All Building articles in 12 February 2010 – Page 4
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This time, it’s personal
Beverley Flynn Data protection laws are set to become much stricter, so now is the time for any company holding employees’ personal details to pay more attention to the rules
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Help us out
I found Building’s report from the Construction Skills Network a depressing read (“Construction will be ‘in recession till 2011,’” 27 January, building.co.uk)
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Some finishing touches
The Scottish government has ruled that all firms on public sector projects must be paid within 30 days. This is a splendid idea, but a few tweaks are needed to make it work
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For love and money: One in three QSs face takeover
The word is that one in three UK consultants is facing a takeover – with many set to be married to US engineers. Roxane McMeeken plays Cupid …
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Not very great expectations
It seems that the government’s acceleration in capital spending has not had as large an impact on workloads as might have been expected
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Insolvencies are down
The number of construction firms going into administration in the last quarter of 2009 fell by 15% from the previous quarter
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MoD recruits new procurement director
Defence Estates, the property arm of the Ministry of Defence, is bringing in a new director to oversee the overhaul of its procurement strategy
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Game of two halves: Galliford Try’s Greg Fitzgerald defends the hybrid model
Galliford Try’s construction arm has been keeping the company afloat while its housebuilding side has struggled. Now, as construction wobbles, Emily Wright asks chief executive Greg Fitzgerald if the hybrid model can survive
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Two US firms vie to take over Davis Langdon
Partners of UK’s second largest QS meet to vote on proposals for acquisition by Aecom or Jacobs
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University cutbacks
Plans for a £25m scheme at the University of Worcester could be postponed owing to an announcement by the Higher Education Funding Council for England that £449m would be cut from university budgets.
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Mott MacDonald wins east London rail link contract
Mott MacDonald has won the detailed design contract for a 1.3km rail link in phase two of the East London Line
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Sir Michael Latham: The triumph of ConstructionSkills’ diploma
ConstructionSkills’ diploma is already proving a success with pupils. If employers continue to back it, it will make a huge difference to our training effort, says Sir Michael Latham
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Construction marks seventh quarter of contraction
Industry blames pre-election nerves and rising costs for winter dip in workload and profits
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Wates to replace Latham at CITB
James Wates is to replace Sir Michael Latham as chairman of the CITB ConstructionSkills board
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New chair for UKGBC
Dan Labbad, chief of Lend Lease’s Europe division, has been appointed chairman of the UK Green Building Council