All articles by Mark Leftly – Page 13
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Industry demands joined-up policy-making from Whitehall
RIBA, RICS and CIC write to government to complain about fragmented responsibility for industry
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FeaturesWhat a carve-up!
Construction is responsible for one-fifth of Britain’s output and affects huge swaths of government policy – so why has Whitehall divided it over eight departments?
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NewsRegeneration taskforce created
Leading industry figures have set up an infrastructure taskforce to advise the government on its housing regeneration programmes.
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FeaturesMr Holt & Mr Black
The chap on the left is the grand wizard who created Mears, the firm that never stops growing. The one on the right has six months to learn how to cast the same spell.
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NewsUrban tsar ditches Prescott for Livingstone
The government’s head of urban policy has resigned to become London mayor Ken Livingstone’s key official on the 2012 Olympic bid.
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FeaturesDealing with libya
The moment when Tony Blair shook hands with Muammar Gadaffi, bygones were officially bygones and an entire country was opened up for British firms to exploit. But what are the realities of doing business in Libya? We visited the former pariah state to find out
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FeaturesRichard Simmons
The new chief executive of CABE tells Mark Leftly why his last three projects ran into criticism, why Sir Stuart Lipton was right to resign – and why Jon Rouse is such an easy act to follow.
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FeaturesThe new master
One of the many problems besetting the government’s plan to refurbish or replace every secondary school in Britain has been that nobody was permanently in charge of it. Now that that’s about to change, can we expect the work to start flowing?
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Three vie for Plymouth hospital
Contractors Amey, Imbregilo and Multiplex have pitched for the £240m Plymouth hospital PFI, allaying fears that the project would attract no tenders
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FeaturesMore haste, more speed
Ministers may have promised a bill for London’s superfast transport link Crossrail next spring, but boss Norman Haste is not leaving his £9bn project until then. We saw him in action at the Labour Party Conference
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NewsMoayedi buys firm from Jarvis
Businessman Paris Moayedi has disclosed this week that he bought a shell company from Harvey Bard, a former colleague at the troubled support services group Jarvis
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Industry leaders accuse Whitehall of failing to invest
Construction Confederation boss attacks delays in public spending programmes as minister makes a sharp exit
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FeaturesThree years of fear
9/11 was the day the world changed – if only in how scared people became. To quell these fears, the way we put up buildings has since undergone some pretty radical changes itself. We report on how Osama Bin Laden’s terror attacks transformed our industry
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FeaturesThe Bin Laden story
Summer 1971 in the small Swedish town of Falun. Twenty-two members of Saudi Arabia’s richest construction dynasty pose for a holiday snap. Second from the right is a 14-year-old called Osama, later to become the world’s most wanted terrorist. We report on how his relatives have tried to rescue the ...
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FeaturesAfter the fall
Three years ago tomorrow, 2800 people were murdered live on global television and the financial hub of America was turned into a smoking charnel house. Many construction experts become caught up in what happened on that day, and its aftermath. We talk to three about the disaster, the clear-up and ...
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CommentGarvis Snook’s path to power
As you may know, the chief executive of Rok turned his contractor from a £7m minnow into a £100m tiger shark in four years. What you may not know about is his 15-year struggle to get the chance to do it.
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FeaturesDear Chris, we wish you were here...
Chris Eubank is charming, eccentric and unpredictable. He is also part of City Partnership, the consortium mounting a last-ditch bid to save Brighton’s grade I-listed West Pier from demolition. We went to discover what the story was – and was just a little surprised at what he found
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Eubank wins backing to save West Pier
Property group Marylebone Warwick Balfour is understood to have backed a last-ditch bid by ex-boxer Chris Eubank to save Brighton’s crumbling West Pier
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NewsWelton leaves Balfour Beatty after eight years at helm
Chief operating officer Ian Tyler to take over the reins on 1 January after five-month handover period
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FeaturesThe adventures of Simon Cowell’s nicer brother
John Cowell may not have his younger sibling’s Pop Idol fame and fortune, but his construction consultancy has found a way to cash in on the family name. We talk to him about Hendrix, Will Young and Mr Nasty’s notoriously high waistbands.