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FeaturesFour big ideas
David Blackman looks back on the multibillion-pound initiatives that defined the era
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The Blair years
It’s always been said that construction does well under Labour, but when Tony Blair came to power in 1997 nobody would have dreamed just how well.
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FeaturesBlair on Blair
Margaret Ford, our guest editor and a woman who was close to the business end of New Labour’s policies, quizzed the prime minister on his record on the built environment
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FeaturesThe fall from Eden
The Blair years began with wonderful attractions and tube stations, continued through drab PFIs and ended with creeping paranoia, says Gus Alexander
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FeaturesWonders & blunders
With lots of lottery cash, the PFI and a millennium to celebrate, the decade has been packed with new buildings – some good, some not so good. Martin Spring looks at the Blair era’s …
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FeaturesGreat leaps forward
Taking a break from Blair, here are Alistair King’s top 10 technological developments
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NewsBrown throws weight behind planning reform
Gordon Brown has confirmed plans to set up an independent commission to decide on large infrastructure projects.
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MP links site deaths to EU workers
The steep rise in construction deaths could be linked to the expansion of the EU, according to a Labour MP.
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NewsFairground attraction
Design watchdog Cabe has praised architect Kohn Pedersen Fox’s design for the Pinnacle, the 300m City of London skyscraper that is also known as the Helter Skelter and, formerly, the DIFA Tower. Cabe said: “This proposal has the potential to be a high-quality addition to the emerging cluster of ...
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WYG beefs up energy strategy
White Young Green’s energy division, which was launched this week, is investigating the possibility of producing energy from dead cows.
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MPs vote for HIPs as RICS initiates judicial review
The government has won its battle to go ahead with the implementation of Home Information Packs (HIPs) next month.
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T&T sets up nuclear power team
Turner & Townsend has anticipated the contents of the upcoming energy white paper by establishing a nuclear working party.
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NewsStreet style
A second terrace of 14 houses has been completed in Manchester’s Millennium Community, New Islington, by architect de Metz Forbes Knight.
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NewsHerts transplant
Plans for a £1bn redevelopment scheme in Watford have been revealed this week.
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Construction bosses optimistic about growth
Chief executives in construction are more confident about revenue growth than their counterparts in other sectors, according to research by Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
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Sharewatch — Construction share prices drop with interest rate rise
The Bank of England’s interest rate rise last week to 5.5% took a toll on the share prices of contractors and housebuilders.
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Make at Monument
Make architects is working on an office redevelopment next to Monument column in London.
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New man at PFI unit
Gordon McKechnie, from Deloitte & Touche, is set to be the head of the Treasury’s private finance unit.
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St John Wilson dies
Sir Colin St John Wilson, the designer of the British Library, has died aged 85.