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CommentDont touch that dial
It’s tough being an arbitrator. You’re expected to have expert skills in your field and be able to shoulder a weighty judicial burden. And one wrong move, such as making a simple phone call, will get you thrown off the job …
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CommentA model answer to a difficult problem
Future schools have to use a fraction of the energy of the ones we have now. Here Simon Foxell and Bill Bordass explain what designers can do to make it happen
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Value of CLM Olympic deal put at £200m
The Olympic Delivery Partner contract is estimated to be worth £200m, twice the figure suggested when it was awarded to the CLM consortium last week.
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NewsHOK drafts in US manager to run London office
American architect instigates reshuffle but denies it is over-concerned about low profitability
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Bucknall Austin reports 18% jump in turnover
Consultant’s unaudited results show profits up by a third and turnover at £26.5m
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NewsMason admits Amec mistake
Sir Peter Mason, the outgoing Amec chief executive, admitted he should have acted quicker to tackle the problems in the group’s UK construction business, which led to losses of £58m in its interim results.
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Royal Mail outsources project management role
Bucknall Austin, Turner & Townsend, Faithful + Gould and Buro Four sign three-year contracts
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NewsLivingstone allows more time to cut CO2
London mayor has given London another five years to cut carbon emissions by 20%
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MCG sets strict deadlines for signing up to CSCS scheme
Staff have four weeks to show they are serious about obtaining skill card or they face axe next year
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Carillion axes 300 rail jobs
Carillion is to axe 300 jobs from its rail business and close a swath of depots after revenues in that division dropped £50m in the first half of the year.
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Contractors take sunny view of future
Construction activity was at a five-month high in August, according to the Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index.
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CommentNow and then — Penned in a nest
David Rogers on whether you would wish your wife or your servants to live in a block of flats …
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Features10 things to do with your unused paperclips
… or what to do when your company launches a ‘paper amnesty’ and spends £26,000 attempting to create the much-vaunted paperless office. Caroline Stocks, armed with reporters’ notepad, had a look around at one fit-out contractor that has done just that
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CommentFond farewells
This week we come to terms with the eventual departures of Colin Harding and Sir Peter Mason, bid adieu to the women-only construction empire and kiss goodbye to our invite to CLM’s all-night party
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What have you missed?
If you’ve been away this summer, the government’s latest requirements for planning applications may have passed you by. They aim to make developers provide more detail at outline planning stage, and inevitably will cause headaches
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What's yours is yours
State your case — When a contractor goes bust it’s simply accepted that poor old subbies hand over all materials on site to the employer. But this could be an infringement of their human rights
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Feathering your nest
Tax tips — Bird protection areas are thwarting schemes and reducing land values. But, according to Salvador Amico, you may be able to improve your cash flow by deferring your tax liability
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More than a short-term fix
I read with interest the article on health and safety training for foreign workers (25 August, page 24). At Six Two Training, we are offering CSCS courses for foreign workers in a variety of languages, including Polish, Russian and several others. Despite actively marketing the courses, the uptake has been ...