All articles by Chloë McCulloch – Page 11
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Good Employer Guide 2014: A focus on staff wellbeing
Mental health issues can be difficult to detect in the workplace - which means they can also be easy to ignore. But as this year’s guide shows, the best employers are those that are ready and able to heed the warning signs
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The Pilsdon Community: Second time lucky
When the refurbishment of a refuge for people in crisis ran into trouble, it left the community disillusioned with the building industry. But construction charity CRASH responded to its plea for help
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Why be a distance learner?
More and more construction professionals who want to gain a competitive edge to progress their careers are turning to distance learning. Just don’t think of it as the easy option
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Trouble at the top
Bad managers can have a big impact on staff morale and productivity levels, and they could even pose a serious threat to the industry’s upturn. So why are there so many of them?
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This week in ... 1979
Read this fascinating article from Building magazine’s archive on how urban design can be used to cut the numbers of children killed on our roads
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CRASH: Let's take things up a gear
The construction industry continued to support CRASH even through the worst years of the downturn. But now that the economy is picking up, the charity is more ambitious than ever
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You can have a say in how CRASH is run
As a long-standing patron of CRASH, the managing director at British Gypsum Mike Chaldecott believes he’s found an efficient form of charitable giving for his company
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New Olympic venue images
The Building team is now on its Christmas break and will be back on 3 January 2012. In the meantime we leave you with LOCOG’s new aerial images of the Olympic park
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Foster to design high-speed rail station in Spain
Foster + Partners wins competition to design Ourense AVE Station
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Construction firms 'unprepared' for Bribery Act in July
Survey reveals large proportion of SMEs have not put in place anti-bribery training for staff
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Mortgage lending falls 16%
Figures from Council of Mortgage Lenders show loans in October were down compared with 2009
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Costain's £2.6m bill on energy plant goes unpaid
Main contractor on Belvedere facility misses stage payment due on Friday
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Has the financial crisis killed the construction dispute?
Conventional wisdom says that this downturn will spark an explosion in legal battles as cash-strapped firms pursue the last penny from their partners. So why do disputes seem to be on the wane? Building and law firm Addleshaw Goddard gather a panel of experts to thrash it out
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Mouchel is target of hostile bid
Consultant reveals it has been approached after profit warnings and falls in share price
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Skanska scoops £85m Brent civic centre
Work on Hopkins-designed scheme in Wembley regeneration area to start immediately
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Hopkins and ISG win St Thomas' hospital job
Firms selected to reclad 13-storey tower in central London
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Costain 'may lose' £22m owed on huge waste job
Costain’s share price drops as it reveals contract problems on £120m Belvedere waste-to-energy project
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Housing demand drops by 4.3%
Faltering consumer confidence fuelled by spending cuts brings seasonal slowdown forward
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Make's Stratford education project gets green light
Collaborative scheme will go on site next summer and be ready for students in 2013