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Rebuilding lives
Gordon Wordsworth, general manager of Sheffield Rebuild, tells Graeme Demianyk why he decided to prioritise social duty over profit-making
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Appointments
ContractorsAshe Construction has promoted Chris Horsfield to contracts director in its London office. In Southampton, Mervyn Butler has been appointed managing director and Clive Harris has been made regional manager.Morgan Lovell has appointed Richard Sanderson (right) head of furniture. Paul Jagger has been appointed estimating and marketing director of JJ ...
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Two regional firms collapse in three days
270 jobs go as Kent-based Cox Brothers and Brunswick in Wales call in the receivers.
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DTI to review Constructionline
The government has confirmed to Building that it will review its troubled vetting organisation Constructionline in response to industry concerns.
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Union plans model M&E deal for megaprojects
Specialist contractors on projects worth more than £50m to be covered by employee relations agreement.
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Laing keeps hotel job out of sale
Laing is to retain liability for the refurbishment of the the Great Eastern Hotel after the sale of its construction arm to O'Rourke.
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NHS shortlists four for PPP venture
NHS Estates has announced a shortlist of four consortiums for a public–private partnership contract to provide serviced accommodation and sell surplus NHS property.
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Artisan sizes up two potential buys
Housebuilding and property group Artisan has entered talks with two companies about takeovers that would dramatically increase its size.
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Health chiefs bow to pressure to speed up PFI
Whitehall to standardise documents and expand Procure 21 after contractors warn of hospital delays.
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Tube firms agree to greater LU safety powers
The consortiums bidding to run the Tube have cautiously welcomed changes to their contracts to give London Underground powers to enforce safety standards.
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CITB launches drive to hire minorities
The Construction Industry Training Board has launched an initiative to attract more ethnic minorities and women into the industry as part of its continuing campaign to ease skills shortages.
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Invitation to a hanging
The British galleries at London's Victoria and Albert Museum have been revamped at a cost of £31m in the museum's largest project since the Second World War.
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Canada Water team seeks GLA backing
The team behind the £400m Canada Water regeneration scheme in south-east London is to meet with the Greater London Authority this month to seek approval for the scheme.
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Coventry pours scorn on Birmingham's stadium bid
The bid to house the national football stadium in Birmingham has been dismissed as unworkable by its Midlands archrival.
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Stadium safety regs shaken up
The government has issued regulations for stadium design that take into account the use of venues for rock concerts.
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Planning will ruin Blair's boom, warns CPA
Prime Minister Tony Blair will fail to translate his spending spree into better public services unless the government overhauls the planning system, the Construction Products Association warned this week.
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Contracts
Moss wins music buildingMoss Special Works, the specialist construction division of Kier North West, has won a £700,000 contract to rebuild Liverpool University's music department. Asda hires HBGContractor HBG has been awarded two contracts by Asda worth more than £12m. HBG will build a new superstore in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, ...
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Passed for exhibition
Planning and listed building consent has been granted on this cinema refurbishment in Curzon Street, London W1. Additional office space on the first and second floors will be created, as well as four luxury apartments and a two-storey penthouse. Project manager and cost consultant is Cyril Sweett, architect and town ...
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Contractors in £200m race for military estate PFI
Carillion and Mowlem shortlisted for an estate management PFI scheme, including training for military engineers.