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Features
Gleeson names its next managing director
Andrew Muncey is promoted to take over from retiring boss David Eyre in May.
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Pidgley Jr takes on dad's former manager
Cadenza boss hires ex-Thirlstone Homes managing director Sean Burroughs as new right-hand man.
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Lipton Jr forms affordable housing firm
Elliot Lipton, son of Stanhope founder Sir Stuart Lipton, has formed a company to provide affordable housing in London.Lipton claimed that the company, First Base, will be the first housebuilder to focus solely on low-cost housing. The average flat in Greater London sells for £210,000, according to the Land Registry. ...
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FeaturesCost model update, February 2003
Building cost models are celebrating their 10th birthday. To mark this happy event, we outlines the factors that will be affecting costs in 2003 for 17 of the most common building types
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News
Pidgley Jr takes on dad's former manager
Tony Pidgley Jr has made one of his father's former executives commercial director of his housebuilder, Cadenza.
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Arup on a roll with profit and staff increases
Pre-tax Profit at consultant Arup has increased 6% in the 12 months to 31 March 2002 compared with the same period the previous year.
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Comment
Right plan, wrong man
There's nothing the matter with Ken Livingstone's vision of a city the size of Leeds in Thames Gateway, but he could never build a political coalition to bring it off
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Features
Dealing in design
You're an architect, you're pitching for a job and the client asks: how much? Not to panic – former architect Robert White can help you with the bottom line.
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Clive Porter
The Audit Commission report is likely to fuel the flames of the PFI debate. Before things get too heated, let's put the report in context
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Comment
Intercontinental comparisons
Adjudication has many supporters but few of them would claim it's perfect. So perhaps we could learn a few lessons from how it's done in other countries?
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Comment
Balance of payments
Whack a huge interest rate on late payments and it may be considered an unenforceable penalty. Go too low and you fall foul of the Late Payments Act
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Comment
Some rights and wrongs
I am sorry if John Smith thought that my letter of 17 January was "a collection of anodyne platitudes" (24 January, page 34).
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Comment
OK lads, just, er, do your stuff
In the light of the recent correspondence on training, particularly John Smith's last letter (24 January, page 34), may I draw your attention to a parallel problem facing site managers?
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Comment
The tip of an iceberg
I was very flattered to read my profile in Building last week (17 January, 26-30), but this is only equalled by my embarrassment.
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Comment
What drop in numbers?
I am very concerned at your news article (24 January, page 11) claiming that there has been a big decline in entry to construction courses.
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Comment
Teaching's not so tough
In your article on salaries at Heathrow's Terminal 5 (17 January, page 9), under the subheading "How T5 salaries compare", the salary for a teacher in London is quoted as £26,000.
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Comment
Top-heavy success
The article entitled "We love you" (24 January, page 22) reaches some shocking conclusions about how much building consultants contribute to the economic well-being of the UK.
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News
South Bank to get £6m park
A world-class park to rival those in Paris and Barcelona is to be created on the site of the Jubilee Gardens on London's South Bank
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Mace branches out into fit-out work
Mace has moved further from its construction management roots by setting up an arm to focus on small fixed-price work in the fit-out sector.