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NewsWarm Wellcome
Warm Wellcome: Medical charity the Wellcome Trust has approved a masterplan by US architect NBBJ for an £80m extension to its genome research campus in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire. NBBJ won a competition to design the 24,000 m2 project late last year. The drawings have been submitted to South Cambridgeshire council. Fuller ...
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SLR: We didn’t walk away
Developer Southwark Land Regeneration this week denied it had walked off the £1.5bn Elephant & Castle regeneration scheme in south London.
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Watchdog urges MoD to share PFI experience
Civil service expertise built up on the £746m PFI upgrade of the Ministry of Defence’s Whitehall headquarters should be spread across the government, says the National Audit Office.
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Lewisham gives 26-storey tower go-ahead
Lewisham council has approved proposals for a £60m regeneration project in south-east London a year after the scheme was criticised by conservation body English Heritage.
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Best entries since 1960s, says Civic Trust
ALmost 200 projects were honoured last night as outstanding examples of urban design in the 2002 Civic Trust Awards.
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NewsCarey Jones' locker
Carey Jones' locker: Leeds-based Carey Jones Architects has obtained detailed planning consent for this 18,600 m2 waterside office scheme at the Crosby Group's £100m Clarence Dock development in Leeds. The building will be split into three units, each with entrances from the dockside and supplementary rear access. Project manager is ...
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Feilden Clegg Bradley axed from Bristol courts project
"Unlucky" architect taken off £180m scheme after change of site cuts the number of practices required.
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Bouygues to bid for Bart's PFI
Contractor Bouygues was expected to put in a bid today for the £620m Royal London and St Bartholomew's PFI hospital scheme, the final day for applications.
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Liverpool tenants vote to quit council
LIVERPOOL cOUNCIL tenants in the east of the city this week voted to transfer 13,500 council homes to registered social landlords.
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Contracts
Bovis lands £45m airportContractor Bovis Lend lease has won a contract to build a £45m airport at the Farnborough Airfield in Hampshire for client Tag Aviation.Reading picks preferred QSsRidge and Partners, Gleeds and Citex have been picked as framework QSs for the University of Reading for five years.Birse wins £32m ...
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Railtrack set to pick architect for Euston plan
A masterplanner for the £400m redevelopment of Euston station was due to be named by Railtrack yesterday, after Building went to press.
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‘Contractor to blame’ for Center Parcs fire
A roofing contractor was to blame for the fire at the Elveden Center Parcs complex in Suffolk on 4 April, according to a report by the Suffolk fire service released this week.
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Try to lead Housing Forum
Hugh Try is to take over from Sir Michael Pickard as chairman of the Housing Forum, the body formed to promote the Egan agenda in the housebuilding sector.
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NewsFirst and last
First and last: Ainsley Gommon Architecture and Urban Design has gained planning approval on behalf of Wirral council for a pavilion to be built in Birkenhead Park. It will house a visitor centre, cafe, toilet facilities, and the park ranger’s offices. An internal planted spine wall curves the length of ...
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McAlpine poaches YJL man for key role
Alfred McAlpine has snapped up Keith Lambert, currently managing director of YJL subsidiary Walter Lilly, to be future head of its special projects division.Lambert will join McAlpine on 8 May as deputy managing director in charge of the firm’s southern division. He is expected to succeed Bob Blythen as managing ...
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Sharewatch
If you want to get an idea of the size of the job still facing the sector in trying to change its image among the investing community, check out the recent coverage of Henry Boot's results in the City pages.It seems that most newspapers can't put the idea that construction ...
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Henry Boot profit up 10%
Henry Boot has increased its pre-tax profit by 10%, primarily because of improved performances in its housing and specialist construction divisions.
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IT is not the answer
We all know IT will mobilise construction, giving everyone a faster, better service – and we are all wrong. In fact, like any tool, it's only as good as those who use it
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FeaturesBridge on the River Thames
This is the epic tale of time bombs, divers, and the courage of a small band of engineers in the face of overwhelming odds. Yes, we are talking about the construction of a footbridge.