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Major contractors plan e-commerce revolution
Laing, Bovis, Balfour Beatty, Amec and Kvaerner to create paperless supply chain through on-line service.
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CJ Sims calls in adjudicator over Prince Edward's bill
Decision on disputed £600 000 refurbishment bill on Bagshot Park due in two weeks.
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Banks blamed for pulling the plug too soon
CJ Sims' bank, Coutts, called in the receiver despite the fact that the company was already in adjudication over the money owed at Bagshot Park, Surrey.A spokesperson for Coutts said Sims had asked the bank to call in the receiver and stressed that it was not the bank's decision. However, ...
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Industry shares Sims' royal woes
CJ SIMS' experience with the Royal Family is not unique. Contractors and consultants that have worked on other projects for members of the Royal Family say they can be hard-nosed in their business dealings.One QS that failed to win a project to refurbish the Queen's Gallery two years ago said ...
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Carillion tipped to buy failed firm
The future of CJ Sims is due to be decided by receiver Leonard Curtis today.A number of companies are understood to have expressed an interest in buying the 56-year-old contractor, which has remained in the Sims family for three generations.It is understood that Carillion has emerged as favourite to acquire ...
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RGCM to export British specialists to Ireland
Construction manager brings UK staff to new office in bid to cash in on Irish boom.
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Anderson plans to expand O'Rourke
Ex-Wimpey managing director joins subcontractor with brief to boost turnover to £400m.
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Bryant appoints new chief executive
Housebuilder Bryant has ended months of speculation by appointing a chief executive to replace Andrew MacKenzie.Peter Long takes up the post on 1 April, but became chief executive-designate on 7 February. Sixty-year-old MacKenzie will retire in November.Long, 53, was a non-executive director of Bryant Group for two years. Between 1995 ...
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Birse next to reshuffle
Birse Construction has become the latest contractor to restructure in an effort to focus on relationships with its key clients.The group, which last week returned to profit under the auspices of new chief executive Peter Watson, has reorganised into three divisions: civil engineering (including rail), building and process engineering.Former management ...
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Miletrian raises profit on falling sales
After three years of explosive growth, fit-out firm settles into 7% profit rise on turnover down to £44.8m.
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Invest in contractors, City urged
Fund Managers were alerted this week to a shake-up in UK and European construction that will lead to the emergence of a "super-league" of contractors that win repeat work from the industry's biggest clients.A study launched by Flemings Research at a conference on Tuesday warns that medium-sized companies will ...
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Mansell to double social housing sales
Contractor Mansell plans to double its turnover from social housing and has appointed its first director of social housing to implement the plan.Kevin Willetts will join Mansell in April from Mercian Housing Association in the Midlands.Mansell's chief operating officer Philip Cleaver said Willetts had "massively increased Mercian's social housing in ...
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Now arriving: London's mega projects
A new breed of super-scheme is set to transform the capital over the next few years as bigger-than-ever projects move off the drawing-board. What's going on where?
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Allan Leighton
Wilson Connolly's new non-executive deputy chairman plans to revolutionise UK housebuilding using the techniques he learned in his day job – as Asda chief executive.
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A princely dispute
First person There's nothing special about the Bagshot Park dispute. As usual, the industry's procurement processes are to blame.
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If it's good enough for Farrell …
… it's good enough for other architects. Munkenbeck + Marshall's latest London loft conversion scheme is home to a host of designers, including Terry Farrell.
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Cladding: the new rules
A fatal fire in a Scottish tower block last year triggered a review of cladding systems. As a result, the Building Regulations may be amended. What will it mean for manufacturers, installers and specifiers?
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IT: Virtual company Liquid asset
London architect Fluid Design doesn't have an office, but thanks to e-mail and mobile phones, it's finding that it doesn't need one. One day, all young design practices could work this way.
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Take notice!
The industry does not always seem to take the payment provisions in the Construction Act completely seriously. The latest court ruling on adjudication shows this to be an unwise attitude.
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All for one, and one for all?
There are rumours that the JCT plans to produce a partnering contract. A good idea, but it would mean a fundamental rethink of the way construction contracts are drafted. Is the JCT serious?