All articles by George Hay – Page 3
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NewsGovernment faces huge bill for wasted design at Barts
Department of Health calls on Barts and The London NHS Trust to reconsider plans for £1.2bn PFI scheme
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Berkeley Homes team scoops £750m Ferrier Estate deal
Greenwich council picks consortium to tackle rundown estate after hesitating for almost six months
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NewsMorrison quits schools race as AWG gears up for sale
Contractor pulls out of bidding for Belfast schools as it emerges parent company may sell the business
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FeaturesThe £6 House
If you think John Prescott’s £60,000 house was a tall order, how would you cope with a budget of £6? Not too badly, if the efforts of the three teams who attended Building’s housebuilding competition in London are anything to go by.
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NewsFive firms set to share £1bn Aldermaston revamp
Hundreds of engineers to receive special training to design upgraded nuclear weapons facilities
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Urban Catalyst changes tack
Urban Catalyst is to repackage itself as a consultant after becoming exasperated at the “frustrating” regeneration process.
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Industry attacks Brown’s plans for housebuilding
Planning gain supplement is attacked as ‘unworkable’, while PPS3 revives controversy over council powers
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NewsIndustry in talks over nuclear skills crisis
The nuclear industry is to meet the construction industry’s trade bodies in the new year to try and head off a skills crisis in the provision of new nuclear power stations.
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Cabinet split over Treasury’s planning gain supplement
Chancellor Gordon Brown set to announce further consultation in pre-Budget report, despite ODPM opposition
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Barts paying £500k a month in PFI interest
The cost of the UK’s biggest PFI scheme, the £1.1bn Barts and The London NHS Trust, is rising by £500,000 each month because it has not reached financial close.
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NewsChina hires Atkins to plan 48 cities the size of London
Consultant to work with Chinese government on cities the size of European capitals, each housing up to 6 million
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NewsTaskforce lays into ‘cheap’,‘thoughtless’ Gateway plans
The government’s Thames Gateway policy comes under the lash as Rogers’ urban taskforce lists alleged failures and urges Prescott to attach more importance to good design and sustainable communities
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NewsKBR set to offload civils consultancy arm
Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root is poised to sell its civil engineering consultancy arm to fellow American engineer Jacobs Babtie.
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NewsNHS ditches Bouygues’ bid for £350m Whipps Cross
NHS trust rethinks PFI procurement route after it ‘stands down’ sole bidder for £350m east London hospital
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Council blocks Brighton tower
Architect Wilkinson Eyre is set to appeal against Brighton council’s decision to block plans for a £175m mixed-use development at Brighton Marina.
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Tribal scraps sustainable communities arm
Property consultant winds down ‘unnecessary’ subsidiary Tribal Urban Futures only six months after launch
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Key Mowlem boss quits as takeover rumours hot up
European firms said to be in the running for contractor as Liming jumps ship for Carillion
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Costain monitors presence in Iran amid political unrest
Contractor ‘monitoring the situation’ on £950m gas project, as tensions mount between Tehran and the West
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NewsModular Kajima scheme to be evacuated over collapse fears
Blow to government’s off-site building plans as Arup warns Leeds housing block could fall down in severe weather
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Bovis to build London’s largest student halls
Contractor teams up with Blackstone and First Base to convert two 14-storey towers in King’s Cross