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Carillion axes up to 400 staff
Carillion will make up to 400 people redundant as it cuts costs and streamlines its construction arm.
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Student shortage deepens skills crisis
The University Central Admissions Service website reports that at least half of the UK's estimated 850 construction and building-related degree courses have vacancies.
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Busby hits back at unions
Major Contractors Group chairman Colin Busby issued a stout defence of PFI this week, in response to criticism by trade unions.
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Big names race for courts job
Three of the UK's leading architects have bid for a £55m court complex in Manchester, the UK's biggest judicial project since the the Royal Courts of Justice in 1870.
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Farrell calls for exciting housing design
Sir Terry Farrell has called for an end to ultraconservative design and endlessly repeated details in housebuilding.
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Retail therapy
A team led by developer Hammerson has beaten off British Land and Multi Development Corporation to develop a retail quarter in the centre of Sheffield. The team, which includes lead architect Building Design Partnership, was picked by Sheffield council and urban regeneration company Sheffield One. Hammerson's project team includes urban ...
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Barn free
The evolution of rural Scots culture has been given its own showcase at the Museum of Scottish Country Life in East Kilbride. Designed by architect Page & Park for the National Trust for Scotland, the 5000 m2 building includes a traditional slate roof, timber cladding and a concrete frame to ...
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Cut costs by a third, Boots tells contractors
Retailer sets framwork contractors tough targets, including 25% off build times and elimination of defects.
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Man who posed as architect convicted
The Architects Registration Board, the profession's statutory regulator, has secured a criminal conviction against a man posing as an architect.
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Entrepreneur of the Year
Six of the industry's brightest young companies have been shortlisted for the 2001 Building Entrepreneur of the Year Award, sponsored by Local Authority Building Control.The shortlisted firms are:Cadweb, set up to provide project extranets for constructionCMInternational, UK and Hong Kong-based construction managerGusto Construction, the Nottinghamshire housebuilderIntegra, the Brighton-based contractor that ...
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New MD readies PCM for growth
Consultant and construction manager PCM has appointed a new managing director ahead of a growth surge at the firm..
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Carillion wins £100m PFI university job
a Carillion-led consortium has been named as preferred bidder for a £100m PFI project at the University of Hertfordshire, as predicted in Building last month.
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Contracts
DJ for £3m marina schemeNorth Wales-based contractor DJ Construction has won a £3m contract for the construction of a marina basin and associated land reclamation works at the new £45m Deganwy Quay marina near Conwy. Rydon regeneration plansContractor Rydon Construction, in partnership with Hyde Housing association, is to start a ...
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Ring master
Barton Willmore's riverside HQ Thames Water is an oasis of civic design in the architecture desert of Reading's city centre.
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HBG snaps up ex-Laing boss as UK chief executive
Brian May makes surprise comeback to the industry in a week of high-profile boardroom moves.
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Peterhouse to spin off construction arm
support services group Peterhouse announced this week that it is planning to demerge its construction business, probably within the next two years.
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Beazer buyout set for completion
Persimmon's sale of Beazer Partnerships to a management buyout team will be completed by the end of the month.
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Amey's profit climbs 40% to £13m
Support services group Amey has posted a strong set of interim results, with pre-tax profit climbing 40% to £12.9m, despite a year of controversy over its accounting policies and contract losses.
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Share buyback dents Redrow's profit
Redrow has increased its pre-tax profit for the year to 30 June by 7%.