All ɫTV articles in 2003 issue 43 – Page 2
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Safe cracker
Architect Cartwright Pickard is to design this £57m headquarters for the Health and Safety Executive. This follows the appointment of a PFI consortium, led by Kajima Partnerships. At 30,000 m2, the HQ, to be built in in Bootle, Merseyside, will accommodate 1500 staff. Contractor and planning supervisor is Kajima Construction ...
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Call for industry health scheme
The Construction Confederation has urged chancellor Gordon Brown to fund an occupational health scheme for the industry through the insurance premium tax.
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Call for training on public projects
Construction unions have called on the government to give public sector contracts only to firms that train young people on projects
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Features
Six simple steps to building an intercontinental transport hub in the centre of a capital city
We tell the story of how the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is arriving at St Pancras
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Broker's notes: When contractors went off the rails
Last weekend, I decided to escape the pressures of the City by sampling the nightlife of Munich.
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Westbury set to build more homes to boost profitability
Housebuilder aims to create economies of scale to boost margins as house price inflation tails off.
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The city blurred by speed
You know those incredible statistics on Dubai's building boom? Well, the next wave of development is going to be even bigger. We went to find out how expats keep up with the pace
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If you can't Beetham …
The UK's highest residential tower, designed by Ian Simpson Architects, has received planning permission from Manchester council. The £150m Beetham tower, named after client the Beetham Organisation, will be 157 m high and will include 200 flats and a five-star hotel in its 47 storeys. Contractor Carillion is due to ...
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Roofing firm in court battle with Grand Designs family
Imperial Waterproofing Systems sues police sergeant featured in Channel 4's self-build programme.
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Comment
Ask the aspidistra
The new construction minister wanted to know about the industry, so he did something rather unusual: he asked it. Here is what it replied
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Dismemberment of Ballast begins with PFI and northern arms
Bilfinger, Rok, Mapeley, Kier and Babcock pick over failed UK subsidiary of Dutch contractor.
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Jordan scheme gives Alsop toehold in Middle East
Jordanian development agency hires architect for public square after seeing regeneration designs for Barnsley.
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Comment
Jacks of all trades
We run a postgraduate course for construction industry professionals, Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment, at Cambridge University, and we tackle the issues raised in the letter “Radical thinking” (10 October, page 36).
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Willmott Dixon profit doubles after restructure
Private contractor Willmott Dixon has unveiled a pre-tax profit of £2.3m for the first half of 2003, nearly double the £1.2m it made in the same period last year.
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Watch out – there's a TV licence man about
Television licensing officials have launched a blitz on construction firms that permit employees to watch television during the day but do not pay for licences.
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Skanska tipped for £620m Bart's job
A consortium led by Skanska was tipped to have beaten a Bouygues team to the £620m St Bartholomew's PFI contract, the UK's biggest ever hospital PFI project.
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Balfour claims £5m for rail contract losses
Balfour Beatty will seek £5m compensation from Network Rail over its decision to bring all rail maintenance contracts in-house
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Chip off the O'Rourke block is making his mark at T5
Laing O'Rourke boss Ray O'Rourke has enlisted the support of his son Cathal to oversee part of the firm's work on the £2.5bn Heathrow Terminal 5 scheme.
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T5 pay talks grounded – again
The latest round of pay negotiations for M&E workers on the Heathrow Terminal 5 site has hit problems, with unions and employers failing to reach agreement on a number of issues
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Manser to design 600-bedroom hotel at T5
Airports operator BAA has appointed the Manser Practice to design a four-star hotel at Heathrow Terminal 5.
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