All articles by Mark Leftly – Page 10
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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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FeaturesJoin the queue
The anticipated sale of Westbury to rival Persimmon may improve the housebuilding sector’s standing in the City, but it could also lead to the loss of hundreds of jobs – if Persimmon’s track record is anything to go by.
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FeaturesCharm offensive
Despite his continuing war with the Labour party, the Daily Telegraph and the US Senate, George Galloway has opened a new front against Tower Hamlets council. Building reports on the leader of Respect’s struggle to persuade tenants to fight their council’s housing policy
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Crossrail ‘challenge’ to Olympics
The £10bn Crossrail project could increase the cost and slow the construction programme of the 2012 Olympics by obstructing the transportation of materials to sites.
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ODPM finance director appointed Olympic tsar
Andrew Lean becomes Olympic co-ordinator for the civil service, as ODPM undergoes wide-ranging shake-up
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FeaturesStratford-upon-Thames
The grim accumulation of brick and concrete known as the London Borough of Newham is about to become an international demonstration of what skill, inspiration and a great deal of money can achieve …
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NewsHornagold: It’s a 40-year job
A leading construction consultant has predicted that the Thames Gateway regeneration area will not be developed properly until 2045, after a survey of more than 100 chief executives and chairmen.
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FeaturesSome legacy
A little more than a year after Athens hosted the ‘best ever’ Olympics, this is what its facilities have become – desolate monuments to poor planning and incoherent politics. Over the next five pages, Mark Leftly reports on the lessons that London needs to learn.
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FeaturesThe fall of Paris
For the first time, Building tells the extraordinary story of how Paris Moayedi, the man who dazzled the construction world for the best part of a decade, lost control of his own company.We reveal the boardroom splits, the desperate financial manoeuvres, the public relations disasters and the boardroom coups that ...
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Managing director quits Hochtief’s PFI arm
Phillip Cooper, the former boss of failed contractor Ballast, has quit as managing director of Hochtief’s PFI division.
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Quango boss attacks ‘inflexible’ PFI contracts
PFI contracts are not being managed properly after buildings have been constructed, according to the government’s PPP advisory quango Partnerships UK.
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NewsCPA warns over energy costs
The Construction Products Association has warned the government to sort out the UK’s energy supply as costs begin to bite into the margins of contractors.
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NewsChairman of Mace division banned from directorships
Jonathan Yurtsever, chairman of recruitment arm the People Group, will not challenge eight-year disqualification
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FeaturesFuel alert
Ever since Hurricane Katrina, fuel price hikes have been hitting construction sites across the country – ratcheting up the cost of transport, site work, aggregate and products.
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Road to Wembley will not be ready for cup final
The redevelopment of the key access road to Wembley stadium will not be completed by the time the facility opens for next year’s FA Cup final in May.
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FeaturesAt first It was like the battle of the Somme
Today Building launches Projects Reunited. Here you can catch up with former colleagues from legendary schemes you worked on together and find out how everybody is doing now. To get the ball rolling, we assembled 18 old chums who braved the muddy wastes of the Millennium Dome site …
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NewsEx-Mowlem boss Gains defends his record
Ex-Mowlem boss Sir John Gains this week defended his record as chief executive of the ailing contractor.
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FeaturesThe blame game
As soon as Mowlem’s accounting difficulties hit the news last month the race was on to find the person responsible. Building reports on the unseemly row between the past three chief executives over their financial problems and the impact they have had on the company …
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NewsBeard predicts £800,000 profit for 2005
Swindon-based contractor Beard is expecting to return to profit in 2005 after reporting a pre-tax loss of £215,000 for 2004