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  • Features

    Cost model: Social housing

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Our series on projects worth less than £1m returns with an in-depth look at affordable homes. Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon explains what kinds of schemes the Housing Corporation wants for its money, and breaks down the costs

  • Richard Steer
    Comment

    Back here in the real world …

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Richard Steer wasn’t surprised to read that the cost of the London Olympics is set to rise – they nearly always do. What counts is what you get for the money

  • Houchin in action at Burghfield
    Features

    Three men and their boats

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    With just a month until the Little Britain Challenge Cup gets under way, Katie Puckett meets three industry amphibians who’ve found true love off the coast of England

  • Features

    Multiplex vs WNSL: The squeeze is on …

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    As Wembley’s contractor and client take their first steps towards the Technology and Construction Court, Sarah Richardson analyses what the parties are claiming, and what it means for the stadium

  • Colin Harding
    Comment

    Get out of our way

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Colin Harding If the government would just leave us alone and stop interfering with its feeble regulations and all-encompassing spin, we could get on with building for the Olympics

  • Comment

    Building buys a pint …

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    for Costain

  • News

    Schools body names chief executive

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Partnerships for Schools, the delivery body for the £45bn Building Schools for the Future programme, has appointed a chief executive.

  • News

    The beauty of Bolsover

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Architect HOK International has designed this mixed-use development for clients Ridgeford Properties and Manhattan Loft Corporation.

  • News

    X marks the spot

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Architect Will Alsop has revealed these images of his first big project in Asia.

  • News

    Former Hyder director lands key World Cup role

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Denis Lillie, a former director of Hyder Consulting, has been appointed construction project director for the 2010 World Cup finals, to be held in South Africa.

  • News

    Shoebury chic

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    These four residential buildings are part of a development in Shoeburyness, at the mouth of the Thames Estuary in Essex. Architect HawkinsBrown was appointed by client Gladedale Homes to work up the designs for the homes in the former army town near Southend. The ex-garrison land is now part of ...

  • Cann:  May become  joint head of firm
    News

    Hochtief poaches Equion director to run UK PFI work

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    John Cann joins Hochtief PPP Solutions, but precise role remains unclear

  • News

    Carillion to sell PFI stakes worth £70m

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Construction group Carillion is understood to have invited bids from investors for part of its PFI equity portfolio.

  • News

    Persimmon sued by ex-boss

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Persimmon, the FTSE 100 housebuilder, has entered into a legal battle with John Bennett, the former finance director of Westbury.

  • News

    SIPP makes its debut at Ipswich waterfront scheme

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    The first self-invested personal pension residential development fund, or SIPP, has been used to finance a waterfront scheme in Ipswich.

  • News

    Public sector work hits trough

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Growth in the public sector commercial development sector in July was at its lowest level for the year, according to research by property services firm Savills.

  • John Morgan
    News

    Morgan cautious after profit rise

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    John Morgan, the executive chairman of Morgan Sindall, said this week that the group’s construction division still had “a long way to go” despite posting an interim profit.

  • News

    McInerney buys British

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Irish residential developer McInerney Holdings has bought Bowey Homes, of north-east England, for £23.6m. Bowey has 13 sites in development with five more in the pipeline.

  • News

    Morrison joins asbestos firm

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Gordon Morrison, a former board member of contractor Morrison and its one-time parent AWG, has been appointed non-executive director of Silverdell, an asbestos remediation firm listed on the alternative investment market.

  • News

    Robertson appointment

    2006-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Scottish group Robertson has appointed Angus MacInnes as managing director of its construction arm, which includes five regional businesses. MacInnes previously worked for contractors Carillion and Skanska.