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FeaturesI’ll be seeing you …
Stephen Williams has just been appointed head of construction at the Health and Safety Executive. As Building discovered, he is a man with an intense interest in the industry – and plans personally to visit as many sites as possible.
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FeaturesThe defeated champions
Tessa Jowell has become the ministerial design champion. Building asks how she can succeed where so many have failed, while Peter Stewart, assesses if government is now wise to design
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Comment
Risky business
I refer to the articles on the PFI in your 23 September issue, and wonder whether the UK contracting industry will ever learn. PFI is not working as it could, agreed. But there’s no point blaming the public sector clients – that’s just too easy. It is the market that ...
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Something missing …
I am a black architect and was surprised, disappointed and somewhat concerned that Building’s cover page article on 16 September did not include any black or Indian graduates. This, I am sure you will agree, is unacceptable considering the demographic make-up of London in particular and the country in general. ...
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… but a fan gained
If the main problem faced by the industry is attracting young people (16 September), then the solution is right there on page 46.
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Ruskin and retentions
The letter from Peter Whitbread (16 September) on the subject of retentions requires a response.
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Same old story
As I read Tom Potbury’s article about age discrimination (16 September) I must confess to a wry smile.
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Pipe gripe
I was rather depressed to find that your review of the University College London Hospital (23 September) seemed to mention virtually every aspect of the hospital’s construction other than its drainage material.
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Early warning
Your article (26 August) on land designated for employment use being bought for affordable housing in London raises some interesting considerations.
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Galliford Try buys surveyor Pentland for up to £2.8m
Contractor and housebuilder Galliford Try has bought chartered surveyor Pentland for an initial sum of £1.1m, to be followed by a maximum additional payment of £1.7m, depending on future profits.
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Equion sells PFI stake for £6m
Equion, the investment vehicle wholly owned by John Laing, has sold its 50% stake in Defence Management Holdings to services company Serco for £5.9m.Defence Management won the PFI contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Joint Services Command and Staff College in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, where construction was completed ...
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‘Property pensions’ set to boost housebuilding
The government’s plan to allow investors to include some kinds of residential property in tax-efficient pension plans is expected to lead to a boost in housebuilding next year.
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ODPM on brink of resolving ‘roof tax’ problems
Yvette Cooper, minister of housing, has given the go-ahead for a roof tax-style deal to kickstart housing development in Bedford.
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EP names brownfield squad
English Partnerships has selected 22 developers to help pilot its strategy over brownfield sites.
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CommentA new twist in an old story
Something distinctly odd is going on at the Treasury. First we have Gordon pledging to follow in Tony’s footsteps when he finally gets to step into his size 10s.
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NewsKajima installs fresh team at PFI hospital
Contractor Kajima has brought in a fresh project team to work on the £30m PFI extension to the Sheffield Northern General Hospital after delays to the project, it emerged this week.
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Awards honour industry’s best community builders
Barratt developments, Persimmon Homes, Bellway and St James Homes were among the housebuilders that picked up prizes at the Building Communities Awards 2005, hosted by Building at the London Hilton hotel on Park Lane on Wednesday evening.
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Talks over CIS tax restarted
The Construction Confederation is in talks with HM Revenue & Customs over softening the impact of the CIS tax scheme in April after resigning itself to the launch.