All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1307
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Structural subcontractor to take over Laing
O'Rourke, one of Britain's biggest structural subcontractors, is in talks to buy self-styled Good Builder Laing.
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Learning on the job
CIOB fellow Dr Bernard Blain explains how action learning - a technique developed in the coalfields of South Wales - can help construction meet its desperate need for supervisors
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How secure is your site?
Lax security can lead to thieves, members of the public and untrained workers roaming dangerous sites. Tom Broughton went undercover to find out just how secure construction sites are
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Housing innovator will be saved
The body charged with implementing Sir John Egan's Rethinking Construction report in the housing industry will be saved from closure, according to Movement for Innovation chairman Alan Crane.
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Study the form
Barnfield Construction's subcontract conditions are reviewed by John Huxtable, chief executive of Confederation of Construction Specialists
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Foot-and-mouth and money
If you can't get on to your site because of foot-and-mouth, don't worry. It's nobody's fault, says Taylor Joynson Garrett partner Laurence Cobb
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Stopping the plant theft epidemic
Up to £1bn of plant is stolen from sites each year, but manufacturers, dealers and insurers are failing to halt the epidemic. How can you help? Tristan McConnell investigates
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Managers to take lessons in data exchange
Construction Industry Trading Electronically, the industry-owned e-business organisation, is to run courses in XML, the computer language of the internet, for construction managers
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Plant costs
In the fourth of a series looking at plant costs, leading QS Capita reveals that preliminary prices continue their overall rise. Crane costs in Sheffield have risen sharply, while in Edinburgh costs have estabilised since the March report. Keep up on regional trends by looking out for our next update
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Remote Control
Britain's first website-controlled development is nearing completion on Regent Street in London. Jenny Hampton reports on how building controls can be manipulated through the internet
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Major contractors launch graduate honeypot
Six of Britain's biggest contractors are launching a job club intended as a "honeypot" to attract better graduates to the construction industry.
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Project manager fumes over I-scraper collapse
I-scraper user reassesses electronic project management after supplier's failure forces project 'migration'
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Virtual collaborators
David McAll explains why construction managers should not be wary of electronic project collaboration
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CICA examines software claims
The Construction Industry Computing Association is to conduct a study into software companies that claim to offer integration of back office systems.
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RIP CIB
The Construction Industry Board, the organisation set up to help implement the 1995 Latham Report, will be wound up next month.
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Hidden Charge
When Uckfield-based contractor Press & Banks bought new accounting software, it did not count on maintenance charges rising by 27% in one year and user group meetings being discontinued.
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Small builders gang up for health work
Small and medium-sized contractors are racing to forge alliances that will allow them to bid for NHS work let under the new Procure 21 system.
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Morrison buys Britain's first off-the-peg offices
Construction manager Mace leads supplier alliance to build 22 standardised offices worth £75m
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Taking a break
Lunching in chemical toilets, sleeping in cars and scouring parks for wedding rings all happen during breaks on site. Adrian Bunting, site manager and stand-up comedian, reveals all
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Beazer managers cast off by Persimmon
Housebuilder Persimmon is set to cut Beazer's 1600 staff by half following its takeover of the company in January.