All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in 2002 issue 44 – Page 2
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Contracts
Croydon to get a faceliftDeveloper Arrowcroft has signed a development agreement with Croydon council in south London for the £300m redevelopment of its Gateway site. The scheme will include a 12,500-seat arena, a health club and more than 500 apartments. Heery heads for ScotlandHeery International is to project manage the ...
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Housebuilders to confront Prescott over summit jibes
Angry housebuilders reject Prescott's claim at last week's urban summit that they are holding back regeneration.
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Strategic forum to launch client-friendly KPIs
The strategic forum is to launch its own key performance indicators to be used by clients in selecting firms.
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Galliford's construction chief quits
Galliford Try deputy chief executive George Marsh has resigned after the group was forced to issue a profit warning.
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Hello campus
Hello campus: This Atkins Walters Webster-designed college campus in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, has just opened. The £12m Monkscroft Park was for client Gloucestershire College of Arts & Technology. The building provides 12,500 m2 of accommodation for 2000 sixth form and further education students. Contractor was Bovis Lend Lease, structural engineer was ...
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Treasury considers tax breaks to spur regeneration
Gordon Brown's key adviser, Ed Balls, is set to attend talks on the US-style concept after the urban summit.
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Public sector boosts output
Construction output is set to rise 9% this year, largely on the back of high government spending, according to industry research published today.
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China invites bids for first seven Olympic schemes
Contractors have just two months to pre-qualify for £6bn of projects for the 2008 Beijing games.
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Do the best you can
What does an adjudicator do when they do not have time to reach a view on the evidence? One judge suggested they resign, but there is a better option …
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Battle over Thames Gateway site
A four-way battle has emerged over one of the key areas pencilled in for the regeneration of east London's Thames Gateway.
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Firing the smoking barrel gang
It's easy to demonise labour agencies. The stereotype is straight out of a Guy Ritchie film: grubby back-street office, battered white van and dodgy-looking paperwork. Such outfits have no place in the world of integrated supply chains. But still, every contractor knows that if they need five brickies in the ...
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The banality of error
How can a party to a dispute be right and yet lose? Answer: the adjudicator makes the wrong decision. Obvious, isn't it? So why is everyone so surprised?
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Features
An urban renaissance has arrived at paddington and it's wearing bicycle clips
For centuries Paddington has been paralysed by high-speed transport, and many are the developers who've looked at it and despaired. Now adroit planning, distinguished architecture and the humble bicycle are delivering a model regeneration.
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Tube Lines anxious to sign as Metronet lags
The Tube Lines consortium is pushing to sign off its London Underground public–private partnership deal ahead of fellow group Metronet, which has yet to finalise funding.
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Alsop to redesign central Birmingham station
Alsop Architects has been appointed to lead a £200m refurbishment of Birmingham's New Street station.
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Industry to urge DTI to crack down on labour agencies
Frustrated construction leaders will demand an end to unscrupulous working practices at high-profile summit.
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Crackdown: Construction takes on the labour agencies
For years, dodgy labour agencies have been bringing illegal immigrants on site, avoiding tax and even terrorising the contractors they are supposed to be helping. Tom Broughton reports on an industry that has had enough – and is gearing up to fight back
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War of words at Shepherd after unfair dismissal claims
New group chairman issues letter to staff in response to press reports of ex-chairman Paul Shepherd's writ.
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV launches young achiever award
Entries are invited for a new young achiever of the year award, which has been launched by ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV and the Construction Industry Training Board as part of the 2003 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Awards.The award is open to anyone aged 25 or younger on 1 January 2003 who has made a significant contribution ...
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Hewden may face £8m bill over Docklands crane deaths
High Court rules that hire firm rather than contractor was responsible for operation during fatal crane collapse.
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