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A public challenge
In 1997 Thanet District Council granted outline planning permission for a business park in Ramsgate. The developer had not provided an environmental impact assessment with his planning application nor did the council seem to require one. There was no evidence to indicate what, if any, consideration the council gave to ...
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NewsAlan Lovell to step down as Jarvis boss
Alan Lovell, chief executive of embattled support services group Jarvis, is to stand down next March just months after a major refinancing of the group, writes George Hay.
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Wembley drafts in extra M&E workers
Extra M&E workers are to be drafted onto the Wembley stadium project as contractors on the scheme attempt to meet its deadline for completion
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NewsMidas boss plans 15% growth in next five years
Ambitious new chief executive Alan Hope says contractor can hit £300m turnover by 2010
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NewsUrban Splash set to land its first contract in London
Manchester developer has been shortlisted to redevelop rundown Packington Estate in Islington, north London
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Industry in talks to speed up PFI hospitals
The Department of Health is in talks with leading PFI professionals to find ways of speeding up the agreement of contract variations at large hospital scheme.
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Confederation threatens to walk out of CIS tax talks
Construction Confederation leads calls to pull out of Revenue negotiations unless April deadline is dropped
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Eco-city to be model for China
Consultant Arup’s masterplan for an entirely sustainable city near Shanghai could be used as a model to be rolled out across China.
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Industry wastes 3bn a year through poor logistics
Construction Products Association survey claims that workers lose 10% of each day waiting for materials
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Plan to wave low-carbon schemes through planning
Energy Saving Trust to present DTI with a series of radical proposals to stimulate energy-efficient construction
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Just the job
Leaving school at 16 hasn’t stopped Nick Rowling from pursuing a career as a building surveyor
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CommentDear Bill …
One is an arch defender of the quaint and traditional Dorset village dreamed up by Prince Charles, the other is the architect of south London’s cutting-edge, solar urbanist community. So what would Michael Mehaffy, director of education at the Prince’s Foundation, and Bill Dunster find to talk about?
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Hammerson’s profit up 22% after ‘robust’ performance
Interim pre-tax profit at developer Hammerson jumped almost 22%, according to results published this week.
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Irish firm is damp squib in Europe – but storms the States
Irish materials firm CRH made up for a poor performance in Europe with strong American results. It ended the first half of the year with pre-tax profit of £261m, 20% up on the £217m it made in the same period last year.
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CommentMove over, Don Quixote
Here’s the inspiring story of one man’s extraordinary, insane, visionary quest to attach a small illuminated sign to the side of a listed building
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NewsBuilding Communities Awards shortlist revealed
Bellway, Berkeley Homes, Barratt Developments and London & Quadrant Group are among the names shortlisted in the Building Communities Awards 2005.
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FeaturesShe’s back
Jennie Price, the famously combative former boss of the Construction Confederation, has been absent from the industry for some years. Now she’s returned, accompanied by … a row
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FeaturesFrozen warnings
Peter Clegg went with sculptor Antony Gormley to the Arctic Circle to create bleakly beautiful representations of the human body, a planet and a dead friend