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Legal doubts over new PFI ‘bank’
Treasury’s new public-private PFI funder may not be set up until after next election.
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Sainsbury construction chief in shock departure
Partnering innovator Charles Johnston considers setting up his own firm after quitting on Monday.
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Foster submits new Wandsworth design
Architect Foster and Partners submitted a new scheme for a luxury residential development at Albion Wharf in London’s Wandsworth to local planners on Wednesday.The scheme, the fifth designed by Foster for the riverside site, replaces one called in by deputy prime minister John Prescott. The previous scheme, which rose ...
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Miller plans acquisitions
Scottish contractor and housebuilder Miller Group is still hunting for acquisitions, chief executive Keith Miller said this week. Miller said his privately owned Scottish company was well placed to purchase another housebuilder following its failed bid for Cala, which was bought out by a management team in June.“We have been ...
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Late deal averts writs over Portcullis House fit-out
Project manager intervenes to settle row over quality of oak fittings on £250m MPs’ building.
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Teams shortlisted for children’s hospital
Five multidisciplinary teams have been shortlisted in a competition to design a £50m children’s hospital in central London. The five architect-led teams, selected from a longlist of 10 after competitive interviews with Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Trust, are Kohn Pedersen Fox Cannon, Anshen Dyer, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Michael ...
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BT unveils Jaguar longlist
BT has revealed a longlist of bidders for the £200m-400m Project Jaguar scheme that will revolutionise management of its estate.The longlist, cut from about 80 firms that expressed an interest in Project Jaguar, will be reduced further within the next few weeks, with one or two winning bidders selected by ...
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Majors submit Egan-style training plans
Major Contractors Group’s submission to CITB will promote industry-wide managerial training.
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Drake & Scull suspends JLE cuts – again
Drake & Scull has again postponed scheduled redundancies on the Jubilee Line Extension to ensure there is adequate manpower to complete the project. The lay-offs are now due to take place in the middle of September.The news follows confirmation that two of the stations scheduled to open in late summer ...
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UK firms asked to help quake victims
Turkish government calls on industry to provide 30 000 prefab homes; UK firms already in region will get priority on rebuilding work.
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Irish industry told to act to prevent overheating
Government’s annual review says construction close to full capacity, with growth set to reach 13% this year.
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Ethical foreign policy threatens exports
Billions in overseas contracts could be affected by change in commercial policy of state export insurer.
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Mowlem regional arms join forces
Mowlem is combining its three regional building businesses into a national division that will be headed by former northern division chief Brian May. The new operation, which will pull together the North, South-east and South-west arms, will operate under one management team and will have a turnover of £600m.May has ...
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House price boom about to bust
Analyst's report foresees "uncomfortable six months" as overpriced market corrects itself, but no worries about an early 1990s-style crash.
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Farrell’s anguish in China
In the race for Beijing’s £300m theatre, Terry Farrell bust his budget and spent 18 months at the drawing-board. So why was he pipped at the post?
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Comment
Care for the community
The government needs to help us shape our own communities before British cities become totally segregated by wealth.
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Past improvements
The refurbishment of old buildings makes more sense than ever before – but only if it’s for the right reasons.
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Dream factories
How up-and-coming architect Ash Sakula turned a former mill into elegant offices and added an eye-catching spiral staircase to a rubber mat factory.
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Three of the best
Refurbishment projects in Cheshire, Glasgow and Suffolk all feature sympathetic modern interventions in historic buildings.