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O’Rourke: We need no replacement for White
Laing O’Rourke chairman and chief executive Ray O’Rourke says he does not intend to appoint a successor to former chief operating officer Andy White.
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Manchester to get housing boost
Manchester is set to become the first area to benefit from a £500m government fund to regenerate housing in the north of England.
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Anglican schools to be latest PFI target
The government is to introduce PFI and public-private partnership schemes in up to 2100 voluntary aided Church of England schools.
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NewsEye for design
Eye for design: Architect TTSP is about to complete the refurbishment of the Eye office block in Holborn, central London. The scheme will create 7600 m2 of commercial and retail space and a glass atrium through the building. Ten earlier planning applications have failed. Contractor on the project is Kier ...
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NewsTake Courage
Take Courage:This £150m redevelopment of the former Courage brewery in central Bristol has just been given planning consent. The scheme will create 70,000 m2 of residential, commercial and leisure space. It was designed by Colwyn Foulkes for JG Bristol. Clarke Bond is structural engineer, building services engineer is Jacobs Gibb ...
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Constructionline hits back at critics
Constructionline, the contractor and consultant vetting list, has rebutted industry criticisms with improved user figures and an internal review of its service.
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South-east to get 25 more business parks
The South East of England Development Agency is looking to build up to 25 mini business parks in the region over the next six years.
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Contracts
Balfour nabs two MoD jobsBalfour Beatty has secured a £37m contract from Defence Estates, the Ministry of Defence's property arm, to build and operate naval accommodation at the HMS Nelson barracks in Portsmouth. It is also preferred bidder on a £30m deal to build naval accommodation at Marchwood and Thorney ...
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Building reporter wins award
Building’s deputy news editor Tom Broughton was last week named New Business Journalist of the Year by the Periodicals Training Council.
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NewsWellcome addition
Wellcome addition: The Wellcome Trust has been granted planning permission for a 27,000 m2 extension to its genome campus in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire. Work is due to start on the project, which was designed by US firm NBBJ, this month. The 12,000 m2 first phase will be completed in 2005. When ...
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Features
Local lowdown
In the latest of his series on regional job markets, Robert Smith of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose finds London Docklands and the City booming
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Features
On solid ground
Figures just in for September complete the picture for the third quarter of 2002, and they show a market that is holding firm. Construction Forecasting and Research presents the facts
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Focus on the regions
How are activity levels and order books changing around the UK? The figures give the balance of firms reporting an increase compared with those reporting a decrease
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UK to develop international PFI accounting standard
Experts to create code for cross-border deals and to draw up global rules on revenue from PFI contracts.
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Portal BuildOnline breaks into the black
Construction portal BuildOnline this week claimed it was the first company of its type in Europe to make money.
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NewsContractor Haymills launches office fit-out division
Private contractor defies slump in South-east commercial market to create subsidiary called Whitespace.
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Comment
We're not the only ones
Like construction, the pensions industry has failed to focus on what its customers need. It should take a leaf out of our book and indulge in some free-thinking
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FeaturesCob satisfaction
The Eden Centre has just got another extraordinary structure, a combination of Taunton and Timbuktu vernacular, it's sustainable and biodegradable, it's got breasts and you can even catch buses from it