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NewsMultiplex faces High Court action from Saudi Sheikh
Cleveland Bridge owner set to fight Wembley contractor if result of adjudication next week is unsatisfactory
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Housebuilders confront ODPM over planning
The House Builders’ Federation held a meeting this week with senior ODPM officials to warn the government against introducing planning guidance that it says would permit local authorities to dictate the design of residential schemes.
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Three vie for Plymouth hospital
Contractors Amey, Imbregilo and Multiplex have pitched for the £240m Plymouth hospital PFI, allaying fears that the project would attract no tenders
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Procure 21 ahead of game, says NHS Estates
The NHS hospital building initiative Procure 21 has exceeded its five-year turnover target of £1.2bn after one year, according to a senior NHS Estates figure.
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NewsLivingstone lays into RHWL’s design for Waterloo tower
London mayor demands redesign of 33-storey Elizabeth House, and calls one aspect as a ‘design disaster’
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Council rejects Paddington masterplan
Architect Terry Farrell & Partners’ revised masterplan for the Paddington Health Campus has been strongly criticised by Westminster council.
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Revised section 106 guidance
The government is taking action to speed up the section 106 process with the revision of circular 1/97, the guidance that covers planning obligations such as affordable homes on housing schemes.
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Multiplex hires Aussie IT firm
Contractor Multiplex has hired a fellow Australian firm to put its two biggest UK projects – Wembley national stadium and the White City retail scheme – on line.
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CABE savages Leicester Tigers’ stadium
CABE has panned proposed developments around the home of the rugby team Leicester Tigers, in Welford Road, Leicester.
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NewsFresh-faced Londoner
Designed by GMW Architects, this redevelopment at London Bridge has transformed a grade II-listed Victorian building to provide 4850 m2 of modern offices.
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The future’s Orangery
This dining pavilion at The Children’s Hospital in Great Ormond Street, central London, has just been completed by architect SpacelabUK.
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Failed fit-out firm Spectrum owes £9m to creditors
Report by administrator Rothman Pantall says £8.89m is outstanding to subcontractors and Inland Revenue
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Welcome to Liverpool
National agency English Partnerships and regeneration company Liverpool Vision have unveiled plans to transform Lime Street Station in Liverpool to create a gateway to the city for visitors.
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John Laing quits troubled Hackney estate scheme
Housebuilder pulls out of £80m Haggerston West regeneration scheme citing ‘commercial reasons’ for decision
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FeaturesDon’t supersize me
The Peabody Trust’s latest exercise in modular housing at Barons Place, west London, houses key workers in compact-and-bijou microflats. We mind our head and step inside a new fun-sized way of living.
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FeaturesHappy hour
Times are good for quantity surveyors, with charge-out rates up by as much as 50% since 2002 and most sectors looking decidedly flush. We drink in Mirza & Nacey’s latest survey on how much a cost consultant costs
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CommentDear site diary
Project manager Andrew Farrer extols the virtues of keeping a comprehensive works log – if only to provide valuable evidence in the event of a dispute
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FeaturesAn inside job
Breaking into the former NatWest HQ was the easy part. Ripping the heart out of it to create state-of-the-art offices while preserving the listed facade, banking hall and directors’ suites, and shifting 1000 lorry-loads of rubble without disturbing the heavyweight neighbour – well, that needed something like a plan … ...