All articles by Phil Clark – Page 12
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Shock verdict on container port
Plans for a £400m container port in Southampton were this week rejected by the government after a planning inquiry
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FeaturesBoss of the year
Balfour Beatty's impressive rise over the years has been down largely to the talents of one man: Mike Welton. Little wonder, then, that he wowed the judges at Tuesday's Building Awards and came out clutching the accolade for inaugural chief executive of the year, sponsored by KPMG. We assess his ...
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Comment
Dear Barbara,
Just a quick note, because I know you'll be getting advice in both ears at once courtesy of everyone from Tony Blair and Sir Steve Redgrave to the drivers of Hackney carriages and those lunatics who call radio phone-ins at 3am.
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Four vie for £40m Berkeley job
Four construction managers are in the running for a £40m mixed-use scheme for Berkeley Homes in west London
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Administrator launches probe at Miletrian
The administrator of fit-out contractor Miletrian is investigating actions taken before and after the firm collapsed last year
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NewsGrimshaw may be ousted at former stock exchange
Market sources suggest that developer Hammerson may drop architect after buying site last week for £67m
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Decision day looms for £1bn PFI hospital
The government is due to decide next week whether to press ahead with a £1bn PFI hospital in Paddington, west London
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NewsFoster and Herzog make Beijing museum shortlist
Architectural elite lines up for chance to redesign enlargement of National Museum of China in Tiananmen Square
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NewsBiggest UK court scheme for 130 years goes on site
Work on £108m Denton Corker Marshall project in Manchester begins before official go-ahead
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NewsNAO to probe state procurement
The National Audit Office, parliament's public spending watchdog, is to assess the extent to which the government has adopted Egan procurement methods such as partnering
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Comment
Labour takes the gloves off
Has the penny finally dropped at Whitehall? It's a truism of British politics that every party runs for election on the promise of freeing business from the dead hand of state regulation.
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NewsRay O'Rourke eyes up Chinese cladding firm
Move comes just days after Laing O'Rourke makes offer for Carillion's M&E arm Crown House Engineering
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CommentA new kind of small talk
Rubber chicken returns with a trip to the property world's raison d'être: MIPIM in Cannes. Here our trusty reporter faced a grilling from Griffiths, a band of blues-playing QSs and …
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ISG founding director bows out
Contractor ISG's founding director Ivan Millar is to retire at the end of June. He will continue at the firm on a part-time basis for up to two years
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Comment
Same again
Remember that movie in which Bill Murray was trapped in an endlessly looping nightmare?
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NewsBill for Scots parliament will come to £500m, predicts construction minister
Griffiths expects cost of building to rise a further £70m before it is completed and lays much of the blame on the civil servants in charge of the project
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FeaturesDream over
For five years, the Peabody Trust has been the standard bearer of progressive housing in Britain, producing ideal homes such as the BedZED development pictured. Now that it has been forced to cut staff and move away from development, are prefabrication and sustainability lost causes?
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NewsPeabody boss denies development crisis
Housing association the Peabody Trust has hit back at rumours that it is winding down its development activities