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European pressure set to force more deals
Analysts have predicted that construction is ripe for more consolidation following the three deals struck this week. JP Morgan analyst Mike Betts said the deals could spark mergers among the UK s larger contractors. He said the UK sector needed to catch up with European rivals such as Skanska, Bouygues ...
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This is only the start, industry believes
The industry believes that last week s mergers and acquisitions will trigger a round of further consolidation. Quantity surveyors and clients see the dramatic series of deals as proof that the industry is being pushed towards a radically different ownership structure. Cyril Sweett chairman Francis Ives said: Inevitably, there ...
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Welsh assembly set to give its verdict on CABE plan
Planning and environment secretary Sue Essex believed to back proposals for body to monitor building design.
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Amec walks away from Welsh opera house
Spiralling costs and a budget review at the £70m Wales Millennium Centre opera house has persuaded main contractor Amec to abandon the scheme.
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DETR may bring in dot-com to help run cowboy scheme
Internet firm Improveline in talks with department over marketing and organisation of flagging quality mark.
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Livingstone throws down gauntlet on homes
London mayor Ken Livingstone has threatened to refuse planning permission for the £440m regeneration of two south London council estates because the proposal would cut the amount of social housing there. The scheme, called project Vauxhall, involves the redevelopment of the Ethelred Estate and the smaller China Walk Estate in ...
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Movement for Innovation targets one-off clients
Egan body to publish procurement guidance for occasional customers in bid to extend its life.
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Bovis Lend Lease rolls out European strategy
Contractor in talks with German target as firm prepares to expand on Continent.
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Persimmon reports record interim profit
Housebuilder Persimmon unveiled a record pre-tax interim profit this week and said it was bullish about future prospects. Chairman Duncan Davidson said that although the market had eased in some areas, the firm had experienced good overall demand. He said: With the current level of forward sales and a ...
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BDP restructures to focus on sectors
UK s biggest architect abandons regional office structure to concentrate on markets including retail, leisure, schools and offices.
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Managers buy Jarvis fit-out arm
Jarvis fit-out arm Jarvis Newman has been bought out by a management team led by former Jarvis director David Freeborn. The subsidiary, which works across the UK, has increased its turnover from £13m to £40 in the past three years. The management buyout was funded by Lloyds TSB Development Capital. ...
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The top 50 contractor's web sites
The first-ever league table of contractors web sites is about to be published, and it shows that you don t have to be big to rule the net. Here s how the rankings were compiled, and how to challenge for the top spot in 2001.
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Dickon Robinson
Modest, intelligent and visionary, the Peabody Trust development director has an uncanny knack of solving problems before anybody else notices them.
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Adapt or die
Second opinion That curious animal, the quantity surveyor, is endangered. It must find a new evolutionary niche to survive.
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You haven’t been paying attention
After years of penny-pinching neglect, Britain s squalid schools are being completely re-evaluated and this time, design is at the top of the agenda.
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Architects’ fees survey 2000
Ask a brickie how he s doing and you ll hear that, not only is the industry fine, but more and more money is finding its way into his back pocket. Ask an architect, however, and, as Mirza and Nacey Research s figures published today suggest, you ll hear a ...
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How the West 12 was won
Assemble a 1500 tonne steel bridge on the fragile roof of a shopping centre while keeping the shops open and dodging rotten fruit? It's all in a day's work in the badlands of Shepherd's Bush
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Out of bounds
Section 105(2) of the Construction Act is a real dog s dinner. Under it, certain site works are not covered. So, what happens when someone calls an adjudicator on an exempt site?
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Whose loss is it anyway?
A company that hasn t suffered direct loss from defective work can t sue for damages under the provisions of common law, according to the judgment in one of the longest disputes in construction history.
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The price of freedom
Adjudication may be a right, but that doesn t stop firms from adding clauses to deter people from exercising it which makes the Construction Act more costly to run than it need be.