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Galliford's construction chief quits
Galliford Try deputy chief executive George Marsh has resigned after the group was forced to issue a profit warning.
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The banality of error
How can a party to a dispute be right and yet lose? Answer: the adjudicator makes the wrong decision. Obvious, isn't it? So why is everyone so surprised?
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NewsTube Lines anxious to sign as Metronet lags
The Tube Lines consortium is pushing to sign off its London Underground public–private partnership deal ahead of fellow group Metronet, which has yet to finalise funding.
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NewsBrown: 2000 areas to get planning aid
Chancellor Gordon Brown used the summit to unveil the creation of 2000 "enterprise areas" to encourage economic and physical regeneration in deprived neighbourhoods.
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Laing leaves contracting behind in £5m deal
Laing’s last remaining contracting business, Holloway White Allom, was this week sold to a management buyout team.
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Alsop to redesign central Birmingham station
Alsop Architects has been appointed to lead a £200m refurbishment of Birmingham's New Street station.
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NewsHousebuilders to confront Prescott over summit jibes
Angry housebuilders reject Prescott's claim at last week's urban summit that they are holding back regeneration.
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China invites bids for first seven Olympic schemes
Contractors have just two months to pre-qualify for £6bn of projects for the 2008 Beijing games.
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Firing the smoking barrel gang
It's easy to demonise labour agencies. The stereotype is straight out of a Guy Ritchie film: grubby back-street office, battered white van and dodgy-looking paperwork. Such outfits have no place in the world of integrated supply chains. But still, every contractor knows that if they need five brickies in the ...
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NewsThe pod has landed
The pod has landed: Work has started on this £1.4m retail scheme in Kingston upon Hull. Designed by architect Corstorphine & Wright and known as the Pod, it forms part of the Junction retail park being developed by Capital & Regional and Morley Fund Management. The scheme is due to ...
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Public sector boosts output
Construction output is set to rise 9% this year, largely on the back of high government spending, according to industry research published today.
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Building launches young achiever award
Entries are invited for a new young achiever of the year award, which has been launched by Building and the Construction Industry Training Board as part of the 2003 Building Awards.The award is open to anyone aged 25 or younger on 1 January 2003 who has made a significant contribution ...
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Battle over Thames Gateway site
A four-way battle has emerged over one of the key areas pencilled in for the regeneration of east London's Thames Gateway.
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Three race for 2150-unit transfer job
Three architects have been shortlisted for the £300m revamp of east London's Ocean Estate, which includes the transfer of 2150 social housing units.
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News£1bn PFI Colchester barracks plan is revised
Conservation issues have forced a Sir Robert McAlpine-led consortium to make substantial revisions to a planning application for the Ministry of Defence's £1bn Colchester barracks PFI scheme.
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Amec fined £25,000 after fatal flood
The Cheshire office of Amec Services is one of two firms fined a total of £45,000 at Luton Crown Court after the death of a pensioner.
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Contracts
Croydon to get a faceliftDeveloper Arrowcroft has signed a development agreement with Croydon council in south London for the £300m redevelopment of its Gateway site. The scheme will include a 12,500-seat arena, a health club and more than 500 apartments. Heery heads for ScotlandHeery International is to project manage the ...
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NewsJust the ticket
Just the ticket: This month, London Underground will apply for planning permission to build an enlarged station at Camden Town. The designs, by architect Jestico + Whiles, will include open space in the form of a pedestrian street splitting the site. The station’s ticket hall is to have office space ...
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Strategic forum to launch client-friendly KPIs
The strategic forum is to launch its own key performance indicators to be used by clients in selecting firms.