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NewsBallast Nedam sells troubled UK arm to management
Dutch contractor clinches deal with buyout team after 14-month search and interest from Montpellier and Bilfinger.
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NewsMusic box
The Asymmetric Chamber, designed by architect David Adjaye, will be exhibited at the CUBE gallery in Manchester this month. Measuring 12.5 m × 4.5 m, the chamber's frame is made from parallam (a resin-bonded material) with a plywood floor and latticed plywood ceiling. Visitors to the chamber, which is lined ...
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NewsConstruction couture
Interior design company Skansen will co-host an exhibition during London Fashion Week (20-25 September) in partnership with clothing designer Neil Cunningham. Demonstrating design links between fashion and construction, the exhibition will showcase photographs of Cunningham's work alongside building materials. The set, pictured, was designed by Matthew Calvert Architects.
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Unhappy QSs create rival body to challenge RICS
Quantity surveyors unhappy with the RICS are setting up a rival organisation, with recruitment to begin in November.
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Forum for young builders
The first International Youthbuilding Congress is to be held in London on 16-17 October, bringing together young people from underprivileged backgrounds in Europe and the USA.
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Carillion to free up funds by selling PFI stakes
Carillion is expected to sell some of its PFI portfolio, including a stake in the Dartford and Gravesend hospital.
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Neil Kenworth of MDA dies at 61
Neil Kenworthy, a director at quantity surveyor Monk Dunstone Associates, has died of a heart attack, aged 61.
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NewsSkanska closes £470m Derby hospital deal
Contractor Skanska has reached financial close with partner Innisfree on a £470m PFI hospital in Derby, which is due to be completed in 2008.
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Fresh talks at T5 over new electricians' pay deal
Talks are to begin this week on proposals drafted by BAA on pay and conditions for electricians at the Heathrow Terminal 5 site in west London.
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Bristol's arts centre gets a makeover
The Arnolfini centre for the contemporary arts in Bristol is about to receive a makeover.
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McAlpine to kick off at Arsenal – again
Contractor Sir Robert McAlpine is to restart work on the Arsenal football ground at Ashburton Grove, north London, within two months.
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Farrell's Manchester deal
A team led by architect Terry Farrell & Partners has beaten off stiff competition to win Project Unity, the merger of Manchester University and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
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At home with Bluestone: Contractor duped by BBC
Regional contractor Bluestone fell victim this week to a practical joke by Dead Ringers on BBC Radio 4.
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NewsVarsity blues
Work is under way on Foster and Partners' faculty building at Imperial College's South Kensington campus. The four-storey structure, due for completion in April 2004, will provide 4000 m2 of office space with two basement levels for parking and storage. The project team includes Exterior as contractor, Buro Happold as ...
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Ballast Nedam shakes up UK division
Dutch group to axe 275 jobs in UK arm Ballast as it recovers from £32m loss in first half 2002.
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Features
Private Housebuilding Annual 2003
A guide to 100 of the UK's leading housebuilders by industry expert Fred Wellings
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Comment
No dinners for doggies
A warning to anyone who fancies amending a contract: if you aren't sure what you're doing, don't do it – the courts will penalise you if you mess it up
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Irish giant John Sisk launches major UK acquisition drive
Contractor understood to be in negotiations with five South-west firms including Cowlin, Pearce and Midas.