All articles by Editorial - Joey Gardiner – Page 7
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Government to halve major hospital build programme
DoH will limit schemes to just six over next year as industry runs out of wherewithal to build large facilities
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FeaturesTony no mates
Say hello to Tony. Tony is a prime minister. But Tony is sad, because even though he has lots of money and the kit for lovely new schools and hospitals, all his friends are too busy to help him to put them together. So Tony might not be ...
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NewsBabtie staff agree to pensions cut
Edinburgh-based consulting engineer Babtie has slashed its pension deficit by £19m to £12m after altering its final salary scheme
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NewsAnother Jarvis suitor gets cold feet
Another potential buyer of support services group Jarvis has decided against a bid
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NewsHenry Boot braces itself for a bumpy ride
Contractor–developer warns of volatility in fortunes because of exposure to uncertain commercial market
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NewsBritish firms stay put in Iraq despite panic over security
UK guidelines remain unchanged but France and Germany recommend their nationals leave country
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NewsLaing O'Rourke makes growth league
Contractor Laing O'Rourke has been named one of the UK's fastest-growing firms for the third time in five years
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Mitie picks £2m from remains of Ballast
Support services group Mitie has picked up four facilities management contracts worth a total of £2m a year from the remains of failed contractor Ballast
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NewsAtkins boss plans to slash equity investment in PFI
Keith Clarke sets out his vision for consultant – which could involve selling off its 20% stake in Metronet
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NewsNew chief's Euro vision for Aukett
The new chief executive and chairman of Aukett, the only listed architect in the UK, is looking to make the firm the major stakeholder in a European umbrella company
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FeaturesKeith Clarke
We meet the man with one of the truly epic jobs in British construction: taking over Britain's biggest consultant, redefining its strategy and making it work. Here he talks to us about how he plans to tackle this mammoth task – with detours around plastic lunchboxes and leather underpants.
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Housebuilders set to join the superleague
The housebuilding industry may start winning hearts and minds in the City if the largest players can break into the FTSE 100 – and one or two are almost there
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Halcrow to pay Iraqis top dollar at its new Basra office
Engineer offers skilled Iraqi workers 40 times the going rate as it prepares to pull western staff out of Iraq
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NewsDLE to drop 'Everest' as it scales new heights
Top consultant to rebrand as part of switch to limited liability partnership status on 1 May
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Enterprise hits warp factor two
Fast-growing building maintenance firm Enterprise has doubled the amount of money it can borrow from its banks to £100m. It intends to use the funds to fuel further expansion
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NewsHalliburton set to invade UK healthcare market
Department of Health tries to persuade US engineering giant to bid for large PFI hospital projects
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NewsMansell boss Cleaver quits after Balfour takeover
Managing director Philip Cleaver will be replaced by Balfour Kilpatrick's Mike Peasland in April
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FeaturesBasra stories
On the anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Mark Leftly visited UK firms working in the south of the country. He discovered that everyday life for contractors involves death threats, spiralling security costs, kidnapping, shortages of power and water – and a great deal of raw sewage
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FeaturesDanger money
There has been a spate of bomb attacks on British employees in Iraq, and the costs of protection is going through the roof. With the situation rapidly deteriorating, we uncover the harsh reality of working life in the shadow of the gun …
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NewsTen thousand prefab houses are needed in Bam after earthquake that killed 40,000
Ali Manafpour, of engineer Halcrow, draws up a report that shows Iran paid a high price in death and injuries for failure to check that houses were built properly