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PFI: The critical list
Amid signs of a general crisis with the NHS' finances, the Department of Health has launched an emergency review of PFI hospitals, and put most of the major schemes on hold while it does. George Hay investigates the schemes are affected and asks: what's to become of healthcare PFIs?
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CommentChange the wallpaper
With a season-by-season, throwaway culture borrowed from Ikea and designer magazines, architecture is in danger of becoming a branch of the fashion industry
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CommentWonders & blunders
Mancunian Stephen Hodder is mad for Le Corbusier's chapel, but bad copies of the great man's Unité d'Habitation get him even madder
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FeaturesPositive thinking
This month's new-look Tracker finds the industry optimistic, according to Experian Business Strategies' construction activity survey. Plus overleaf, Experian's quarterly analysis of orders and output
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Procure 21 row erupts as firms withhold annual fee
Several firms complain about lack of work won and threaten not to pay charge for staying on framework
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NewsOlympic success … and rejection
The Olympic Delivery Authority this week released more impressions of what the revamped Olympic park will look like, having confirmed that EDAW, Allies and Morrison, HOK Sport and Foreign Office Architects will design the Lea Valley masterplan.
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Nuclear review announced
A new generation of nuclear power stations will be considered under a government review of energy policy, the government announced this week.
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Halcrow plans for more Iraq work with Baghdad metro
Engineer Halcrow is continuing to bid for work in Iraq despite the security problems.
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Ray O'Rourke plans North-South divide
Laing O'Rourke is set to restructure its business in the next financial year.
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NewsSpace Craft lands on mill
Space Craft Architects has submitted this design for the redevelopment of the Longlands Mill in Stalybridge, Cheshire for planning permission.
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UK prosecuted over failure to implement energy directive
The European commission this week started legal proceedings against the UK over its failure to explain why it has not implemented European energy policies.
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RIBA past presidents fume over loss of perks
Past presidents of the RIBA have described the institution as "curmudgeonly" and "paltry", after it withdrew their complimentary tickets for events such as the Gold Medal and the Stirling Prize.
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Carillion set to restructure in wake of Mowlem purchase
Separate defence division likely to emerge after company considers how best to assimilate contractor
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‘No strikes' deal in doubt
A leading trade unionist has refused to rule out strikes in the run-up to the London Olympic Games.
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NewsEDAW team wins design contract for Olympic park
The EDAW consortium and multidisciplinary consultants Arup and Atkins have been chosen to design the Olympic park and infrastructure.
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NewsOlympic boss sweeps aside bids for two contracts
Olympic Delivery Authority chief David Higgins scraps tenders for a programme manager and velopark designer.
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NewsFirms face security ‘lock-down'
Construction firms working in the Olympic zone could face tough security measures, including restricted site access in the 18 months prior to the Games.
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CABE to head design review body for Games
The ODA confirmed on Tuesday that a design review body would be set up for the Games.
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Allies and Morrison tipped for Waterloo tower
Architect Allies and Morrison looks set to win a competition to design the latest tall tower planned for Waterloo in central London.