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Partners in crime
I sit and wonder whether Egan’s theory of partnering “twice as much for half the price” will ever be as famous as Einstein’s formula for the relationship between mass and energy, E=mc2. Partnering is the new “in thing” and at least 50% of local authorities are attempting to do it. ...
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FeaturesInfirmary blues
The PFI’s problems are not confined to the bid process. Even after a facility is up and running, there is a constant struggle between client and consortium over its running costs – as we’re finding out at Edinburgh.
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FeaturesThe insider
David Metter, chairman of the PPP Forum, knows more than most about the PFI. So it’s surprising that he thinks there’s a problem with bid costs – and is not sure if the government can meet its education targets.
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FeaturesStriking balance
Building on a college building in London that has shown work-life balance really works
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Bovis Lend Lease closes in on Balfour Beatty in August
£204m deal from British Land puts Bovis in third place in annual league, as Balfour hangs on to two top spots
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BPB and Saint-Gobain lock horns over hostile bid
The fight between BPB and French materials firm Saint-Gobain, which has launched a £3.6bn hostile takeover bid, raged on this week.
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Styles & Wood profit doubles
Pre-tax profit at retail property services group Styles & Wood more than doubled to £2.3m in the six months ending 30 June.
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NewsSharewatch: Kier on top
Last week brought welcome news for the quoted companies in the industry, as the construction and building materials index rose modestly, about 1% to 3776.
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FeaturesThis other Eden …
Nature’s mathematical patterns have inspired the design of a new educational centre at The Eden Project. But Grimshaw has not just come up with a pretty flower-shaped space. Outside and inside, this is an elegant and robustly engineered design
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FeaturesA critical procedure
University College London Hospital is the latest PFI project to open its doors to the public, promising – as they all do – to get the best value from the private sector. So Building sent in an expert to assess just how well the fabric of this £422m building will ...
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FeaturesWhat we need is whole-life value
PFI projects are failing to achieve the low whole-life costs that were promised. Thomas Lane asked Andy Green of Faithful & Gould if there is another way of going about the problem
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Projects update: safety regulations
The government’s decision to change the colours of electrical wiring is going to cause confusion. To avoid risks, Shepherd Engineering Services has introduced safety guidelines
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FeaturesWhole-life costs: Hospital design
In this third article in our series, and as part of our PFI special, David Weight of Currie & Brown looks at the differences in lifetime costs between deep-plan, shallow-plan or courtyard-based hospital designs
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NewsNew-build completions in August
Completions have held up well over the past 12 months but private registrations have taken a sharp dip
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Warning over dangers of raising density levels
A leading housing association boss has warned that the government’s push to keep raising housing densities was a “catastrophe waiting to happen”.
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Social housing grant worries
A senior Housing Corporation official has admitted there will be unease if only a few private housebuilders receive social housing grants in the pilot programme.