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PFI plan to liberate architects
The Lord Chancellor's department is to try out a scheme for improving PFI design by separating the appointment of the architect from that of the rest of the PFI consortium.
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Alsop to mastermind Lewisham revamp
Alsop Architects has been chosen to draw up the masterplan for a £115m regeneration project in south-east London.
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Spellar to lead at Blair's Billions
Transport secretary John Spellar is to be the keynote speaker at Blair's Billions – the one-day conference sponsored by Building that will analyse the £45bn public sector spending boom taking place next month.
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Contracts
Quarmby lands £4.5m press HQ QuarmbyConstruction has won a £4.5m contract for a three-storey headquarters of the Press Association at Howden, near Goole.£6.3m unit deal for FitzpatrickContractor Fitzpatrick has landed a £6.3m design-and-build contract from Map Vent developments for a steel portal frame industrial unit with offices in Dover.YJL to ...
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Organic medicine
A clinic for children designed by Baker-Brown McKay for a parkland site in Brighton has won planning permission. The building is to be developed and run by Dolphin House, which specialises in complementary therapy. Landscape architect Studio Engleback has designed a suitably tranquil environment by allowing the countryside to enter ...
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Corus sets up firm to deliver prefab rail platforms
Steel giant aims to cash in on public spending boom by creating modular solutions for railway stations.
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Taylor Woodrow to rebuild construction after job cuts
Loss of 800 backroom jobs over 18 months frees up funding for acquisitions and internal growth.
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HBG office move heralds further PFI growth
HBG Construction is to centralise its PFI business in Glasgow.
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House prices safe, says Berkeley
Berkeley chairman Roger Lewis has hit back at claims that the housing market is about to crash.
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Persimmon profit soars to £68.8m
Housebuilder Persimmon's pre-tax profit for the six months to 30 June rocketed 42% to £68.8m after the acquisition of rival Beazer earlier this year.
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Balfour Beatty continues US expansion
Balfour Beatty has further expanded in the USA by acquiring Cleveland-based civil engineering contractor National for £12m.
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Still counting
Six months after the government warned construction to improve site safety or face the consequences, the death toll continues to mount. Is the industry now living on borrowed time?
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The axeman
You may think Andrew Wyllie doesn't look the kind of guy who'd happily tell 800 people they were out of a job – and you'd be right. The Taywood boss couldn't sleep at night while he did it. He tells Building why it was still the right thing to do.
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Spirit of Southampton
Southampton might not be everyone's idea of the most exotic city in the world – but try growing up in Salisbury
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Chemical reaction
Having revealed the appalling state of his chemistry department to a TV crew, Cambridge professor David King secured part of a government refurbishment grant to give it a new lease of life.
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Up and running
In 2002, Manchester will host the Commonwealth Games, and the east of the city will undergo radical changes to prepare for it. From the ambitious expansion of its airport to the troubled regeneration of the area around the new Sportcity, Building takes a look at the city's most exciting and ...
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Heart failure
The Commonwealth Games studium may be a triumph, but the £2bn regeneration scheme that was to go with it has run into the buffers.
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Client profile: Manchester Airport
More on Manchester, as Building meets Andy Campbell, head of development at Manchester Airport, to find out about its billion-pound construction plans – and whether it really is one of Britain's toughest clients.
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Digging the new
Laser-scanning photogrammetry from helicopters? Video glasses connecting site workers together through the internet? You ain't seen nothing yet …