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Waterman predicts growth
Multidisciplinary consultant Waterman has predicted an upsurge in commercial work.
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Ah, bitter chill it was!
The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold. The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, and silent were the joiners in their uncompleted toilet …
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FeaturesTake school to the kids
Traditionally, training workers to NVQ level has meant adapting to an inflexible college timetable only to have them learning very generalised subjects. But now firms are training staff on site — and it's proving much more efficient
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What's in it for me?
On-site training is ideal for small firms, says Gordon Harris, boss of Advanced Roofing in Derbyshire
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FeaturesUnited front
Many companies are attracting new workers into the industry by offering training on site. We look at the initiative on one project by social housing contractor United House
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Just the job
Training manager Jayne Sloan is responsible for getting construction workers through the NVQ programme. She explains why it is rewarding work
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David Curry
The sight of pensioners rebelling against council tax hikes has unsettled the government and prompted a search for alternatives. So who will end up paying?
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FeaturesOn the ground
The construction of new homes and infrastructure projects is essential if normality is to return to southern Iraq. Building went on patrol with the Royal Artillery to visit to some key construction projects under way around Basra
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Same again
Remember that movie in which Bill Murray was trapped in an endlessly looping nightmare?
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One step beyond …
A new resolution process has gone where adjudication feared to tread – into the imbroglios of international disputes
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Mediation is a busted flush
It has become received wisdom that mediation is always the best way to resolve a dispute. This is false, and it's getting falser – as some judges have realised
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NewsBrown announces Construction Act reforms in Budget
The Chancellor told the House of Commons in his budget speech on Wednesday that the government will reform the Construction Act to close loopholes in payment procedures
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Costain turnaround is complete
Contractor Costain will be in a position to offer a dividend to its shareholders next year for the first time since the 1990s.
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NewsTower records
Here's the latest image of the design for the sloping 40-storey tower for the Central Bank of Kuwait, designed by the London office of American architect HOK. In its competition-winning design for the headquarters, HOK adopted a pyramidal form that echoes traditional local architecture. Apart from the multidisciplinary ...
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NewsFoster's Washington patent
Foster and Partners was this week revealed as the architect of a glass enclosure for the Patent Office in Washington DC. The Greek revival building now houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.
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News'A few thousand' firms will join quality mark before next election
The government intends to sign up "a few thousand" firms to the quality mark by the next general election, says construction minister Nigel Griffiths.
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Firm fined £100,000 over worker's death
Hertfordshire contractor JDM Accord has been fined a total of £100,000 by Stafford crown court after a worker was killed during road improvement works.
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NewsAnd now … Watchdog
The National Audit Office is to investigate the BBC's White City office project next to BBC television centre in west London, which is being completed by Bovis Lend Lease. The watchdog will look at how the BBC is spending the £2.6bn of licence fee income on external suppliers.The NAO ...
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Jarvis seeks Tube Lines sale
Jarvis revealed last week that it may sell half of its stake in Tube Lines, the firm responsible for upgrading one-third of the London Underground, to reduce debt.