All Building articles in 2006 issue 36 – Page 5

  • Cole said WSP is on the look-out for more acquisitions to boost its presence in Europe
    News

    WSP profit soars 33% on back of strong commercial market

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    The engineering consultant plans further expansion in Europe after reporting 33% profit rise

  • News

    Carillion axes 300 rail jobs

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Carillion is to axe 300 jobs from its rail business and close a swath of depots after revenues in that division dropped £50m in the first half of the year.

  • (l-r) JM Erasmus, Ed Bartlett, Matt Hawkins, Karen Gidwani
    Features

    On top at 30

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Meet JM, Ed, Matt and Karen. They’ve made it to the top of their professions at a ludicrously young age, thanks to talent, ambition, luck and smart clothing. But what route did they take? And what has it cost them? Vikki Miller and Sarah Richardson found out

  • News

    Miller scoops £235m Leicester BSF contract

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Miller Construction, part of the Miller Group, has been selected as the preferred bidder for a £235m Building Schools for the Future contract in Leicester.

  • Features

    Cost update: September 2006

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    In this quarterly update on industry materials and labour, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports on the impact of commodity prices – plus, how copper is becoming a precious metal and the going rates for heating and ventilation workers

  • News

    Value of CLM Olympic deal put at £200m

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    The Olympic Delivery Partner contract is estimated to be worth £200m, twice the figure suggested when it was awarded to the CLM consortium last week.

  • News

    Livingstone allows more time to cut CO2

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    London mayor Ken Livingstone has made the capital’s carbon dioxide reduction targets easier to achieve, amid fears that previous standards could not be met.

  • News

    Bovis in 13k injury payout

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Bovis Lend Lease has been forced to pay out a total of £12,632 after one of its subcontractors sustained an injury on a site in Leeds.

  • Features

    10 things to do with your unused paperclips

    2006-09-08T00:00:00Z

    … or what to do when your company launches a ‘paper amnesty’ and spends £26,000 attempting to create the much-vaunted paperless office. Caroline Stocks, armed with reporters’ notepad, had a look around at one fit-out contractor that has done just that

  • Features

    Life after la corrida

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Barcelona’s disused Las Arenas bullring is being transformed from a crumbling wreck into Richard Rogers’ vision for a leisure and entertainment venue, topped out with a UFO-style roof.