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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.
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Average earners unable to afford homes in Midlands
People on average incomes in the West Midlands cannot afford even the cheapest homes, according to research published last week.
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CommentWe have the results
PFI needs a thorough examination. It’s certainly not on its deathbed, but it clearly isn’t working as it should, and if not treated soon, it may soon be in serious trouble.
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NewsMowlem calls in adviser Rothschild after £70m hit
Contractor’s fate hangs in the balance as chief executive Simon Vivian hints at selling off existing contracts
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NewsMowlem blames problem contracts as troubles pile up
Staff start to circulate CVs as contractor takes £70m profit hit and pulls out of £90m Scottish schools contract
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Profit warnings and job cuts: Mowlem’s bad year
Mowlem’s shock restructuring comes after a tumultuous year for the firm.
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G&T’s global alliance crumbles
International consultancies Rider Hunt and Levett & Bailey are in talks to find a UK partner after it emerged that its global alliance with Gardiner & Theobald is on the brink of collapse.
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Steel firms join forces to fend off pay claim
Major steelwork contractors in London this week joined forces over pay, amid fears of a union push for increases at sites across the capital.
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NewsBlair pushes forward hover train proposal
Tony Blair has personally intervened to push forward the scrutiny of proposals for a high-speed hovering train link between Glasgow and London, giving the first clear signal that the government is seriously considering the plans, write Sarah Richardson and David Rogers.
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ODPM takes up challenge from Rogers over communities
A senior civil servant at the ODPM has hinted that the sustainable communities plan could change after criticism from Richard Rogers’ Urban Task Force.
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NewsWater glass
Barber Casanovas Ruffles Architects have released this image of the Cambridge Water Company headquarters.
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NewsPFI funders may take money abroad, Treasury warned …
Investors tell government that it could be cheaper and less risky to work on Continent as PFI markets open up
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… and PFI designs get too little time, says Balls
Gordon Brown’s chief confidant has argued that more time must be given to the design of PFI projects.
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Ex-Dome man sets up law firm
Former Millennium Dome project director David Trench has set up a legal business with the founder of leading construction law firm Winward Fearon.
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Urban Splash picks Feilden Clegg Bradley
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley has been picked by the Urban Splash–Southern Housing Group consortium to pitch for the revamp of the Packington Estate in north London.
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NewsGlazed over
Davis Duncan Architects collaborated with international artist Richard Wright to create this mixed-use project in Glasgow. The £9m residential and commercial development has windows 2.5 m high that span the full height of each storey on the south side. The developer on the scheme was Abbey Projects, contractor was AWG ...