Sarah Bassett

  • News

    Wimpey set to seal £100m Rochester Riverside deal

    2001-11-09T00:00:00

    Medway council close to completing deal for flagship urban regeneration project after two years of talks.

  • News

    Boost for east London Olympics

    2001-10-05T00:00:00

    Plans to scrap the building of a £97m national athletics stadium at Picketts Lock in north-east London may provide a welcome boost for a 2012 London Olympics bid.

  • News

    High margins raise Boot's profit

    2001-10-05T00:00:00

    Contractor Henry Boot has announced a positive set of half-year results, with profit up 14% writes.

  • News

    Carillion tipped for £105m campus

    2001-08-17T00:00:00

    Carillion has been tipped to win two contracts worth a total of £105m for the University of Hertfordshire.

  • News

    Three up for Welsh centre

    2001-06-22T00:00:00

    A shortlist of three contractors has been picked to work up bids for the troubled £92m Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

  • News

    £250m Cardiff scheme saved

    2001-06-01T00:00:00

    A £250m sports centre in Cardiff, stalled since February, may be rescued by developer Conrad Phoenix Properties.

  • Features

    Gilded youth

    2001-05-04T00:00:00

    Youth wins the day in this year's Hays Montrose/Building Consultants' Salary Guide, with the industry throwing money at graduates in an attempt to attract the best people.

  • Features

    Here's the hard part

    2001-04-20T00:00:00

    Building's Client profile series returns with EasyEverything, the cybercafe that's planning to open 50 stores every year for the next three. The good news is, it's looking to partner. The bad news is, everything is easy except getting work for it.

  • News

    'Flooding your problem,' Raynsford tells developers

    2000-11-24T00:00:00

    Minister underlines fact that new guidance will saddle construction companies with flood defence costs.

  • News

    Ian Simpson's towering ambition for Birmingham

    2000-11-03T00:00:00

    Eco-friendly residential skyscraper will be the second-tallest residential block in the country.

  • News

    Anderson quits Bovis Lend Lease

    2000-10-20T00:00:00

    Bovis director leaves job with Australian contractor to join Land Securities' property division six months after taking up new role.

  • Features

    Now arrived from Brussels

    2000-10-20T00:00:00

    The big red-tape machine in Brussels is still churning out directives for our benefit. But do they work? And are you affected?

  • News

    Glass costs go through the roof

    2000-10-06T00:00:00

    European glass prices rise 50% as office demand stretches suppliers to breaking point.