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Comment
A little consideration please
When the construction industry is losing staff left, right and centre, including Turner &Townsend, I find Robert Deatker’s comments (14 January, page 30) on his “favourite restaurant in Barbados” and his “favourite meal of clams and linguine”, to be crass, affected and insensitive. I couldn’t bring myself to read the ...
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CommentCan we be of any assistance?
Like it or not, lawyers are tending to intrude into the adjudication process. Perhaps the industry should stop resisting and treat them as a guiding hand
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CommentConsolidation is the name of the game
A major bout of consolidation is under way, marked by a shrinking band of suppliers and a growing list of casualties. Alastair Stewart looks at the players in a game of musical chairs
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NewsSkanska buys first UK housing site
Contractor becomes housebuilder with deal for 128-home Countryside Properties site
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NewsMidlands contractor enters administration
Clark Construction collapses with the loss of 60 jobs
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NewsMitie wins £110m housing contract
Facilities management firm wins 10-year deal for 14,000 homes
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Johnson & Johnson Furniture goes into administration
Bespoke fit-out firm appoints administrator and makes 50 out of 70 staff redundant
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NewsCapita reveals Leicestershire regeneration plans
Consultant presents proposal for the development of Earl Shilton and Barwell
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NewsGreat Portland FD moves to Hammerson
Hammerson finance director Simon Melliss will retire in June and be replaced by Timon Drakesmith
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NewsHenry Boot expects revenue to jump 10%
In an update today, Henry Boot management said revenue for 2010 will be around £128m
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NewsQuarter of construction firms reduced training in 2010
CITB-ConstructionSkills survey shows 18% planning further cuts this year
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NewsGrontmij folds UK acquisitions into its brand
Roger Preston & Partners and Whitelaw Turkington will trade as Grontmij
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NewsGalliford Try secures £33m of water work
Contractor will improve sewage works for Northumbrian Water
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NewsEC Harris announces head of programme management
Consultant appoints former VT Nuclear Services operations director and engineering boss at British Nuclear Fuels
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NewsRICS creates 'executive director' position
Mark Walley appointed to build RICS’ status and grow membership
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NewsWalkie Talkie construction begins
Work gets underway on Land Securities’ and Canary Wharf Group’s £500m London skyscraper
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FeaturesHow Balfour Beatty drained its site using state-of-the-art 'blotting paper'
The contractor used 55,000 strips of permeable polyseter to enable work on a saturated site to start in months rather than years
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North-east firm goes bust, losing 100 jobs
Dorin Construction placed into administration after 30 years trading on Tyneside