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Whitehall rejects union attack on PFI hospitals
Unison report claims that £96m Durham hospital is poor value for money.
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Bovis knocked down to a bargain basement £285m
Parent P&O says it is a good price, but City sceptics note that rejected bids last year were over £300m.
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Mace admits it is in merger talks
After months of speculation, Mace chief executive Bob White admitted this week that the construction manager is in merger talks.”We are in discussions about a merger,” White said. But he refused to reveal the identity of the other party.Speculation in the City and among those in the industry has thrown ...
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Lampl: Lend Lease is the very, very best deal for Bovis
Fears that an independent Bovis would be consumed by a rival led chairman Sir Frank Lampl to agree to the sale to developer Lend Lease.In an exclusive interview with Building, Sir Frank admitted that uncertainty about the long-term fate of an independent Bovis was the reason behind the decision to ...
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Specialists fear abuse under prime contracting
Specialists ask Raynsford to set up regulatory agency to police behaviour of prime contractor.
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Small firms: anti-cowboy scheme won’t work
The Federation of Small Businesses has attacked the government’s measures to combat cowboy builders, calling its proposals “anti-competitive” and likely to aid rogue traders working in the black economy.In a letter to construction minister Nick Raynsford, FSB construction adviser David Brown said the government’s proposals for clamping down on rogue ...
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Gillespies team to design £470m Ford masterplan
Industrial wasteland around Ford Dagenham plant in east London to be transformed into world-class estate.
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Whole-life cost pilots set for January
The Whole Life Cost Forum is to start pilot projects in January as the first step towards a system of estimating the operational costs of buildings.The forum, which will be formally launched at the end of next month, has been set up by the Building Research Establishment with a steering ...
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London sparks say they’re blacklisted
M&E contractor Balfour Kilpatrick denies claim that it has told recruitment agency not to hire London electricians.
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Raynsford may use Regs to unsaddle cowboys
Construction minister tells conference fringe meeting that firms with quality mark may be able to self-certify.
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Mud, rain and jam hit industry half-marathon
13-mile race around Windsor Great Park marred by deteriorating weather and traffic congestion.
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Australian engineer aims to rival Arup
M&E consultant Norman Disney & Young uses London as base to start worldwide expansion
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Aukett buys up Dutch offshoot
The UK’s largest publicly quoted architect, Aukett Associates, has bought out one of its European joint ventures for £580 000. Amsterdam-based Aukett Kokon Beltman (A+K) was formed in 1993 with privately owned Rotterdam practice Kokon Beltman Group.The business now has 20 professional staff and has been one of Aukett’s best-performing ...
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Miller snaps up Northern housebuilder for £23.2m
Acquisitive Scottish housebuilder bids to become national player with purchase of Cussins.
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Carillion profit up, but City unimpressed
Carillion, the former Tarmac construction business that demerged two months ago, reported higher interim profit than last year on a reduced turnover.Operating profit was £14m for the six months to 30 June 1999, up 43% on 1998. Turnover was down to £784.7m from £831.3m last year. Analysts reacted coolly to ...
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Union power is back
Meet the revitalised unions. They can vet bidders for PFI projects, they can influence the Treasury on ownership of hospitals, they can change government policy on staff transferral. Can the PFI survive?
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Can Prescott save the village?
It’s decision time for John Prescott. The report on what went wrong with the Millennium Village is on his desk. Will he choose to resuscitate the model for 21st-century housing, or leave us with just another estate?
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Golden girl
Although she’s in her 80s, Mollie Parsons found herself roped into project managing the refurbishment of a Cornish village hall, complete with the full horrors of dealing with funders, bureaucrats and builders.
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All aboard
First person It’s better to travel hopefully than to arrive, so here’s hoping the revamps of Manchester Piccadilly and Westminster Tube go well.
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Here’s the new plan
Forget Coronation Street and Brookside. Granadaland is leading the avant-garde in urban design and regeneration – as the next three pages of exciting projects demonstrate.