All Contractors articles – Page 190
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CommentThe need for International Women's Day
Gender equality in the workplace is not a ‘women’s issue’, the fact that it is still an aspiration has huge economic implications for us all
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CommentWhy women don't pick construction careers
Women in Construction Week should prompt us all to think about how the industry can discard outdated stereotypes
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NewsCarillion JV lands £490m Dubai World Expo job
Contractor will build theme districts for exhibition
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CommentTrain to win
The apprenticeship levy is coming, so we might as well make the best of it. And how we do that is by thinking smarter and working together to make the scheme succeed for us
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CommentWe need a boring Budget
Next week the chancellor will unveil his spring Budget, let’s hope he uses it to strengthen existing policies and provide certainty rather than unleash any big surprises
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NewsCostain profit up but takes bigger hit on PFI waste job
Contractor posts solid set of results despite increased loss on Manchester PFI scheme
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NewsBuild UK signs up CIOB as a member
Professional body joins several developers in signing up in recent months
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CommentMaking the private rented sector work
Successful affordable rented schemes are ones that allow communities to grow, and to do that we need to listen to tenants’ needs
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NewsPycroft pays tribute to Irvine Sellar
Mace chair describes Shard developer as ‘one of life’s characters’
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NewsOne in four London construction workers are from EU, report reveals
Capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan warns of potential crippling effect of a ‘Hard Brexit’
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NewsDouble win for Multiplex as it rules across January tables
Contractor takes total of next seven rivals combined with awards from Dalian Wanda and Great Portland
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CommentEmployers must reduce workers' exposure to diesel fumes
Diesel fumes are a hazardous substance that can increase the risk of lung cancer, which like all work-related cancers is preventable
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FeaturesFighting for air: Pollution from on-site machinery
Sadiq Khan is on a crusade to improve London’s air quality and now has construction firmly in his sights. Joey Gardiner reports on the high levels of pollution coming from building sites, the danger they pose to workers, and the pressure being put on the industry to clean up its ...
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NewsCrossrail sparks at Whitechapel station get pay rise
Union says pay hike could be replicated across the £14.8bn project
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NewsVinci weighs up bringing trades in-house
UK construction arm boss Bruno Dupety says approach could be more efficient and save costs
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FeaturesBruno Dupety: Action man
In 2014, Bruno Dupety was brought in to sort out Vinci’s UK construction arm: managing some massive project losses, refreshing the leadership team and restructuring struggling parts of the business
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NewsLendlease £2bn Haringey deal advances amid protests
Protests outside borough headquarters as £2bn development bid progresses
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NewsPaul Sheffield to leave Laing O'Rourke
Founder Ray O’Rourke says departure is right to make way for others ‘with longer horizons’