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ConstructionSkills scheme aims to crack site training problem
ConstructionSkills has announced an apprenticeship scheme, which combines study and work on site for the first time.
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NewsProfit rise at Pell Frischmann
Privately owned consulting engineer Pell Frischmann has announced a 33% leap in pre-tax profit to £3.95m for the year to 31 March 2006.
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NewsSharewatch: What does Erinaceous mean to the City?
Investors seemed to suffer a sudden loss of appetite for the housebuilding sector last week. Crest Nicholson and Taylor Woodrow edged up 0.1%, but many rivals suffered falls; Persimmon by 1.3%, Redrow by 1.6% and Bellway by 3.7%.
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Gateway commission boss slams private housebuilders
Housing Corporation adviser Tim Williams attacks supply and design quality of new homes
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Durkan consortium lands £400m Hackney regeneration deal
A housing consortium that includes contractor Durkan has won a £400m regeneration contract across eight estates in Hackney, east London.
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NewsGalloping towards sustainability targets
BRE is converting a Victorian stable block into housing as part of a £2.7m project designed to demonstrate how the UK’s vast stock of old buildings can be brought up to modern environmental standards.
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Winner of Bucknall ‘apprentice’ named
QS and project manager Bucknall Austin revealed the winner of its version of the television show The Apprentice at a ceremony last week.
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NewsBlair opens eco-office
Tony Blair opened this eco-office development near Durham. The £7.5m Rivergreen Centre, for Rivergreen Developments, has Britain's largest rammed earth wall.
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Appointments
ContractorsSurfacing and civil engineering contractor Bardon Contracting has promoted Dominic O’Reilly from national proposals manager to national commercial manager. HousebuildersLovell has appointed Paul Harris operations manager for north-west England. He joins from Persimmon Homes.One Vision Housing, a housing association in Sefton, Merseyside, has appointed Gordon Ronald head of regeneration and ...
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Sloane Square halted
Kensington and Chelsea council has shelved plans for a crossroads scheme in Sloane Square, west London after a public consultation. The two proposals were by Atkins and the Sloane Square Improvement Group, and Stanton Williams Architects.
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Gleeson’s win
Gleeson Building has been appointed by developer St Modwen on a £5m contract to design and build five two-storey office blocks on the site of a former military base in Cranfield, Bedfordshire. The project is part of a technology park.
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Salary boost for consultants
Demand for young staff is forcing up wages in the consultancy sector, according to the annual salary survey from recruitment firm Hays Construction and Property.
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Tesco removes Kier from main contractor framework
Source close to supermarket chain cites performance issues Contractor ‘working to regain its position’
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Director leaves over £56m Alfred McAlpine fraud
The finance director of Alfred McAlpine resigned this week after the announcement of a three-year fraud in the slate division, which cost the group £56m before tax.
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Argent agreement
Argent, has reached a agreement with objectors to the £2bn King’s Cross redevelopment in north London after compromising on changes to the listed Stanley Building North.
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Foster’s luxury flats
Foster + Partners is to convert the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington, west London, into luxury flats. Chelsfield Partners bought the site from Ilchester Estate.
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Carbon conference
The first Low Carbon World conference, founded by Adrian Wyatt, chief executive of Quintain, the developer, has taken place. A charitable foundation will unite bodies across sectors.
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Livingstone says Metronet may ‘opt for insolvency’
Ken Livingstone, the London mayor, said this week that Metronet, the London Underground infrastructure company, could collapse because of its financial troubles.
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Davis Langdon in Manchester
Consultant Davis Langdon has been appointed procurement adviser to the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive on a £350m project to improve the city’s Metrolink network.