report by consultant Davis Langdon suggests excessive demand means prices are set to continue to increase
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CIC moves to mollify clients
The Construction Industry Council has moved to head off criticism of its clients agreement by appointing a legal expert to ensure the document is fair to both clients and consultants
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FeaturesThe client strikes back
It could spark a civil war of intergalactic proportions: the British Property Federation has drawn up a contract for consultants’ appointments, and it’s turning into a struggle of light versus dark. But which side is captained by Darth Vader and which by Luke Skywalker?
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NewsShuttleworth’s £120m Coventry scheme scrapped
Make and RHWL’s landmark design for 350 apartments plus bars and hotel is ‘unlikely to go ahead’
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Alsop loses A1 plan to former directors
Architect Will Alsop has been dropped from a masterplanning scheme in north London after a firm run by two of his former protégés was given the job
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RIBA lobbies hard for top-up tuition fee exemptions
Architectural body fears that charges for five-year degree will freeze out all but the affluent from the profession
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Alsop hires business expert
Alsop & Partners has appointed a specialist in business turnarounds as managing partner and plans to grow by almost a third, in the wake of last year’s restructuring
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NewsWhitehall acts to speed up move to factory housing
Government orders report into feasibility of ‘modern methods of construction’ to be delivered a year early