All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in 2003 issue 50

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    Has Cleaver given himself the chop?

    2004-01-02T00:00:00Z

    Mansell boss Philip Cleaver has been an active part of the deal for Balfour Beatty to take over the contractor. Now he's keeping shtoom about whether he'll be sticking around to see how it works out …

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    A Shoreditch thing

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Merritt Design Partnership, in association with Emmerson Architects, has received planning consent from Hackney council for a mixed-use scheme in Shoreditch, next to Hoxton station on the future East London line extension. The scheme will include 98 residential units and 5778 m2 of floor space for offices. Hackney council has ...

  • Comment

    Simon's saga, part two

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    His credentials in construction law were impeccable, his experience undeniable, his preparations unquestionable. Here's how his home improvement went down the pan

  • Comment

    Keep it simple, stupid

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Anybody of the opinion that the law is a mammal of the genus equus asinus will be nodding their heads to this plea for common-sense adjudication rules …

  • Features

    Just the job

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Colin James tells us how he used his construction background to found his own IT consultancy

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    This week, a Japanese contractor offers a lesson in worst practice, Ken laughs off his early congestion charge fears and Christmas raises hellfire in the office

  • Comment

    Suspect everyone

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Look, it's nothing personal but I just don't trust any of you – and you'd be mad to trust me or each other. If we could all understand this, there'd a lot less grief

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    Crest of a development wave

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Crest Nicholson's masterplan for the mixed-use Harbourside regeneration scheme in Bristol has received detailed planning consent by Bristol council. The scheme is to include the Waterfront building, designed by Bristol architect Fitzroy Robinson, which will be a five-storey office building.The masterplan for the Harbourside redevelopment is to include a total ...

  • Features

    Odd Couples

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    We pick the top five double acts of 2003

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    MSPs given false Holyrood cost estimate

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The real cost estimate of the Scottish parliament building was withheld from MSPs when they voted to go ahead with it in 1999, the Fraser inquiry heard this week.

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    RICS confirms merger talks

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The RICS confirmed this week it was in talks to merge with the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors.

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    Doubts emerge over future of Mansell chief executive

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Philip Cleaver remains tight-lipped over rumours that he is set to leave next year after Balfour Beatty takeover

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    Prescott sets out his stall for town centres

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Retailers are to be encouraged to develop in town and city centres under a revised planning policy statement issued by deputy prime minister John Prescott.

  • Features

    Case studies

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Legal editor Justin McGuirk's miscellany

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    Call to end student planners' debt

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The chairman of the Local Government Association has called on the government to arrest the fall in the number of planning officers by helping graduate planners pay off college debts

  • Comment

    Costa bundle

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Forward funding agreements for property in Spain are almost as popular as beach resorts. But you'd better know how Spanish law treats them or risk paying out

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    Broker's notes: Exchange of presence

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Ho ho ho! It's Christmas. I realise that you, dear reader, were probably aware of this festive development, but I do get rather excitable at this time of year.

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    John Sisk poised to buy Bristol contractor

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Irish construction group John Sisk is on the brink of buying Bideem, a Bristol contractor with a turnover of £20m

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    The couch brigade

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Billions have been earmarked for new schools and hospitals, but who's going to build them? Either we rely on the Europeans – or we poach a few psychiatrists

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    Breaking China

    2003-12-19T00:00:00Z

    British architect Zaha Hadid, in association with long-standing collaborator Patrik Schumacher and Urban Design consultant Ricky Burdett, has completed the masterplan for the 32.5 ha SoHo China development in Beijing, China. The plan combines exhibition, residential and green spaces, and aims to create an alternative urban heart for China's capital. ...