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  • News

    Benson poaches Mansell director for new venture

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Contractor lures Mansell regional executive to head new maintenance division.

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    Costain and Skanska may lose up to £20m on hotel job

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    "Highly complicated" joint-venture Hilton refurbishment in London will be completed more than a year late.

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    Top housebuilders calm market jitters

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    The housebuilding sector was given a pre-Christmas boost this week when Berkeley and Persimmon made bullish statements about its prospects.

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    DTLR plans to rationalise planning gain system

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Government aims to introduce transparent formula-based process with aim of boosting affordable housing.

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    Let's work together, says new Railtrack boss Armitt

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Former Costain chief executive calls for collaboration between Railtrack, operators and contractors.

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    AIM hits the mark for Telford

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    London-based housebuilder Telford Homes has £12m to spend on its landbank after it raised £4.4m by listing on the alternative investment market and securing lending facilities.

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    Multiplex Wembley plan wins FA backing

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Australian contractor Multiplex's ambitious bid to underwrite a new national football stadium at Wembley received a boost after the FA announced that it was their preferred option.

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    GLA: Greenwich plan exempt from 50% rule

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    The office of London mayor Ken Livingstone said this week that the 50% affordable housing rule would not be enforced on the redevelopment of the Millennium Dome site.

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    Amec to build £600m Scottish wind farm

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Amec is overseeing the construction of the largest wind farm in Europe, which is to be built off the west coast of Scotland.

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    Balfour Beatty fails to win place on NHS pilots

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Balfour beatty has failed to get on the shortlist for the £300m pilots of Procure 21, compiled by NHS property arm NHS Estates.

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    Amey wins £130m courts PFI in South-west

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    A consortium led by support services company Amey has been named preferred bidder for a £130m PFI contract to build and maintain court facilities in the South-west over the next 25 years.

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    PCM launches internet safety tool

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Project manager and planning supervisor PCM is developing an internet-based system to prevent accidents on site.

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    Westbury makes prefab dream come true

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Westbury Homes is to realise its vision of entirely prefabricated estates in a development in South Yorkshire.

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    650-house demolition gets go-ahead

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Kirklees council has given the go-ahead for the demolition of 650 houses as part of a £50m urban regeneration project in the Deighton and Brackenhall areas of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

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    Contracts

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Amec awarded 10-year air dealContractor Amec has been awarded a 10-year £410m deal to provide environmental and engineering services for America's Air National Guard.Laing wins £10m refurb jobLaing Construction has been appointed construction manager for the £10m partial refurbishment of Manchester's Arndale shopping centre, set to begin in February.DL&E clinches ...

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    Return to the skies

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    This 52-storey headquarters for The New York Times is the first skyscraper proposed in the city since the 11 September attacks. If built, it would be Italian architect Renzo Piano's first large project in New York. Piano said: "It is not with defiance we launch this project. The truth is ...

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    Top architects race for £100m Birmingham library

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Rogers, Wilkinson Eyre and Foster join line-up of big names vying for 30,000 m2 landmark project.

  • Features

    New model army

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    In a frantic bid for seasonal frivolity, we accosted an assortment of industry types, plied them with wine, and locked them in a room with a vast pile of household junk and a brief to recreate 2001's iconic buildings in true Blue Peter style. But would the architects, engineers or ...

  • Features

    2001: A sobering year

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    It began with a champagne-propelled property fair on the Côte d'Azur, and ended with firms cancelling their Christmas parties to save money. In between, 2001 was dominated by the attacks on America and Afghanistan but it also included Labour's election landslide, the foot-and-mouth epidemic, the Wembley fiasco, a saucy recruitment ...

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    Foster and Partners culls 15 staff

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Foster and Partners, the second largest UK architect, has joined the list of practices cutting staff in the wake of the economic downturn.