All articles by George Hay 鈥� Page 3
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NewsGovernment faces huge bill for wasted design at Barts
Department of Health calls on Barts and The London NHS Trust to reconsider plans for 拢1.2bn PFI scheme
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Berkeley Homes team scoops 拢750m Ferrier Estate deal
Greenwich council picks consortium to tackle rundown estate after hesitating for almost six months
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NewsMorrison quits schools race as AWG gears up for sale
Contractor pulls out of bidding for Belfast schools as it emerges parent company may sell the business
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FeaturesThe 拢6 House
If you think John Prescott鈥檚 拢60,000 house was a tall order, how would you cope with a budget of 拢6? Not too badly, if the efforts of the three teams who attended 黑洞社区鈥檚 housebuilding competition in London are anything to go by.
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NewsFive firms set to share 拢1bn Aldermaston revamp
Hundreds of engineers to receive special training to design upgraded nuclear weapons facilities
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Urban Catalyst changes tack
Urban Catalyst is to repackage itself as a consultant after becoming exasperated at the 鈥渇rustrating鈥� regeneration process.
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Industry attacks Brown鈥檚 plans for housebuilding
Planning gain supplement is attacked as 鈥榰nworkable鈥�, while PPS3 revives controversy over council powers
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NewsIndustry in talks over nuclear skills crisis
The nuclear industry is to meet the construction industry鈥檚 trade bodies in the new year to try and head off a skills crisis in the provision of new nuclear power stations.
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Cabinet split over Treasury鈥檚 planning gain supplement
Chancellor Gordon Brown set to announce further consultation in pre-Budget report, despite ODPM opposition
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Barts paying 拢500k a month in PFI interest
The cost of the UK鈥檚 biggest PFI scheme, the 拢1.1bn Barts and The London NHS Trust, is rising by 拢500,000 each month because it has not reached financial close.
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NewsChina hires Atkins to plan 48 cities the size of London
Consultant to work with Chinese government on cities the size of European capitals, each housing up to 6 million
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NewsTaskforce lays into 鈥榗heap鈥�,鈥榯houghtless鈥� Gateway plans
The government鈥檚 Thames Gateway policy comes under the lash as Rogers鈥� urban taskforce lists alleged failures and urges Prescott to attach more importance to good design and sustainable communities
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NewsKBR set to offload civils consultancy arm
Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root is poised to sell its civil engineering consultancy arm to fellow American engineer Jacobs Babtie.
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NewsNHS ditches Bouygues鈥� bid for 拢350m Whipps Cross
NHS trust rethinks PFI procurement route after it 鈥榮tands down鈥� sole bidder for 拢350m east London hospital
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Council blocks Brighton tower
Architect Wilkinson Eyre is set to appeal against Brighton council鈥檚 decision to block plans for a 拢175m mixed-use development at Brighton Marina.
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Tribal scraps sustainable communities arm
Property consultant winds down 鈥榰nnecessary鈥� subsidiary Tribal Urban Futures only six months after launch
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Key Mowlem boss quits as takeover rumours hot up
European firms said to be in the running for contractor as Liming jumps ship for Carillion
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Costain monitors presence in Iran amid political unrest
Contractor 鈥榤onitoring the situation鈥� on 拢950m gas project, as tensions mount between Tehran and the West
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NewsModular Kajima scheme to be evacuated over collapse fears
Blow to government鈥檚 off-site building plans as Arup warns Leeds housing block could fall down in severe weather
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Bovis to build London鈥檚 largest student halls
Contractor teams up with Blackstone and First Base to convert two 14-storey towers in King鈥檚 Cross