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Awaiting a war-time budget
With the government pouring billions of pounds into the war in Iraq, there is even more speculation than usual about what next week's budget will hold. Something's got to give, will it be public building schemes?
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Bombs on a budget
This week, our attentions shift to the damage that the war is causing on the home front (pages 22-23). It would be a cruel irony if investment in public services was halted to pay for Iraq just when the contracts are starting to flow. But nobody is under any illusions ...
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NewsDevon's Côte d'Azur
Construction of the Azure development in Plymouth starts on site in August. It consists of three sets of luxury apartments to be built on a two sites, one of which is derelict and the other a car park. The designs for the development, by Architects Design Group, reflect the local ...
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Rivals pick over remains of Miletrian
Contractors are lining up to take over contracts held by fit-out firm Miletrian, which has gone into administrative receivership.
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Setback for Brighton pier
Brighton's West Pier was dealt another blow last week when fire ripped through the derelict building, a month after the council granted planning consent for restoration.
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UCATT to defy critics of safety rep scheme
Construction union UCATT is to set up a roving safety reps scheme without the support of the Construction Confederation.
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Conservation officer's lot not a happy one
A campaign to help beleaguered conservation officers in local authorities was launched last week by English Heritage with government backing.
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High culture
The Bridge of Aspiration, linking the Royal Ballet School and the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, central London, was opened last week. The visually lightweight cladding of glass and aluminium echoes the 9.5 m bridge’s balletic connections. The glazed sides, two clear and two opaque, twist and overlap. The ...
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Arriving at Gatwick
BAA Lynton’s second building next to Gatwick airport has been completed. Designed by architects Fitzroy Robinson, the 8000 m2 development comprises a four-storey building with a floating canopy roof over a courtyard and a timber-decked bridge across a pool to the main entrance. The project, known as 2 City Place, ...
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PFI social housing scheme gets under way
The first two contracts for the government's long-delayed PFI social housing initiative have finally been signed.
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Private firm to run HSE health scheme
The Health and Safety Executive is to launch a construction occupational health pilot scheme in an attempt to cut the cost of work-related illnesses.
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Trainspotting
Balfour Beatty subsidiary Raynesway Construction has been awarded the £3.2m Edinburgh Park Station design-and-build contract. The station, which will be on the main Glasgow-to-Edinburgh railway line at Hermiston Gate, will serve the retail park and offices of Edinburgh Park, which is adjacent. The station will have passenger lifts, a footbridge ...
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Contracts
Bluestone in BUPA dealMorgan Sindall subsidiary Bluestone has landed a £2.2m contract from BUPA to extend a hospital in Warrington, Cheshire.Bett wins Kent school jobKent contractor Bett Construction has landed a £1.5m contract to extend a school in Herne Bay.Gleeson to build leisure centreContractor Gleeson has won a £5m contract ...
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Tesco to select partners for 450 store revamps
Supermarket chain Tesco is set to appoint a framework of contractors to upgrade 450 stores over the next three years.
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Receiver in at Dundee firm
Dundee leisure and hotel contractor Thomas Justice & Sons has gone into receivership.
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Hip to be square
The first new public square for more than a century has been created in Chelsea. The first phase of Cadogan Estates’ £120m redevelopment of the former Duke of York barracks on the King’s Road is completed this week to a masterplan by architect Paul Davis & Partners. A clear-glazed cafe ...
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Cowlin makes a million with profit up 68%
Bristol private contractor Cowlin has announced a pre-tax profit of £1m for the 12 months to 30 September 2002, an increase of 68% on the previous year.
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NBA Quantum's leap of faith
Construction consultant NBA Quantum this week said it was upbeat about its prospects – despite posting a loss of £65,000 for the six months to 31 December.
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Sharewatch: How construction fared in the City this week
Share indices in the week to 28 March 2003