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WSP linked with Symonds
Multidisciplinary engineer WSP has announced that it wants to buy parts of rival Symonds. WSP managing director Chris Cole said: I made enquiries to Symonds three weeks ago and am still waiting to hear back. Cole said WSP was interested in Symonds facilities management business and its ...
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Revenue accused of volte-face
Industry claims changes to rules on tax registration cards will lead to new surge in bogus self-employment.
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Planners impose new architect on developers
Allies and Morrison joins £75m mixed-use scheme at behest of Hammersmith and Fulham authorities.
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Auditor raises fears over cost of PFI hospital
A £177m private finance initiative hospital may end up costing more than it would have if it had been traditionally procured, a government watchdog said this week. The National Audit Office report on Tarmac s Dartford and Gravesham Hospital said it was likely to make savings of 3% on traditional ...
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Lipton launches architecture quality drive
Champion for design wants to inspire love, care and commitment in all those involved in building.
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Contractors say yes to anti-cowboy plan
Industry leaders have agreed to the creation of a wide-ranging quality mark to combat cowboy builders after a meeting with construction minister Nick Raynsford. However, a DETR statement produced after the meeting did not say whether the industry had backed Raynsford on plans for the quality scheme ...
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MPs' office team comes under attack
Engineer and architect for new parliamentary building grilled over cost and flexibility.
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Aukett envisages the rise of mixed-use
Architect Michael Aukett outlined his vision for giant mixed-use buildings at a conference debate on the future of working practices. Speaking at a seminar entitled Well, What Is An Office?, which was chaired by BT head of property Alan White, Aukett explained how offices would soon be part ...
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Refurb can out-do new build
Conference delegates unanimously agreed that the sustainable, cost-effective refurbishment of buildings is often preferable to new build. This was the view reached after a debate on whether there is such a thing as a sustainable, cost-effective refurbishment . Interior head of marketing Robert Harris started the discussion by suggesting ...
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Access to the dome at last … via Stratford
Fourteen months late and more than £1.5bn over budget, the first stretch of the Jubilee Line Extension finally opened last Friday. The opening of the £3.4bn project s first phase, linking Stratford in east London and North Greenwich, guarantees public access to the Millennium Dome, the government s car-free millennium ...
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Contractors' output
Construction Confederation survey reports increased workload, but enquiries hit three-year low.
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Laing claims £30m extra on No 1 Poultry
Claim hinges on delays caused by archaeological dig and missing payment for design changes.
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Uncertainty over future of MDA
A question mark hung over the future of quantity surveyor MDA this week after property firm STG Holdings took a major stake in the firm. City sources expect the move to lead to a full bid for the company by STG Holdings chairman Stefan Allesch-Taylor. Allesch Taylor paid ...
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Renegade McAlpine investor cuts stake
Phillips & Drew reduces holding in contractor and housebuilder after failed takeover.
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Fit-outs plump up Wates’ order book
A concerted push into the shop fit-out market helped Wates Construction on its way to a strong order book for the current year, according to finance director Jonathan Houlton. Having bought shopfitter Charles Barrett Interiors in June 1998, prospects for 1999 have been boosted further by the recent award of ...
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Workload dips for fourth month in a row
Contractors' poor run continues as only 17 firms record enough work to make it into the monthly league.
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Meet the new boss
Bob Stubbs, the hard man who spiked Zaha Hadid's Cardiff opera house, is bringing his poker-playing skills to bear as chief executive of the National Stadium. And with struggles with government, council and consultants in the offing, it looks like he'll need them all.
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The simple life
Glenn Howells' uncomplicated buildings have helped him clinch a number of lucrative lottery competitions. Now the 1960s-inspired architect is designing a model for 21st-century living .
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Playing in Europe
Romania is the hottest tip for lucrative contracts in Building's analysis of the European construction market. But it's by no means the only one.