All articles by Phil Clark – Page 32
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Office market set to run into buffers
Report predicts that commercial and industrial output will dip for three years as rate of UK economic growth falls.
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Big five shelve joint e-commerce plan
Laing, Skanska, Bovis Lend Lease, Balfour Beatty and Amec stop work on launch of internet portal as industry interest in e-construction wanes.
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Churchfield plunged into financial turmoil
Fit-out contractor prepares to go into administration as source blames troublesome London project.
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Mergers set to breed super housebuilders
After taking over Beazer, Persimmon boss predicts sector will be swallowed by five 10 000-unit firms.
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Laing prepares ground for sale with £40m write-off
Industry insiders believe announcement of lower year-end results suggests sale of construction arm imminent.
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Persimmon sets out to dominate UK housebuilding
£537m bid for Beazer will create biggest housebuilder in UK – but job losses expected.
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Allesch-Taylor backs bosses at MDA
Major stakeholder praises management moves to revive fortunes of top 15 QS after £2.5m loss for 15-months to end of September.
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Four fight it out in housing shake-up
Bryant and Beazer merger thrown into confusion as Taywood and Persimmon bid for players.
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MDA hit by £2.5m loss as borrowing rises
Troubled QS seeks to write off losses against share value as its financial position becomes critical.
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Picketts Lock stadium plan set to be ditched
Culture secretary Chris Smith and Wembley chairman Sir Rodney Walker in talks over new athletics facility.
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E-commerce crashes to earth
Last year, the industry was poised to make a giant leap onto the internet, and all the big players set projects in motion. But now it seems construction took a wrong turn in cyberspace …
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Construction shares rally as firms hit 2000 targets
Carillion, Alfred McAlpine and Berkeley Group start the year on a high as investors warm to industry.
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Preferred Tube bidders to be named by end of month
GLA underground chief to hold last-minute talks but insiders confident that deals will be announced quickly.
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Crest clinches £135m Birmingham deal
Developer pips Amec, Crosby and Miller to win latest contract in Birmingham's regeneration bonanza.
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Wembley stadium team plays on, despite doubts
Fifty-strong design team carries on "full steam ahead" despite radical rethink of entire plan.
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CABE calls for PFI hospitals to have design watchdogs
Commission wants NHS trusts to appoint champions to oversee quality in the second wave of schemes.
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Multiplex headhunts stadium specialists
Australian contractor sounding out specialist staff to work on Wembley as client meets banks today to remove doubts over funding.
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Rivals swoop for disgruntled Laing staff
Contractors bid to poach construction employees as uncertainty continues over sale.
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Simms: Change at top not influenced by City
Carillion appoints new chief executive as group plans move into facilities management market.
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The Trilliumaire
A £300m deal with Land Securities will make property chief Manish Chande a major construction client, but contractors aren't his favourite people.