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Tiers before bedtime
Investor-developer Pembroke Real Estate's 764,000 m2 office development in London Docklands' Millennium Quarter is officially launched today (bottom right of picture). The buildings will be tiered in height from 14 to 20 storeys. The Michael Hopkins & Partners-designed scheme will be ready by 2004. Project manager is CMInternational, QS is ...
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Hilton and Thistle put construction plans on ice
Large hotel groups put spending programmes on hold as New York attacks cause slowdown in tourism.
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Major schemes consider terrorist threat
The project team working on the Scottish parliament design is considering changes to the project in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York.
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Boost for east London Olympics
Plans to scrap the building of a £97m national athletics stadium at Picketts Lock in north-east London may provide a welcome boost for a 2012 London Olympics bid.
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Welsh development body gets new boss
The Welsh Assembly has appointed a new chairman to its powerful economic development division.
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Getting to the point
Birmingham's £114m Millennium Point opened to the public last week. Designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, the complex revolves around a large glass and steel drum, which houses an Imax cinema and appears to float over a public mall. Millennium Point also contains a museum of science and discovery, a ...
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Staff shortages could prompt 10% pay rises
Percentage pay increases for construction workers in the year ahead could reach double figures, according to the Incomes Data Services.
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DL&E buys surveying firm
Quantity surveyor Davis Langdon & Everest has snapped up Nottingham-based practice Carter Walker in order to develop its building surveying business.
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McAlpine man wins top CIOB award
Sir Robert McAlpine's Peter Carruthers has been named building manager of the year for his work on the West Quay shopping centre in Southampton.Carruthers was awarded his prize at the Chartered Institute of Building awards, held on Tuesday last week. The annual awards are judged by fellows of the CIOB, ...
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Contracts
WS Atkins' £100m PFI winA team led by consultant WS Atkins has been picked as preferred bidder for a £100m schools PFI project in Merton, south London. It will include the refurbishment, extension and maintenance of six schools.Skanska hooks up with NortelSkanska subsidiary Skanska Konnect has become a preferred partner ...
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Staying power
This 1200 m span cable-stayed bridge design over the Yangtze River delta in China has won an international bridge design competition. The design team is awaiting the final award of the contract. Engineering consultants are Halcrow Group, Flint & Neill Partnership, Tunnel Engineering Consultants and Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute; ...
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Mowlem closes in on £35m PFI schools deal
'Mammoth' 29-year scheme for seven Leeds schools set for approval next week after a year of delays.
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CITB to recruit for £180bn transport plan
The Construction Industry Training Board has promised transport minister John Spellar that it will deliver the thousands of new recruits needed to implement the government's 10-year transport plan.
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Trust rewrites £50m PPP to give tenants say in landlord
Housing action trust also believes that new deal will encourage more housing associations to get involved.
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Cowboy roofer jailed for 15 months
A cowboy builder who swindled a client out of £3000 by pretending to repair a roof has been jailed for 15 months.
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What's up dock?
With a March 2002 deadline in anticipation of next year's World Cup, it's full steam ahead for Foreign Office Architects' £130m Yokohama International Port Terminal
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Sharp drop in confidence as firms worry about recession
RICS report shows surveyors expect workloads to hold up in short term but are gloomy about next year.
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Ex-Beazer boss to head Send's social division
Former Beazer chief executive John Low has joined construction and packaging company Send Group to run its social housing arm.
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Share indices in the week to 28 September 2001
The latest housebuilder merger was sealed this week when Wimpey shareholders approved the £461m purchase of Alfred McAlpine's housing division. The deal caps a busy year on the consolidation front for the sector but already thoughts have turned who may be next to get hitched. Wilson Connolly, Westbury and Swan ...
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High margins raise Boot's profit
Contractor Henry Boot has announced a positive set of half-year results, with profit up 14% writes.