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  • News

    Firms primed for MOD contracts

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Major players in the construction industry are gearing up for the first big regional prime contracts to be let by Defence Estates.

  • News

    Councils urged to hand over money

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    SPECIALIST contractors are calling on local authorities to abandon retention payments for possible defects because they create cash flow problems.

  • News

    Homes, Belfast

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Architect Arup Associates has designed this 260-unit residential scheme with Arup's Belfast engineering office.

  • News

    QSs line up for place on Railtrack supplier list

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    More than 40 firms compete for second-generation framework agreements worth £100m over five years.

  • News

    Skanska and Hochtief scoop CTRL deals

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Skanska and a Hochtief/J Murphy joint venture have won two contracts worth a total of £235m on the second phase of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

  • News

    Flat pack

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Harrow-based architect PCKO designed this £1.25m residential scheme in Llanelli, Wales

  • News

    Housebuilders to sue over green-belt U-turn

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Furious consortia head for High Court after Hertfordshire authority drops controversial 10 000-home scheme.

  • News

    London tender prices up 30% in three years

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    DL&E forecast shows skills shortages raising tender prices and threatening partnering agreements.

  • News

    Centex earnings up 8% in third quarter

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    US housebuilder, mortgage lender and contractor Centex, which bought Fairclough Homes in April 1999, has announced strong third-quarter results – but a drop in completions at Fairclough.

  • News

    RGCM grows new arm

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Construction manager RGCM has set up a new subsidiary to focus on strategic consultancy for financial institutions.

  • News

    Sharewatch

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    How construction companies fared in the City in the week to 23 January 2001

  • News

    Allesch-Taylor backs bosses at MDA

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Major stakeholder praises management moves to revive fortunes of top 15 QS after £2.5m loss for 15-months to end of September.

  • News

    Construction activity still rising

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Activity in the industry continues to rise, but it is constrained by fears of an economic slowdown, according to reports from three industry sectors.

  • News

    Gleeson appoints McKenna to board

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Construction services provider and housebuilder MJ Gleeson has beefed up its board by appointing former Taylor Woodrow managing director John McKenna as a non-executive director

  • Features

    Eight new deals push HBG into top spot

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Contracts worth £36.7m make HBG number one, but Bovis Lend Lease continues to lead annual table.

  • Features

    Dolce & Gabbana's new look is set in stone

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    Beverly Hills is the latest Dolce & Gabbana store to get a David Chipperfield makeover.

  • Features

    China awakes

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    41 new airports 230 new cities 5000 new townshipsWith a mind-boggling construction spree under way, China offers rich rewards – and potential risks – for British firms.

  • Features

    At boiling point

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    The skills shortage is biting hard. Tender prices have shot up, expansion plans are on hold and on sites across London, firms are fighting over a dwindling pool of skilled workers. Building reports from the sharp end.

  • Features

    The Cole treatment

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    John Cole has achieved what many thought impossible: well designed PFI hospitals. Now the procurement methods he pioneered in Northern Ireland look set to catch on over here.

  • Comment

    Power corrupts

    2001-01-26T00:00:00Z

    First person - British construction is thankfully free of corruption, but as more power is put in the hands of fewer people, this may change.