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Union blamed for failing to pay bill
Two bricklayers have accused construction union UCATT of leaving them with a bill of almost £500 after they withdrew from an industrial tribunal over holiday pay entitlement.The workers, who were due to be represented by the union, were told to pay costs to brickwork subcontractor Irvine Whitlock when they withdrew ...
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Demo as pay talks begin
Construction workers built a mock brick wall in the entrance of the Construction Confederation’s London headquarters on Tuesday as part of a campaign to raise the industry’s minimum hourly wage from £6.05 to £10. The protest coincided with the first round of pay talks between employers and unions. The action ...
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Holyrood will cost four times more than expected
Official report into £50m Scots parliament building confirms that the final cost will be £231m.
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Designers queue up to criticise best-value regime
Architects, engineers and QSs at local government conference fear losing power under new council rules.
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RICS votes to back Agenda for Change
Members of the RICS have backed plans to restructure their 130-year-old institution. At last week’s extraordinary general meeting, 86.5% of votes cast were in favour of Agenda for Change. The vote was carried on a turn-out of one in three of the 75 000 eligible voters, a level the RICS ...
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Ministers pressed to boost design
CABE chairman Stuart Lipton to address new ministerial committee in May in bid to improve quality of projects across all government departments.
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RMJM wins Midlands university expansion
Architect's £24m teaching block is phase one of masterplan for Wolverhampton's five campuses.
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Jarvis and bank to bid for corporate PFIs
Contractor forms venture with unnamed bank to bid for potential “flood” of private outsourcing deals.
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Director goes in McAlpine board shake-up
HOUSEBUILDER and contractor Alfred McAlpine has announced a boardroom shake-up to coincide with the merger of its two private finance initiative units. The revamp will see the departure of Richard Baldwin, the managing director of McAlpine’s special projects division. Baldwin, who has been with McAlpine for six years, will leave ...
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Balfour to spend £5m on project database
Contractor plans to gain “real competitive advantage” with three-year project to compile database of successes and failures of past projects.
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Cardiff spectre still haunts Laing
Laing continued to suffer the effects of its financially disastrous Cardiff Millennium Stadium project in 1999, according to the company’s annual results announced last Thursday. Losses on the stadium and other “troublesome projects” contributed to a £10m hole in the UK construction business’ books for the year to 31 December ...
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Has he fixed it?
Rebuilding the construction industry’s image is Bob’s toughest job yet. In fact, he’s been at it a year now, and he’s still not sure if he’s got anywhere. Luckily, Wendy is there to help him find out …
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Enter the green knight
Next week, Sir Martin Laing will launch a Construction Confederation report that aims to break the “vicious circle of blame” that is hampering sustainable building.
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People business
First person Are your staff happy and fulfilled? If you don’t know or don’t care, you might have to find out the hard way.
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We hate to say it, but … Charles was right
The Prince of Wales’ Poundbury may not be cutting-edge architecture, but as far as John Prescott’s urban agenda goes, it’s bang on the money.
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Peak practice
Architects have never had so much to do, at least since the fevered 1980s boom. So what’s driving the market – and is it downhill from here?
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HSE set to amend design safety rules
The Health and Safety Executive intends to amend safety regulations after a conviction obtained against a design firm was overturned by the Court of Appeal.The HSE took Luxembourg-based design practice Paul Wurth to court after an accident at a British Steel plant in Port Talbot in 1997, when a slag ...
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Exterior glazing panels to be replaced at MPs’ office
Forty double-glazed panels on corner facade at Portcullis House to be replaced after 16 crack.
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Paul Whitmore transfers to Morgan Sindall
Laing Construction’s managing director joins smaller rival after 14 months in the job.
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Stubbs backs down over Wembley inquiry
The developer of Wembley Stadium has had second thoughts about taking Brent council to a public inquiry over planning permission for the north-west London venue.Bob Stubbs, chief executive of client Wembley National Stadium, had previously said he would precipitate an inquiry if the council failed to make a decision on ...