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Gloucester council to name preferred firms
Gloucestershire council is compiling three lists of preferred contractors and consultants to carry out repairs and capital projects.
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Contracts
Amec lands £22.5m airfield jobAmec has won a £22.5m contract to refurbish hangars and build accommodation for new helicopters at Wattisham airfield, Suffolk. HBG to build £22.5m officesHBG is building the third phase of a £70m office development for Sun Microsystems. The phase involves two buildings worth £22.5m.F+A wins Hong ...
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Fighting for the Foxes
The Architect Miller Partnership has unveiled designs for the Leicester City stadium. Ballast, Birse and Taylor Woodrow are battling for the £35m contract, which is set to start on site in May.
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£3.5bn spend on telecoms forecast in Europe
Massive investment in internet infrastructure could mean cash bonanza for construction.
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Telecoms giant picks partners for UK drive
co-location centre owner Global Switch is choosing three UK fit-out firms to take part in its worldwide framework contractor programme. These companies will carry out contracts on its UK construction programme.
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Atkins' one-stop shop closes first deal
Total Solutions for Industry, WS Atkins and the Royal Bank of Scotland's venture, has completed its first deal with the purchase of a power generation firm.
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Output is good – but not that good, says the RICS
CONSTRUCTION output continued to grow in the final three months of last year – but at a slower rate.
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Maintenance deals to pass £2bn
The value of long-term building maintenance contracts will pass £2bn a year by 2003, a new report has predicted.
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Housebuilding 'split in two', says Calverley
Galliford Try chief executive David Calverley believes that the housebuilding industry is splitting into two camps following the latest wave of consolidation.
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Hanson shrugs off worries as profit rises
Building materials giant Hanson recorded better than expected results for last year after earlier warnings about the impact on its profit of the difficult trading conditions, fuel price rises and bad weather.
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Features
Alan Howarth
The arts minister's passion for better design has won high marks, but does his culture department have enough clout to make it happen?
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The 2001 Entrepreneur of the year award
Are you the construction industry's James Dyson? Have you taken an embryonic or failing business and turned it into a multimillion-pound success story, just like John Morgan (see the Building Business supplement free with this issue)?
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Just the job
Lucia Graves talks to Andrew Holloway, director of Green Oak Carpentry Company and a former potter, about why he switched from ceramics to wood.
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Appointments
ContractorsJohn Sisk & Son has appointed Julian Armitage training manager. Hotel and leisure contractor Ramparts Interior Contracts has made Gary Crosbie sales and marketing director. HousebuildersDavid Cummings (right) has been appointed construction director in the Northern Home Counties division of Fairclough Homes.ConsultantsAndrew Henry has been appointed regional sales and ...
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Is prefab just a fad?
Last year, some housebuilders came to the conclusion that prefab was the future and started gearing up to meet it. Now many of the claims for factory housing are looking increasingly shaky.
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A dull, grey city
Jonathan Meades - Dreary old subfusc London is the victim of a conspiracy between church, state, clients and conservationists. Why can't we have some colour in our capital?
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Welcome to the jungle
Eden is the biggest greenhouse in the world and the most eagerly anticipated construction project of the year. With two weeks to go before it opens, Gus Alexander explored Cornwall's jungle in a bubble.
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Adjudication: What's the verdict?
Adjudication was introduced in 1998 as a drastic remedy to a drastic problem. Now memories of the bad old days are fading and industry surveys show that some are wondering if the cure is worse than the disease. What's more, the issue is in Nick Raynsford's in-tray.
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I can make your QS more interesting
This woman is a life coach, part of the latest management craze to be imported from across the Atlantic. But can wearing a coloured baseball cap really improve your construction project?