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Contractors Tewkesbury-based JP Construction has promoted Malcolm Dorsett to contracts director. He will be responsible for all site operations and health and safety.Keith Lambert has been appointed managing director of refurbishment and fit-out specialist Walter Lilly, part of YJL.HousebuilderCharles Church has appointed Chris Warner sales manager of its Southern division, ...
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Labour to cut VAT and rethink tax scheme
Industry welcomes move to cut VAT on refurbishment in urban white paper and review CIS6 certificate.
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Raynsford: Overseas firms must respect law
Nick Raynsford has warned overseas contractors operating in the UK that they must respect British law.His comments were aimed at Austrian contractor Geoconsult, which was fined £500 000 in February 1999 for its part in the Heathrow Express tunnel collapse, but has yet to pay its fine.Raynsford told Building at ...
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Livingstone lays down law on social housing in capital
Three hundred pack into fringe meeting as mayor shoots from the hip over homes and “scum” contractors.
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Prescott signals tougher safety policy
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott used his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference to slam contractors for being “indifferent” to fatality and accidents in the industry.Prescott blamed poor working practices for the increase in site deaths this year and signalled a more punitive approach to companies that breach health ...
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Tube protesters target Balfour Beatty
Activists opposed to the public-private partnership for London Underground are to target the offices of Balfour Beatty in a demonstration on 21 October.Balfour Beatty is a member of the Metronet consortium bidding for part of the £7bn Tube refurbishment and maintenance programme.The protesters, led by the London regional council of ...
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Best value warning
A leading contractor has warned that the slow take-up of best value procurement in local government could mean the return of adversarial contracts.Stelio Stefanou, chief executive of Accord, said many local authority projects were still blighted by disputes.Speaking at a fringe meeting on local government contracts, Stefanou said: “Adversarial relationships ...
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£8bn for school refurbs
Construction firms are set to benefit from an £8bn spending bonanza to rebuild or refurbish crumbling schools.The spending programme, unveiled by education secretary David Blunkett at the Labour Party conference, will see cash handed directly to 650 schools to “transform or rebuild” them. Thousands more will get cash to repair ...
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Blair to host No 10 reception for architects next week
Prime minister to use event to raise status of designers and launch drive for better public architecture.
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Smith dismisses fears over Olympic stadium
Culture secretary Chris Smith has dismissed fears that the £120m athletics stadium to be built in north-east London will be too small to host the Olympic Games. Smith said: “This is a bogus issue. The question is simply whether the stadium at Picketts Lock can be used for an Olympic ...
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Dome site may need to be decontaminated
Agencies considering the future use of the Millennium Dome have acknowledged that the site may need to be cleaned up again if more work is to be carried out.The contaminated soil at the Greenwich site was covered by 18 inches of clean topsoil and a concrete cap. Changing the use ...
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An adjudicator is not a judge
The Human Rights Act has jurisdiction over those whose work is of a public nature. But an adjudicator is a private person performing a private function, so he must remain outside the scope of the act.
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PFI: When is a contractor like a council?
Answer: when it’s working for a public authority – which creates a new set of risks for PFI contracts …
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Appointments
ContractorsAndrew White, managing director of special projects at Alfred McAlpine, has joined the company’s board as an executive director. Christopher Collins, chairman of Hanson, has been made a non-executive director. Richard Clay has been promoted to surveying director at Hertfordshire-based Ashe Construction. Andrew Morris has become commercial director. David Ainge ...
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BBC to give Portland Place £120m refurb
Fletcher Priest, MacCormac Jamieson & Prichard, Stanton Williams and Alsop & Störmer in shortlist.
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Jury out over adjudication after judge scraps ruling
Glut of court cases is predicted after adjudicator’s phone call is found to be breach of natural justice.
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Kier chief slams industry pessimists
Kier chairman Colin Busby fired a broadside at the City and contractors this week for undervaluing the construction sector.His comments came as Kier unveiled preliminary results for the year to 30 June. These showed that pre-tax profit was up 28%, from £13.8m to £17.7m. Turnover rose to £1.03bn from £954.5m ...
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Dome fraud inquiry centres on London electrical firm
Scotland Yard investigates conflict-of-interest allegations involving maintenance firm and a dome manager.
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Treasury to back Rogers’ urban agenda
THE Treasury has given the broadest hint yet that it will introduce fiscal measures to support urban regeneration.The chief adviser to the Treasury, Ed Balls, speaking at the Core Cities Conference in Sheffield last Friday, said: “The government and the Treasury are responding to the challenge that the Rogers report ...
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Small builders demand bigger slice of NHS work
National Federation of Builders wants small companies to be able to bid for projects under £4m.