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    The 2002 Building Awards

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    The Strategic Rail Authority has appointed two panels to keep projects on track.

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    Councils ask for new-build PFI housing

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Local authorities are applying pressure on the DTLR to introduce new-build houses into PFI schemes.

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    Contracts

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    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

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    North Staffordshire project expected to pave the way for combined housing and healthcare projects.

  • Features

    Reality check

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Features

    Solving the people problem

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder enters talks with Redrow after Country & Metropolitan fails to pull off takeover.

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    Countryside pins hopes on housing

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Top 10 quantity surveyor Currie & Brown has confirmed the appointment of Angus McLean as chairman.

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    Sharewatch

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Share indices in the week to 23 November 2001

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    Profit doubles to £17.7m as Jarvis turns corner

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Insurance firm Zurich Financial Services this week launched a business dedicated to public–private partnerships and PFI deals.

  • Comment

    Roger that

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    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