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Ashford brings Stanhope estate
Ashford council is to re-tender a PFI project for the regeneration of its 1300-home Stanhope Estate, a month after it dropped its initial PFI partner.
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Quarter of housing grant bids from private sector
Almost a quarter of the bidders for Housing Corporation grant allocations for the 2006-08 affordable housing programme are not registered social landlords.
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Police probe international CSCS card fraud ring
Detectives called in after package containing hundreds of counterfeit CSCS cards is found in Hertfordshire
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CommentThe achievements of CSCS …
As the government prepares to embark on an autumn lobbying campaign to convince the public about the merits of its proposed national identity card scheme, it should look no further for support than a UK construction industry that has long since been light years ahead of the game.
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NewsVroom service
Planning permission has been granted for this Carey Jones-designed hotel, to be situated on the site of the former Brooklands motor racing circuit in Surrey.
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NewsPleased and prowed
Specialist glazing and cladding firm English Architectural Glazing has been appointed to work on the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital scheme in Brighton.
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Olympic threat to Thames
The viability of the Thames Gateway regeneration programme has been called into question following London’s Olympic success, according to one of the bid’s key ambassadors.
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Leeds supertram scheme faces the axe over £350m cost
The £350m Leeds supertram scheme looks set to be scrapped after the government told council leaders it did not believe the scheme was affordable.
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Contracts
Balfour picked for PFI hospitalContractor Balfour Beatty has been appointed preferred bidder for a £160m PFI hospital scheme in Glasgow for NHS Greater Glasgow. The contract was awarded through Balfour’s concession firm Canmore.GarsideLaycock’s £16m winMaintenance firm GarsideLaycock has been awarded a £16m four-year partnership deal for projects and maintenance on ...
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NewsPFI specialist plans for life without Jarvis
David Wylde Project Finance, the PFI specialist that bought back Jarvis’ 50% share in itself three months ago, could be floated on the stock market in five years.
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John Doyle’s pre-tax profit jumps 12.5%
Concrete contractor John Doyle Group this week said growth in its pre-tax profit and turnover for 2004 showed it had recovered from a difficult 2003.
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CABE and its public
Why on earth don’t people check their facts? The Evening Standard journalist Mira Bar-Hillel (Letters, 15 July, page 34) gets the wrong end of the stick on at least three counts when she comments on CABE’s recent open design review.
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Risky business
Melinda Parisotti’s idea for eliminating net contribution clauses (1 July, page 52) should, I suggest, be put in perspective.
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Wholly appreciated
May I congratulate you on the article on whole-life costing (24 June, page 66). Nothing is more important to the industry than an appreciation of its role in asset management for a business.
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Nous les avons aussi
I am writing in response to your international salary guide (24 June, page 40).
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A payee’s lot
The National Specialist Contractors Council has, in common with other interested parties, submitted a detailed response to the DTI consultation paper on amending the Construction Act to improve payment practices in the industry.
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Broadcasting House
How the team behind the remodelled Broadcasting House in central London married old with new - without a single programme interuption.
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House price inflation falls to nine-year low
Market continues to soften as repossession threat looms large.
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NewsScottish parliament nominated for Stirling prize
But Brighton's Jubilee Library is favourite for architects' top honour.