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Osborne wins £12m SafewayContractor Osborne has been awarded a £12m contract to build a Safeway store and car park as part of a town-centre development in Sidcup, Kent.Baggaley to build care homeBaggaley Construction has secured a £2.7m design-and-build contract for a 59-bed residential care home and day centre in Broxtowe ...
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NewsNew kid on the dock
New kid on the dock: Architect Benoy has received detailed planning consent from Tower Hamlets council for this 10-storey, £17m office and apartment block in the Royal Victoria docks, east London. Work is due to start in June for developer Harbour Land. The scheme includes 5000 m2 of offices and ...
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PFI housing subsidies are unfair, say councils
Government under attack after authorities discover housing PFIs receive less subsidy than alternative scheme.
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NewsHappy campus
Happy campus: Hawkins/Brown has won planning permission for its design for the University of Portsmouth’s business school. The practice won a competition to design the scheme in April 2001, and work is due to start on site in June. The project team includes contractor Fitzpatrick, project manager Northcroft, M&E engineer ...
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Broadway Malyan wins £175m Hackney estate plan
Team led by top architect to cost and put finishing touches to plan for one of Europe’s largest housing estates.
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NewsTaywood has 'turned round' contracting arm
THE RECENTLY appointed chief executive of Taylor Woodrow, Iain Napier, has said he wants to continue the rehabilitation of the group's contracting business by increasing the amount of work it does for its housebuilding arm.
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NewsMcAlpine shoots for premiership
Alfred McAlpine is in talks with premier league football clubs to take over the facilities management of their stadiums, writes Gordon Jon Thompson.
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£160m Bristol job gives Dean & Dyball shock lead
Hampshire contractor goes from nowhere to top spot for February, ahead of Sir Robert McAlpine and Kier.
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Hansom at MIPIM
Parties, yachts, helicopters, outrageous prices, killer whales, Mel Gibson's toilet – it's just work, work, work in Cannes …
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Face the facts
When it comes to inner city social housing, boring, old-fashioned public procurement is the most amazingly good deal for the taxpayer. Unlike the PFI …
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FeaturesRaising Hull
Opening to the public this weekend, Sir Terry Farrell's Hull aquarium is designed to put the lost city of the North back on the map. But, asks Martin Spring, is The Deep up to the task?
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Taking off the pounds
As the financial year-end approaches, smaller businesses should be planning to save tax
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Five reasons why small is beautiful
Speed Bureaucracies can take years to implement change, but a small business can make changes in minutes. They are constantly adapting and are able to make the most of opportunities as they appear. The small business is able to react speedily to the demands of customers without battling through organisational ...
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Questions of identity
Are you thinking of turning your firm into a limited liability partnership? If so, you should be aware that the transition involves some fundamental changes …
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Sock it to 'em, RICS
The RICS has just come out with some advice for the courageous people who take on the role of adjudicator. Trouble is, it doesn't quite know what to tell them …
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FeaturesThe benchmark
It's a tough life for the Greenwich Millennium Village team: a location next to the maligned Millennium Dome, the attentions of John Prescott, and tough targets for improving construction performance. Thomas Lane finds out how well they are doing
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International costs: 2002
Gardiner & Theobald’s 10th annual survey of global construction costs takes a look at building costs, labour rates, material prices and inflation rates and forecasts
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The black hole
Construction firms need to base their decision-making on accurate data, but up to now information on the £25bn repair, maintenance, refurbishment and extension sector has been terribly hazy. Now a DTI-sponsored survey puts it into focus. Alan Armitage of Construction Forecasting & Research explains …
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Unison strikes back
Contractors claim that a government deal with Unison will push up the costs of hospital PFIs by up to 5%