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  • Features

    Multiplex vs WNSL: The squeeze is on …

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    As Wembley’s contractor and client take their first steps towards the Technology and Construction Court, Sarah Richardson analyses what the parties are claiming, and what it means for the stadium

  • Colin Harding
    Comment

    Get out of our way

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Colin Harding If the government would just leave us alone and stop interfering with its feeble regulations and all-encompassing spin, we could get on with building for the Olympics

  • Comment

    Building buys a pint …

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    for Costain

  • News

    Schools body names chief executive

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Partnerships for Schools, the delivery body for the £45bn Building Schools for the Future programme, has appointed a chief executive.

  • News

    The beauty of Bolsover

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Architect HOK International has designed this mixed-use development for clients Ridgeford Properties and Manhattan Loft Corporation.

  • News

    X marks the spot

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Architect Will Alsop has revealed these images of his first big project in Asia.

  • News

    Former Hyder director lands key World Cup role

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Denis Lillie, a former director of Hyder Consulting, has been appointed construction project director for the 2010 World Cup finals, to be held in South Africa.

  • News

    Shoebury chic

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    These four residential buildings are part of a development in Shoeburyness, at the mouth of the Thames Estuary in Essex. Architect HawkinsBrown was appointed by client Gladedale Homes to work up the designs for the homes in the former army town near Southend. The ex-garrison land is now part of ...

  • Cann:  May become  joint head of firm
    News

    Hochtief poaches Equion director to run UK PFI work

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    John Cann joins Hochtief PPP Solutions, but precise role remains unclear

  • News

    Carillion to sell PFI stakes worth £70m

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Construction group Carillion is understood to have invited bids from investors for part of its PFI equity portfolio.

  • News

    Persimmon sued by ex-boss

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Persimmon, the FTSE 100 housebuilder, has entered into a legal battle with John Bennett, the former finance director of Westbury.

  • News

    SIPP makes its debut at Ipswich waterfront scheme

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    The first self-invested personal pension residential development fund, or SIPP, has been used to finance a waterfront scheme in Ipswich.

  • News

    Public sector work hits trough

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Growth in the public sector commercial development sector in July was at its lowest level for the year, according to research by property services firm Savills.

  • John Morgan
    News

    Morgan cautious after profit rise

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    John Morgan, the executive chairman of Morgan Sindall, said this week that the group’s construction division still had “a long way to go” despite posting an interim profit.

  • News

    McInerney buys British

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Irish residential developer McInerney Holdings has bought Bowey Homes, of north-east England, for £23.6m. Bowey has 13 sites in development with five more in the pipeline.

  • News

    Morrison joins asbestos firm

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Gordon Morrison, a former board member of contractor Morrison and its one-time parent AWG, has been appointed non-executive director of Silverdell, an asbestos remediation firm listed on the alternative investment market.

  • News

    Robertson appointment

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Scottish group Robertson has appointed Angus MacInnes as managing director of its construction arm, which includes five regional businesses. MacInnes previously worked for contractors Carillion and Skanska.

  • News

    Ennstone buys concrete firm

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Materials group Ennstone has bought Jackson Precast, an east Midlands concrete firm, for £6.2m. Jackson Precast’s turnover last year was £3.7m.

  • News

    Drainage firm acquired

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Marshalls, the landscape specialist, has bought Decathlon Drainage for an undisclosed sum from Hodkin & Jones, a mouldings firm. The purchase will extend its range of linear drainage systems.

  • News

    West Midlands asked to build 50% more houses each year

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Whitehall leans on regional assembly to sanction the construction of an extra 23,000 homes