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Harrogate Police Station Official Opening
Published: 18/05/12
Members of the public were recently given the opportunity to see inside the new McBains Cooper-designed £18 million landmark police station in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
British Council for Offices Annual Conference 2012
Published: 10/05/12
McBains Cooper will be attending the British Council for Offices (BCO) conference 'The Phoenix Effect - Regeneration, Reinvention and Results' taking place in Manchester 23-25th May 2012.
UK PPP Expertise Demand Grows in Peru: McBains Cooper Meets Minister
Published: 02/05/12
McBains Cooper’s growing presence in Latin America as a go-to public sector advisory body saw McBains’ director Anthony Coumidis join representatives of Citibank and Credit Suisse in a meeting with Peru’s Finance Minister Luis Miguel Castilla Rubio; Peru is to invest the $10 billion in PPP projects over the next five years, underlining the Latin American economy’s development potential.
New Energy Efficiency Rules: A Fifth of Property in Line to be Excluded from Rental and Lease Market
Published: 23/04/12
A fifth of commercial and residential property may be excluded from the rental and lease market as soon as 2015 unless owners move to comply with energy efficiency rules.
McBains Cooper Mexico Prisons Project Named in Latin American Top 100
Published: 17/04/12
The Mexican Government’s Public-Private Partnership programme of prison developments has been given a Top 100 ranking for Latin America by one of the region’s leading business magazines – America Economica.
RICS Awards Shortlist
Published: 10/04/12
McBains Cooper has been shortlisted within the Regeneration category of the RICS Pro- Yorkshire Awards 2012 for our involvement with Sanctuary Housing Association’s £14 million Shiregreen Streetscene project.
Turning sand into a new city
Published: 03/04/12
Jorge Lainez and Arnoldo Jaime Orozco made the first progress of work inspection to the San Agustin project, a new city to be built in the State of Chihuahua, on the border with United States.
Expanding our Mexican team
Published: 03/04/12
Our Mexican team continues to grow with the addition of Arnoldo Jaime Orozco and Felix Cañez.
New Planning Policy Could Slow Rather Than Speed Up Development
Published: 27/03/12
The government’s plans to simplify the planning process could actually slow developments down because the system is designed to be generally reactive rather than pro-active.
Leap of Faith
Published: 02/03/12
The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign (MDC) organised a series of events for their leap year fundraising initiative, ’Make Today Count’, including the co-ordinated skydive for 100 willing campaigners. The McBains Cooper team joined Team 100 Skydive to take a leap of faith to raise money and awareness for the MDC.
McBains Cooper México consolidates its presence in the region
Published: 24/02/12
McBains Cooper Mexico continues to consolidate its presence in the region, leading some of the most important projects, by size and reputation, in that country.
Regenerated Hackney School Centrepieces United Nations Conference
Published: 14/02/12
A newly-built school in Hackney, East London, could become a model for schools worldwide when it features in a presentation at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on February 21, 2012.
Use Olympics to Export Britain’s Envied Gold Medal-Performing Construction Expertise
Published: 30/01/12
McBains Cooper is urging UK government international trade development teams to wave the flag abroad for UK construction and property businesses who have moved heaven, earth and big pieces of east London to deliver one of the most organised games construction plans ever.
Leap of Faith
Published: 26/01/12
McBains Cooper have put together a team of 10 volunteers to substitute the 'extra' day of work on the 29th February for fundraising for charity and to be part of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign's ‘Team 100’ – one hundred people from across the country who will do a coordinated tandem parachute jump.
An Invitation from the Ambassador
Published: 26/01/12
McBains Cooper’s Jorge Lainez and Arnoldo Jaime Orozco were recently invited to join the UK Ambassador at the British Embassy’s year end celebrations in Mexico, marking a successful year for Mexico and in particular for British-Mexican relations.
Value Stores, Pawn Brokers and Mobile Phone Shops - The New Look Post-Bust British High Street
Published: 16/01/12
Whilst some experts are predicting more pain on the high street in 2012, McBains Cooper has seen a trend for “value shops”, mobile phone retailers and pawn brokers staking claim to prime shopping strips across the country, changing the high street beyond all recognition.
Make Green Exciting - and Watch Cash Grow from Trees
Published: 13/01/12
Britain is in danger of taking its eye off the sustainability ball because of the distractions of dealing with the daily pressures of UK economic turmoil – but green could still be the big cash generator of 2012.
Britain’s Cities Love Themselves
Published: 10/01/12
McBains Cooper is involved in a number of inner-city residential redevelopment projects – with several recently completed – but has noticed in each case there is something missing...
Tough Times Boost Hotel Development Market for McBains Cooper
Published: 05/01/12
McBains Cooper’s hotel team is seeing a distinct pattern emerging: four-star business and conference venue hotels in and around London, and three-star “crash-pad” hotels across the rest of the country.
McBains Cooper Manchester Team Helps Change Thousands of Lives in Sheffield
Published: 14/12/11
McBains Cooper's Manchester office narrowly missed out on a prestigious award for its contribution towards the regeneration of a Sheffield housing estate - but 5,000 households believe they're winners anyway.
The Big Yin
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Published: 23/11/11
Tuesday 22nd November saw the unveiling of a huge steel mural of Billy Connolly to formally mark the completion of phase 1 of Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association’s £60 million regeneration project in Anderston, Glasgow.
UK Expertise and US Pace - Build Britain out of Downturn, says new McBains Cooper Director
Published: 11/10/11
What happens in the USA today has to happen in the UK tomorrow – and nowhere is it more critical than in the property and construction sector.
Planning Laws “Already in Force” - McBains Cooper Comments
Published: 05/10/11
“Speculation that future planning laws and guidance are already in force have caused a wide range of reactions – from consternation to excitement. My view is that we should welcome any initiative that speeds up the planning process and encourages sustainable development which is designed to a high standard."
“Shoe-Box Homes” - RIBA’S Gerald Ratner Moment
Published: 21/09/11
RIBA’s Gerald Ratner moment – its “Case for Space” report slating the country’s housebuilders and their ‘shameful shoebox homes’ – could have a devastating impact upon housing development.
McBains Cooper Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Published: 07/09/11
Property and construction consultancy McBains Cooper has appointed Jonathan Mintz as Chief Financial Officer based at the firm’s City of London offices.
Celebrating Shiregreen
Published: 26/08/11
McBains Cooper’s Neil O’Brien and Lee O’Neill took time out of their weekend to help hundreds of residents in Sheffield’s Shiregreen join in the party for a ‘Let’s Celebrate’ summer extravaganza event on Saturday 20th August.
Construction Must Look to Carmakers for Inspiration as Cabinet Office Criticises Inefficiencies
Published: 06/07/11
The UK construction sector should be looking to the revitalised domestic car manufacturing industry for inspiration to drive efficiencies and cost savings without compromising quality.
McBains Cooper to lead landmark public sector JV property project in Jordan
Published: 20/05/11
The Jordanian government has appointed London-based property and construction consultancies McBains Cooper and EC Harris to help in the delivery of a public sector facility management review and rationalisation.
McBains Cooper Florida foray bears fruit
Published: 15/04/11
UK-based property and construction consultancy McBains Cooper is seeing early fruit from its launch into the USA.
McBains Cooper appointed on economy-changing Southwark project
Published: 10/03/11
Property and construction consultancy McBains Cooper has been appointed as interdisciplinary consultants on a scheme which will have a massive positive impact on the local economy in Southwark, Greater London.