All Contractors articles – Page 195
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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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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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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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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’
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NewsBW hires two former Morgan Sindall directors
Paul Smith and Rob Frank have joined the fit out specialist
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NewsPriority schools second phase goes out to market
Education Funding Agency pushes out delayed £2bn second phase of programme to rebuild 277 schools
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NewsLendlease in line for £2bn Haringey developer role
North London council wants to build 5,000 homes in borough