Architects Journal
Tom Fitzpatrick
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Audit office questions benefits of High Speed 2 and warns of £3.3bn shortfall
16-May-2013
The National Audit Office has warned of a £3.3 billion funding gap on the proposed High Speed 2 (HS2) rail link and questioned claims it would boost regional growth -
Tesco bins development on more than 100 sites
17-Apr-2013
Tesco has announced that it no longer plans to develop on more than 100 sites where it has bought land, as part of a property pipeline review -
Regional capital spending plans for schools revealed
1-Mar-2013
The government is to allocate £1.6 billion of basic need capital funding over the next two years as part of a £4 billion drive to create new school places and carry out maintenance and repair work -
Manchester council chief slams ‘Boris-centred’ aviation debate
24-Jan-2013
The chief executive of Manchester City Council has said the debate over UK airport capacity is too London-centric and needs to cover the whole of the country -
Stride Treglown's Salford Uni's £32m arts block finally to be retendered
13-Jan-2013
A £32 million Salford University arts building by Stride Treglown is to be retendered to a select group of contractors, more than a year after six bidders competed for the scheme -
Stride Treglown's £38m Salford arts block to retender
10-Oct-2012
Stride Treglown’s £38 million arts block is set to be retendered by Salford University before the end of the year, as the client looks to increase the floor space of the new building -
ODA chair to lead Labour infrastructure commission
2-Oct-2012
Olympic Delivery Authority chairman John Armitt has agreed to lead a new independent commission looking at delivering priority infrastructure schemes through cross-party consensus -
Conservative conference: Cameron demands more houses, academies and free schools
October 2012
The prime minister has put housing and education at the centre of his speech to the Conservative party conference -
HCA shortlists 105 schemes for 'Get Britain Building' fund
17-Sep-2012
The Homes and Communities Agency has announced 105 schemes have been shortlisted for funding under the £570 million Get Britain Building fund -
Fallon confirmed as construction minister in BIS reshuffle
7-Sep-2012
New business minister Michael Fallon will take over from outgoing construction minister Mark Prisk’s brief within the Department for Business. -
Boris insists Justine Greening move shows 'intent' on Heathrow
4-Sep-2012
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said changes to the transport secretary show that the government is ‘intent on the simply mad policy’ of a new runway at Heathrow -
Cameron urged to ‘man-up’ on Heathrow expansion
28-Aug-2012
The Conservative chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Committee has admitted that environmental objections to a third runway at Heathrow are ‘disappearing’ and urged the prime minister to push ahead with the controversial scheme -
Peter Hansford named new chief construction adviser
30-Jul-2012
Former Institution of Civil Engineers president Peter Hansford has been appointed as the new government chief construction adviser, a role he will take over from Paul Morrell. -
Armitt report demands ‘urgent action’ on Olympic marketing
6-Jul-2012
ODA chief executive John Armitt has called for his organisation’s approach to procurement and programme management to be used for all public projects worth more than £10 million -
Developers asked to find Hyde Park Barracks a new home
11-Jun-2012
Developers are being asked to identify new London sites to rehouse the troops currently based at Hyde Park Barracks -
Gove names 261 schools picked for £2bn Priority Schools Building Programme
24-May-2012
A total of 261 schools, from 587 applicants, will be rebuilt, or have their ‘condition needs met’ under the £2bn Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP) -
Chelsea FC confirms Battersea bid
4-May-2012
Chelsea FC has confirmed it will make a significant contribution to the Northern Line Extension as part of a plan to buy Battersea Power Station. -
Salford University postpones decision on £32m arts scheme
2-May-2012
The contract award for a £32 million Salford University arts block has been delayed, sources have told AJ’s sister title Construction News (CN) -
West Ham confirms new bid for Olympic Stadium
23-Mar-2012
West Ham has re-entered the race to become the anchor tenant of the Populouis-designed Olympic Stadium after the Games come to a close -
Hurd Rolland’s £40m Burnley development scrapped
12-Mar-2012
A Hurd Rolland Partnership-designed £40 million shopping-ledl development in Burney has been scrapped -
Priority schools in 'chaos' as delays grow
1-Mar-2012
Labour’s shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg has said the government’s £2bn Priority Schools Building Programme appears to be ‘in chaos’ -
Battersea Power Station up for £500m sale
24-Feb-2012
Giles Gilbert Scott’s disused Battersea Power Station will be offered for sale on the open market for the first time next week -
Boots property chief handed £4.5bn education brief
21-Feb-2012
Boots’ property chief Michael Green has been appointed as the new director of capital for the Education Funding Agency, which will replace Partnerships for Schools in April -
In pictures: Tiny crane placed on top of Renzo Piano’s London Shard
14-Feb-2012
A compact mini-crane has been lifted 238 metres to the top of Renzo Piano’s almost complete Shard skyscraper in London -
Construction professionals using BIM up 18pc since 2010
7-Feb-2012
The number of construction professionals using BIM has more than doubled in two years, reports AJ’s sister title Construction News -
Government loses feed-in tariff appeal
25-Jan-2012
The government has lost its appeal against a High Court decision that it acted unlawfully in slashing solar subsidies -
Government considers scrapping BREEAM requirements for schools
24-Jan-2012
The Department for Education is proposing scrapping BREEAM requirements for new schools under its £2 billion priority schools programme -
Paul Morrell: BIM is 'unstoppable'
23-Jan-2012
The government’s chief construction adviser Paul Morrell has described the rise of building information modelling as ‘unstoppable’ -
Huhne’s downsized feed-in tariffs unveiled
20-Jan-2012
Energy secretary Chris Huhne has tabled a written ministerial statement outlining proposals for new feed-in tariff (FiT) rates from April 2012 -
Autumn Statement: Full list of the 40 priority infrastructure projects
30-Nov-2011
The government has set out a list of its top-40 priority infrastructure projects as part of the National Infrastructure Plan 2 -
Paul Morrell reappointed for another year
19-Oct-2011
Paul Morrell has been reappointed as government chief construction adviser under a one-year extension to his current contract -
Tesco considers shelving BIM mandate
12-Oct-2011
Construction News understands Tesco is considering dropping plans to demand building information modelling (BIM) across its new build construction projects -
Government unveils 55 new free school projects
11-Oct-2011
The government has announced that another 55 new free schools and 13 University Technical Colleges (UTC) will open by September 2012 -
Funding finally confirmed for Knight’s Mersey bridge
4-Oct-2011
The government has confirmed it will provide £470 million towards the £590 million construction of Knight Architects’ Mersey Gateway bridge following years of delays -
Lend Lease's Labbad to co-chair Green Construction Board
29-Sep-2011
Lend Lease’s Dan Labbad has been appointed as Green Construction Board co-chair alongside business minister Mark Prisk -
NHS and Ministry of Justice to spearhead BIM use
11-Aug-2011
The NHS and Ministry of Justice look set to be among the early adopters of building information modelling, hoping to roll-out BIM in trial projects early next year -
Morrell demands 20 per cent reduction in public building costs
1-Jun-2011
The government’s new construction strategy which sets out a range of measures to help deliver 20 per cent savings on procurement has been published
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