All articles by Chloë McCulloch – Page 7
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We're taking it to the wire with Brexit - and construction activity is taking a hit
So, just three weeks to the day we are scheduled to leave the EU and still no clear idea of what Brexit will mean for business, or for anyone for that matter. If we stick to the timetable, we should be leaving in three Fridays’ time. But ...
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The Carillion legacy
The impact of Carillion’s fall on its unpaid suppliers has been much rued, but the general public also suffered – from unfinished public hospitals
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Crossrail – still waiting on the platform
The political sideshow around Crossrail does not help us understand why the £15bn infrastructure project is £2bn over budget, with no delivery date in sight
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Consultants’ salary survey – good news, bad news
Pay is up for construction consultants across the sector, but employers and employees alike are cautious in weak economic conditions
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A government devoid of people skills
As conversations around Brexit become more anxious, construction demands answers to the question of immigration
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Amid a series of UK infrastructure failures, can the Heathrow expansion become a construction success story?
Crossrail, HS2 and the nuclear new build programme have all left the public with a sour taste - but can Heathrow buck the trend?
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Can you afford to ignore Brexit's ticking clock?
As 29 March approaches, and the prospect of a no deal Brexit looming larger, is it too late to start contingency plans for your organisation?
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2018 - never a dull moment in construction
It’s been a hell of a year - in short, things appear to be in a mess. One thing is sure, 2019 is not going to be boring
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Building Live: refresh yourselves
Building Live showed what contrasting opinions people have on construction issues and proved how much they care about the industry they work in
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Making promises is easy – delivering them is something else
If only we had politicians who, instead of promising the impossible, focused on what can really be delivered, and then got on with it..
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Sir Stuart Lipton: A spring in his step
Rather than settling down to a well-earned retirement at the age of 76, the developer of what will be the City’s tallest tower is turning his attention to something rather more low-rise: housing
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Davis Langdon offshoot poaches Aecom big hitter
Aecom corporate solutions director Russell Weir moves to smaller QS rival Exigere
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Brexit: Any certainty in sight?
Even firms that are scenario-planning for Brexit admit that predicting what will happen is a massive guess, so no wonder commercial architect Lee Polisano told Building he spends a lot of time worrying about it all
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Building Good Employer Guide 2018
We have taken a fresh approach in this year’s Good Employer Guide, deliberately focusing on specific workplace initiatives designed to improve staff’s daily lives and, by extension, business performance
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Budget 2018: Hammond called time on PFI and Help to Buy, so what next?
PFI may be on the way out, but Hammond was careful not to condemn all public-private partnerships. What will replace it?
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Grenfell and the Hackitt report: whisper it, but progress is being made
Against the odds it seems that progress has been made behind the scenes – with, rumour has it, the help of about 100 civil servants – to implement Hackitt’s review
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Housebuilders' salaries are healthy - but is the market as rosy as it looks?
Despite soaring salaries in the housebuilding sector, there’s an air of nervousness that the government will burst the bubble by scrapping its Help to Buy scheme
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The human toll of poor payment practices
Business failures often seem abstract and remote. How does it actually feel to go through the process of winding up your own business?
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The Tories put housing in the spotlight
The PM surprised conference with a welcome boost to council house building, but elsewhere private housebuilders got a bit of a kicking