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Managing director quits Hochtief’s PFI arm
Phillip Cooper, the former boss of failed contractor Ballast, has quit as managing director of Hochtief’s PFI division.
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Saint-Gobain raises bid for UK plasterboard company
Saint-Gobain, the French materials group, is expected to increase its bid for UK plasterboard maker BPB to £3.8bn.
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New boss for Bucknall Austin
Bucknall Austin, the construction and property consultant, has recruited Simon Birchall from Faithful & Gould to be its managing director.
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Yorkshire proposes Northern Way housing boom
Yorkshire planners are proposing to significantly increase housing provision in the region’s big cities to comply with the government’s Northern Way initiative.
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FeaturesThe old romantic
He may no longer be the carefree youth who proposed to his wife a week after they met, but Keith Miller’s more considered approach to business looks set to see the Miller Group pass the £1bn-turnover mark.
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NewsA Swankey design
This £265m PFI hospital redevelopment has been designed by architect Swanke Hayden Connell.
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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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JCT under fire for digital con
Construction lawyers have criticised the JCT for delaying the release of its digital contracts.
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NewsMarks and angles
Architect Make has revealed this image of its plans to revamp the former Marks & Spencer HQ on Baker Street, central London.
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FeaturesSome legacy
A little more than a year after Athens hosted the ‘best ever’ Olympics, this is what its facilities have become – desolate monuments to poor planning and incoherent politics. Over the next five pages, Mark Leftly reports on the lessons that London needs to learn.
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NewsA special night
At this year’s Specialist Contractor Awards at London’s Hilton Hotel, the industry celebrated the achievements of all 54 finalists and handed out 14 trophies to some of the best in the business – making it an evening to remember for all 500 guests. Photographs by Dean O’Brien
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Unions use Olympics to push for increased pay
Trade unions are to call for a special pay rate for construction workers in the capital.
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NewsThey’re lovely, Darling
Architect Darling Associates has submitted this £37m proposal for a pair of towers in the south London suburb of Sutton.
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Building journalist awarded
Building news editor George Hay was highly commended in the new business news journalist category at the Periodical Training Council’s Young Journalist of the Year awards, held at the Millennium Mayfair hotel in central London last Friday.
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Support services group faces £1m Barclays writ
Barclays Bank has launched a £1m High Court legal battle against support services group Inspace Property Services.
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HBF chairman Stewart Baseley steps into the breach
Stewart Baseley, the chairman of the Home Builders Federation, is acting as chief executive after this week’s announcement that Robert Ashmead is leaving the organisation.
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Public sector procurement has ‘doubled in efficiency’
Public sector construction procurement has almost doubled in efficiency over the past five years, according to figures released by the Office of Government Commerce this week.
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BAA technical director leaves airport operator
Richard Petrie is set to leave airport operator BAA after a reshuffle of the company’s top executives.