All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in 2002 issue 42 – Page 2

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    Whitehall creates tsar to deliver hospital programme

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Department of Health creates role of capital spending chief to ensure 100 hospitals are built by 2010.

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    Contracts

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Grimley nabs recycling jobUS group Cyntech Technologies has hired GVA Grimley to procure and project manage 65 recycling plants in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.£16m fit-outs for OverburyMorgan Sindall fit-out arm Overbury has bagged £16m worth of work, including a £10m deal to fit out eight floors at HSBC ...

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    Construction is ignorant of Egan initiatives, says report

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Survey finds only 12% of construction firms have partnering deals and 10% use key performance indicators.

  • Comment

    What's a computer for?

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    What is it with construction firms and IT? In the 1990s, many of the big players spent millions installing state-of-the-art systems only to find they had wasted their money. Staff didn't know how to use them, they quickly went out of date and were incompatible with their business partners' software. ...

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    Gloom deepens in London commercial sector

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    The RICS says demand for commercial property fell for the second successive quarter in the three months to 30 September.

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    Wimpey to close Laing Homes' Milton Keynes HQ

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Integration of Laing's housebuilding business expected to cost £7m, mainly in redundancy payments.

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    Foster says yes to Elephant & Castle vision

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Architect Foster and Partners has accepted the job of drawing up a vision for the stalled £1.5bn redevelopment of Elephant & Castle in south London.

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    Eight in running for Canada Water

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Developer British Land and an Urban Catalyst–Multiplex joint venture head a longlist of eight for the £400m redevelopment of Canada Water in south-east London.

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    SEEDA to set up UK’s first brownfield trust

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    The South East of England Development Agency is setting up the country’s first brownfield land assembly trust, a key recommendation in the urban taskforce report three years ago.

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    Bids in for Leeds Supertram

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    The two remaining teams vying for the £500m Leeds Supertram scheme submitted their bids this week.

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    O'Rourke eyes Bertie's Bowl

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Laing O'Rourke is in the running for the Irish National Stadium project in Abbotstown, County Dublin.

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    Pretty succeeds Eaton as Barratt chief

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    David Pretty has been appointed chief executive of housebuilder Barratt after the death of Frank Eaton in a car crash earlier this month.

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    Bare-faced chic

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Bare-faced chic: Developer Chelsfield has completed a speculative office development called Skysuite at Albert Embankment, central London. The 600 m2 scheme, designed by minimalist architect John Pawson, forms the top two floors of the 18-storey block. The project team on the scheme includes QS Jackson Coles, contractor Sames, M&E engineer ...

  • Features

    Good, bad and just plain ugly

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    At next week's urban summit, deputy prime minister John Prescott will be called to account for his regeneration policy. To show the kind of problems he faces, Mark Leftly examines three exemplary schemes that met very different fates

  • Features

    Where did Atkins go so wrong?

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    After five years of extraordinary growth, consultant Atkins had become so big that nobody really understood the whole business. So in a bid to create a coherent structure, its new chief executive introduced a centralised accounting program – and a year later its shares were almost worthless. The question is, ...

  • Comment

    Architectural schizophrenia

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    A conflict sometimes arises between an architect’s duties as employer’s agent and as an independent certifier. But as long as no bias is shown, they can do both

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    Jailed contractor is freed by Court of Appeal

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Brian Dean, convicted to 18 months in prison for manslaughter, is released and fined a nominal £1.

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    Amey FD will need five months to audit books

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    City sources this week claimed it would take acting finance director Eric Tracey until next year to get a clear picture of Amey's accounts.

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    SMC Group buys architect in aggressive growth drive

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Bullish architecture group makes the top 10 after finalising purchase of Corstorphine & Wright.

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    Industrial action

    2002-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Industrial action: London architect Bushe Associates has completed the first phase of a £1.5m live–work development completed in Hornsey, north London, for developer Nu Homes. The scheme involved the conversion of five light industrial units into flats. The second phase will see the construction of eight units, which will complete ...