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Regeneration in practice: Manchester
One of the city’s most crime-ridden housing estates is being given a John Prescott makeover, complete with signature architect and PFI funding. We report on how Plymouth Grove is going from war zone to des res
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Cherry wins battle for Country
Alan Cherry, the chairman of Countryside Properties, was this week poised to take the company private after rival shareholder Rock Pacific agreed to support his improved £222m offer for the firm.
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Amec share issue raises £95m for investment
Amec made a surprise share issue last week to raise £95m for investment in public–private partnership work and for expansion in the oil and gas sectors.
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Skanska takes £52m hit on UK liquid gas project
Shares in Swedish contractor drop 5% after contract for National Grid Transco falls behind schedule
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Commercial sector shows signs of recovery
The RICS this week said the commercial property market had started to show the strongest signs of recovery in more than four years.
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Construction growth to fall to 2.1% this year
Research group Experian forecasts falls across the board, with the private housing sector hardest hit
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CommentHigh hopes
The urban summit will be all about high policy and big money, but the battle will be won or lost at the level of the local, the mundane and the beautiful
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FeaturesThe naked project manager
Philip Ashton PhD may be a reluctant televison star, but he’s happy to embrace the publicity Channel 4’s Bricking It has given young people in construction. We meet project management’s answer to Jamie Oliver.
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CommentMuch done, more to do
Credit where it’s due. When John Prescott and his colleagues gather in Manchester next week to take the pulse of the regeneration effort, they can feel a little pleased with themselves (see pages 40-52).
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CommentSo this is freedom
Lost a tender to a competitor for no apparent reason? Under the Freedom of Information Act you can find out what went on behind closed doors and maybe make a claim …
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CommentChilling thoughts
The M&E engineer on a north London shopping centre paid out £1.25m after tenants complained about the draught. Then it tried to sue the architect …
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What’s your poison?
Asbestos turned into a disaster for construction partly because insurers failed to spot the danger quickly enough. Could they be doing the same now?
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In brow-mopping mode
Clients and lawyers breathed a sigh of relief when the House of Lords overturned a decision that put in doubt the confidentiality of legal advice
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Three reasons to go Belgian
Mark Jackson’s letter (7 January, page 30) raises a number of interesting points on Rudi Klein’s excellent article on single-project insurance (26 November, page 51). However, his final remark, “Rather than being Belgian, let’s be French!”, would have serious drawbacks.
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Dispelling the myth
I have been employed in the construction industry for over 30 years. The majority of this time has been spent in the role of planning and co-ordination and I now spend a proportion of my time involved with time-related disputes.
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Words of experience
Having read your article on aid relief to South-east Asia (14 January, page 15), I would like to draw your attention to my own experiences working in Pakistan and Afghanistan, for several years, in a variety of different organisations.
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BBC architect to revamp north bank of the Thames
Ken Livingstone invites MacCormac Jamieson Prichard to draw up plans for 2 km promenade to rival South Bank