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Contractors South-west contractor EBC Construction has appointed Mark Twomey and Lee Whitford quantity surveyors in the Plymouth office. Nigel Tonge has been promoted to group business development manager at Yorkshire-based Paul Caddick Holdings. Leeds-based Roberts has promoted John Scouller to commercial director. Shirley-Anne Fison ...
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New delay fears hit Royal Opera House
Balfour Kilpatrick asks for two-month extension in leaked letter to construction manager.
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Bates recommends new independent PFI body
Treasury taskforce should be replaced by advisory group to be called UK Capital, says Sir Malcolm.
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Secrecy surrounds several Egan projects
SECRECY surrounds some projects set up to demonstrate the best-practice principles recommended in the Egan report.Although the number of demonstration projects submitted and approved is healthy – the first round attracted 48 worth a total of £1.4bn, and the second 35 worth £1.5bn – there are no details available on ...
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Galliford/Christiani to win in Birmingham
Laing expected to be pipped at post for city's £113m, Grimshaw-designed Millennium Point project.
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Barratt profit rises 21%
HOUSEBUILDER Barratt this week unveiled pre-tax profit up 21% to £41.2m for the six months to 31 December 1998.This was on a turnover up 11% to £431.9m, compared with £388.3 in the previous year. Earnings per share rose 22 % to 12.2p. Barratt declared an interim dividend of 3.56p, an ...
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Caborn boosts brown sites
PLANNING minister Richard Caborn has announced plans to restrict housing developments on greenfield land.Under the terms of new government planning guidance, local authorities will be able to release greenfield sites for development only if no suitable brownfield or recycled land is available.The plans are contained in a revised version of ...
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Ove Arup to sell house system
ENGINEER Ove Arup & Partners has devised an industrialised modular housing system.The house elements are manufactured in a factory, in a similar way to car parts. Homebuyers can buy the house they want off the shelf.The Ove Arup modular housing concept is based on heavy concrete panels and is the ...
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Porritt attacks industry for neglecting green agenda
Nonsense to believe self-regulation will work, says campaigner, warning of tougher legislation ahead.
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Polluters named
TWO construction firms were named among the worst polluters in England and Wales by the Environment Agency this week.Lancashire-based EOM Construction and Balfour Beatty were listed at number seven and 13 respectively in a hall of shame compiled by the Environment Agency.EOM Construction was fined £21 000 last year ...
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Contractors and clients unveil green measures
Laing, Tarmac and Railtrack reveal eco-friendly initiatives but Crane calls for more action.
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Railtrack intervenes in supply chain
Company demands greater efficiency as it increases spending on upgrades by £10bn over the next 10 years.
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Seven vie for east London estates masterplan
Shoreditch trust selects firms to submit development "vision" for £200m regeneration scheme.
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Builder fined for bogus FMB claim
A BUILDER HAS been fined £900 for falsely claiming to be a member of the Federation of Master Builders.Chris Roan, prosecuting for Cambridgeshire Trading Standards, said Brian Sharpe's Cambridge-based company, Abcam, had falsely advertised membership of the FMB in two editions of the Cambridge Yellow Pages.Roan told magistrates that Sharpe ...
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Hopkins' Saga staff HQ unveiled
The first pictures of the Saga headquarters, built by Schal, and approaching completion in Folkestone.
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P&O aims to float Bovis by March 2000
Parent company looking for £350m for 5000-strong subsidiary as Lampl prepares to step down.
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Amey profit leaps 25% to hit £18.7m
AMEY announced a 25% rise in pre-tax profit to £18.7m for the year ending 31 December 1998, compared with £14.6m in 1997.The contracting-to-facilities management group's turnover was up 21% to £471m, with earnings per share up 35% to 42.02p.Amey Ventures, which was set up in 1998 to deliver private finance ...
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HBG UK profit leaps after rebranding
Chief executive talks up the UK market and predicts better times ahead for the PFI.
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Laing blames Cardiff for results
Chastened contractor outlines more cautious approach after millennium rugby stadium disaster knocks £12.1m off profit, cutting it to £20.1m.
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McAlpine civils ups margins
ALFRED McALPINE'S £200m-a-year civil engineering business is achieving 4.2% margins – almost three times the sector norm, the firm revealed last week.Reporting pre-tax profit up 41% to £34m for 1998, the firm said its civils arm had made £8.3m and has been set the target of contributing 30% of group ...