Breaking News
Arbiter allows £4.4bn for Tube costs
London’s Tube upgrade work should cost £4.46bn over the next seven years of the contract, PPP Arbiter Chris Bolt has announced.
In his final recommendations, Bolt has increased the amount by just £65m from his draft opinion in December last year – far below the £5.8bn that contractor Tube Lines had said was needed.
Latest News
Mott MacDonald’s Ecob dies
10 March 2010
Chris Ecob, the head of Mott MacDonald’s partnerships business and a leading industry figure, has died suddenly.
Civil servants to identify asset shortfalls
9 March 2010
Failings in the public sector’s asset management are to be tackled through a new campaign launched by the government.
Arbiter ‘to stick with’ Tube plans
8 March 2010
The Tube PPP arbiter will insist Transport for London (TfL) pays around £4.4bn for the next seven years of work on the Underground.
LEPs backed to bid on neighbour schemes
8 March 2010
Existing local education partnerships (LEPs) should be allowed to bid for school-building schemes in nearby areas, a survey of contractors has found.
More councils join Building Schools
8 March 2010
A further six councils have joined Building Schools for the Future (BSF) – but could see their schemes cancelled if the Conservatives win power.
Minister urges £20bn asset savings
5 March 2010
Local councils could save £20bn over 10 years just by using their assets better, the Communities Secretary, John Denham, has said.
Project Tracker
LIVERPOOL: ALDER HEY HEALTH PARK
2 March 2010
Five consortia today registered their bids to deliver the project.
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK POLICE CENTRES
24 February 2010
Police investigation centre PFI reaches financial close.
Features
EXAGGERATED REPORTS
2 February 2010
Commentators are rushing to proclaim PFI RIP. But don’t get the shovels out just yet, says Tim Care, head of public services, Dickinson Dees
SQUEEZING COSTS
2 February 2010
The industry must help cash-strapped public bodies reduce their annual PFI payments, according to Ian McPake, chairman, Tods Murray
GET SMART
2 February 2010
PFI still produces too many poor buildings. We need a smarter approach to design, says Ewan Willars, head of policy, Royal Institute of British Architects
NOT JUST 'MAKING DO'
2 February 2010
Our enquiry is leading the drive to find out what really makes a good school, says Ian Fordham, deputy chief executive, BCSE
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