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The 2002 Building Awards
Today is the deadline for entries to the 2002 Building Awards, the construction industry's largest and most prestigious annual event.The awards honour the contractors, housebuilders and consultants who have achieved most in the previous year. The winning firms will be the ones that can boast the best management techniques, the ...
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Rail projects hire guardian angels
The Strategic Rail Authority has appointed two panels to keep projects on track.
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Councils ask for new-build PFI housing
Local authorities are applying pressure on the DTLR to introduce new-build houses into PFI schemes.
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Contracts
Benson wins work worth £16mContractor Benson has won 12 contracts worth £16m, including a £3.7m housing scheme for Crosby Homes in Birmingham and a £1.9m deal to extend the Gorge Museum in Telford, Shropshire.Kontor gets sporting chance Skanska fit-out arm Kontor has bagged a £9m contract with Reebok to fit ...
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Falconer to ask for £8bn for squalid private housing
Housing minister asks Treasury to set aside money to improve homes in deprived urban areas.
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Brown: Public spending is safe in downturn
Chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-budget statement this week said the government would stick to its spending plans in spite of the expected downturn in the economy.
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Spinning top
This Sheppard Robson-designed office building in Manchester will be part of Spinningfields, the largest urban development scheme in north-west England. The Royal Bank of Scotland will occupy the £30m building when it is completed in two years time. The developer is Allied London and masterplanner for the site is BDP. ...
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Government set to approve new breed of PFI scheme
North Staffordshire project expected to pave the way for combined housing and healthcare projects.
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Reality check
In the latest row over the accuracy of CAD imagery, Heron Tower architect Kohn Pedersen Fox has been accused of misleading planners. Stuart Black reports on the politics of presentation
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Solving the people problem
Students are more level-headed about their career options than ever, so why aren't they picking construction? Cracking this conundrum is a vital battle
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Redrow set to make £30m offer for Tay Homes
Housebuilder enters talks with Redrow after Country & Metropolitan fails to pull off takeover.
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Countryside pins hopes on housing
Countryside Properties is to concentrate resources on its residential schemes because of a slowdown in the commercial sector.
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New boss at Currie & Brown
Top 10 quantity surveyor Currie & Brown has confirmed the appointment of Angus McLean as chairman.
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Profit doubles to £17.7m as Jarvis turns corner
Support services firm wins City approval with focus on long-term transport contracts and PFI.
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Parkman goes down under to recruit
Consulting engineer and asset manager Parkman Group has started recruiting in Australia to counter a shortage of UK engineers.
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Zurich launches PFI service
Insurance firm Zurich Financial Services this week launched a business dedicated to public–private partnerships and PFI deals.
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Roger that
The perfectly natural reflex of rubbishing everything Roger Humber says is complicated by the fact that he was, on one occasion at least, right
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A literary classic
The classical style comes back big and bold at Oxford University's Sackler Library, designed by Robert Adam Architects. Impressive on the outside, the revived style reveals its limitations inside
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What lies beneath
The notoriously difficult subject of contaminated land just got even trickier. New legislation has come into force, and you may find its effect rather surprising