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SNP slams Scots parliament as cost estimates hit £230m
Party leader Alex Salmond attacks Catalan architect Enric Miralles, Bovis Lend Lease and RMJM.
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District auditor slams £10m overspend on Hodder job
Redesigns and problems with concrete blamed for delays and added costs on east London leisure centre.
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Belfast Airport goes to court over rival plan
Belfast International Airport owner TBI has launched a High Court action to halt the construction of a £30m terminal at another airport in the city, which started on site last year.TBI has asked for a judicial review of the planning approval granted by the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment ...
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Architects commute to Japan on ferry job
Staff at avant-garde practice Foreign Office Architects will travel between London and Japan for the next two years to oversee construction of Yokohama International Port terminal (shown as a CAD image above).The five-year-old practice won an international competition to design the £130m ferry terminal, which must be finished by 2002, ...
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Three designers in race for £100m BBC bonanza
Corporation says it is in talks with Aukett Associates, Epr and RMJM over White City studio development.
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HBG to cut jobs after hostile bid, says City
Rationalisation expected after Dutch contractor issues protective shares to fight off takeover.
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Wilson Bowden makes record profit
Top 10 housebuilder Wilson Bowden continued the good news in the sector when it announced record profit this week. The Leicester-based firm’s pre-tax profit rose 25% to £100.6m in the year to 31 December 1999. Expansion of its geographical coverage and product diversification helped boost the firm, which achieved a ...
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Jarvis shifts stock market listing
Jarvis is the latest construction firm to get support services listing in an attempt to boost its falling share price.
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Miller buys Scots housebuilder
Highly acquisitive contractor Miller Group has bought another housebuilder, Scottish firm John Lynch Builders. Miller has not disclosed how much it paid for the family-owned housebuilder, but it is believed to be upward of £10m. The move follows its acquisition last October of Newcastle housebuilder Cussins for £23.2m.John Lynch builds ...
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Wilcon lands timber-frame maker
Top five housebuilder Wilson Connolly has made a massive leap into the timber-frame housing market by buying Northampton-based timber-frame manufacturer Prestoplan for an undisclosed sum. Under the new ownership, Prestoplan will operate as an autonomous business unit, headed by Wilcon’s new chairman and group financial director David Lawther.Prestoplan’s current management ...
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Where are tomorrow’s leaders?
The City is beginning to worry that, as contracting’s top bosses edge closer to retirement, the industry is not doing enough to find and groom their successors.
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All change
As chair of the RICS' Junior Organisation, Jacqueline Fearon personifies the young, dynamic image that the body is trying to promote in its Agenda for Change.
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Our bad-taste dinners
First person The annual dinner is a stuffy tradition construction needs to update — and that means more than just changing the dress code.
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Just who’s in charge?
Second opinion Recent squabbles at the Architects Registration Board have led to four high-profile resignations. What’s up?
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A cautionary tale
Ceramica, a landmark millennium project intended to help regenerate a depressed Potteries town, has been mothballed before it could open. It was brought down by problems that could threaten any lottery project.
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It's Sunny Up North
Forget those rumours of Britain’s north/south divide – at least as far as construction is concerned. Urban regeneration is under way in city centres from Edinburgh to Portsmouth, and the demand for leisure and retail development everywhere points to a national building boom. Building takes the temperature across the UK.
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The North-east: Shirtsleeve weather
Geordies are renowned for their love of a good night out, and the construction market in the North-east reflects that, with a dazzling number of leisure developments in the pipeline.The Gateshead Quay regeneration has taken off. Foster and Partners’ £45m Gateshead Music Centre has planning consent and Laing is due ...
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Sunny intervals in South Wales …
The Welsh market is split between the potential boom of the South and the continued stultifying of mid-Wales. In the Welsh capital, a combination of the Cardiff Bay makeover, including the Wales Millennium Centre, the National Assembly and the Millennium Stadium has fuelled an explosion of hotels, bars and restaurants. ...
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… and in the South-west
Bristol continues to attract the majority of developments in the South-west. The hiccup for Crest Nicholson’s £200m mixed-use Harbourside development, refused planning permission and being appealed, is counteracted by the success of the £300m Temple Quay regeneration scheme in the city, which is well under way. Fitzroy Robinson has designed ...
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The South-east and South coast: Scorchio!
Architects and contractors in the South-east are so busy they are pushed to find time to tell you about it. From Oxford to Winchester to Southampton, the story is the same: workloads are heavy, tender prices are up, and skilled, experienced staff are thin on the ground.Reflecting the current housebuying ...