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FeaturesBreaking amec
In the late 1980s, Amec pioneered the concept of the one-stop shop for construction services. Now, with its French services business up for grabs and the rest of the company set to be split in two and possibly sold, the sharks have started circling …
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CommentBrain donors wanted
At what point does a speculative joint venture become the exploitation of the naive or the desperate? Here’s an engineer’s take on this increasingly pressing question
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Lakesmere boss sets out new year resolutions
The name of roofing contractor Lakesmere may not be particularly familiar to the industry, but the company’s work certainly is.
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FeaturesCost model: Mixed-use city-centre schemes
Mixed use is increasingly the name of the game for town-centre developers. But can uses such as retail and residential really mix? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the practicalities and costs of mixed-use city-centre schemes
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Skills taskforce for 2012 Olympics
The London Development Agency is to create an emergency taskforce to ensure that the construction industry has enough skilled labour to build the Olympic Games.
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AYH to oversee fashion chain expansion
Cost consultant and project manager AYH has been appointed by fashion chain New Look to manage the refurbishment of 31 former Littlewoods stores across the UK.
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Simpson’s 68-storey tower in Southwark faces axe
Beetham Tower in doubt as council votes against allowing tall building along Blackfriars Road
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NewsHip to be square
Foster and Partners’ design for Bishops Square in Spitalfields was this week named joint winner of best built project at the London Planning Awards.
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NewsCarillion writes down £120m in £291m Mowlem takeover
Contractor set to become £4bn-turnover giant in league of Amec and Balfour after snapping up troubled rival
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MP calls for update on act review
The DTI was this week urged to clarify its progress on the review of the Construction Act after claims that it would delay announcing its findings until next year.
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Urban Catalyst changes tack
Urban Catalyst is to repackage itself as a consultant after becoming exasperated at the “frustrating” regeneration process.
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NewsJumbo tower
Architect Hamilton Associates wants planning permission for this 42-storey tower at Elephant & Castle, south-east London.
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Unions in T5 benefits row
Eastern European fit-out workers on Heathrow Terminal 5 are being prevented from receiving their entitlement of travel and accommodation benefits, unions have claimed.
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Coverite sues Shepherd over £3m Leeds contract
Roofing and cladding contractor Coverite has launched a legal battle against Shepherd Construction after being thrown off a £20m project in Leeds.
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NewsBuilding wins campaign to Reform the Regs
ODPM agrees to develop process for updating regulations in a ‘simpler, more transparent manner’
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Industry attacks Brown’s plans for housebuilding
Planning gain supplement is attacked as ‘unworkable’, while PPS3 revives controversy over council powers
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CPA warns industry that recession is imminent
The Construction Products Association has warned that the construction industry is heading for recession