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News35% of civil engineering contractors will cut down on apprentices
35% of civil engineering contractors will cut down on apprentices
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NewsMP calls for ban on blacklist users from public projects
Michael Clapham to make his demands at a Business and Enterprise Department ministers debate on 23 March
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NewsWork halts on Rogers site in Barcelona
19th-century bullring project becomes highest-profile casualty in Spanish construction crisis so far
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NewsInterserve wins £280m Sandwell BSF contract
Consortium led by contractor will build and improve 20 schools over the next 10 years
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NewsScaffolding collapse injures woman in Tyneside
68-year-old was taken to hospital with a broken hip after accident in winds of more than 40mph
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NewsBovis Lend Lease vs Trustees of the London Clinic: Loss, expenses and natural justice
The factsBovis applied for summary judgment for the enforcement of an adjudicator's decision. The dispute arose out of a contract made between Bovis and the clinic by which Bovis agreed to carry out and complete a redevelopment of a medical consulting facility. The contract was the JCT Standard Form (1998), ...
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NewsMiller Group plunges £170m into red
Write-downs lead to large loss for housebuilder, but construction division stays healthy
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NewsPhase One: Bristol
Bristol turned out in force last Thursday for Building’s Phase One networking event for new professionals
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FeaturesRecession architecture: 'The icon era is over'
And about time too, many will say. But the question is, what kind of architecture are we going to build in a time of recession? One thing’s for sure: there are going to be far fewer twisty, spiky, blobby towers going up
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NewsContractors told to cut bids 10% or lose college jobs
Pressure mounts as government admits it only has funds for half of proposed schemes
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NewsMorgan has no plans to purge Redrow’s board
Founder plans to keep all but one of housebuilder’s directors in place if he seizes power
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CommentBlackening our name
What is it with this industry? Just when you think we’ve left the Dark Ages well behind something comes along to remind us what a short step we are from dodgy and outdated working practices
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How to be good when times are bad: early contractor involvement
Early contractor involvement thrived during the good times. But can the system stand up in today’s tougher economic environment?
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CommentI’m cynically depressed
What’s going to happen to architecture now that the tyranny of the icon has ended? Well, looking around at the current state of the art, we shouldn’t get our hopes up
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NewsThames Gateway chair hits out at ‘slow’ progress
Former Dome chief Lord Falconer pins hopes on Crossrail and Olympics to kick-start programme
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Comment
The evolving apprentice
Laing O’Rourke should be applauded for its commitment to doubling its apprentice numbers (27 February, page 10), but one of the most interesting parts of the story, which did not feature in your article, is that Laing O’Rourke’s new Apprenticeship Plus programme shows the evolving nature of construction training
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NewsStrike warning over cut-price foreign worker pay
Unions accuse subcontractors of 'lying' as Alstom site document shows nationally agreed wages undercut by £4 per hour
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NewsWatchdog to probe role of contractors in setting up blacklist
Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate 40 firms as Unite looks into claims that union officials informed on their own members
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CommentThe dance of debt: Costs of dispute
Some folk will perform the litigation tango over trifling disputes, and lose vast sums in the process. But at least they teach us a few new things about the law…