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Sacking offences
If employees cannot do their jobs because they become disabled, they now have new rights and, from April, a commission to enforce them. What does this mean for employers?
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Tender price forecast
A combination of escalating labour costs and workload growth pushed tender prices up an average of 5% across the country and 7% in London last year, and all the signs are that the trend is set to continue for at least the next two.
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Love on the job
Don't declare your passion for a colleague this Valentine's Day before reading our tips for the perfect office romance.
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Appointments
Contractors Martin Burton has joined Nottingham-based SOL Construction as projects director.EBC Construction has appointed Alan Jones senior project manager in the design-and-build division of its Bristol office. Martin Courtney joins the office as senior contracts manager.Ballast Wiltshier has appointed Gordon Wright construction manager in its West Midlands division.HousebuildersJulia Chapman, previously ...
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Amec cuts 2500 jobs to boost margins
Contractor takes axe to capital projects division in stampede for high-margin negotiated work.
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Banks call in receiver on royal contractor CJ Sims
High-quality refurbishment specialist hits the rails two weeks after receiving royal warrant.
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Schal star quits to rejoin rival Mace
Royal Opera House construction director Gareth Lewis is to leave construction manager Schal and join rival Mace at the end of February.The decision ends a two-month tug-of-war between the companies vying for his talents.Lewis said: “My reasons for leaving are clear. There are not the opportunities within Schal for me ...
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Amec and Carillion fight for BT‘s £160m Project Jaguar
Mega facilities management deal across whole BT portfolio will go to one or both of the contractors.
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Developer hits trouble on Bournemouth job
Developer Sheridan Group faces being removed from a late-running Imax cinema scheme by Bournemouth Borough Council.The cinema is part of a £15m leisure and retail complex called The Waterfront, being developed jointly by Dublin-based Sheridan and the council. The cinema was scheduled to open in November 1999 but missed its ...
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‘Create body to link up Egan agenda,’ says CIB
Construction Industry Board calls for fewer initiatives and a single body to co-ordinate reforms.
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Michael Manser takes a back seat
Architect Manser Associates has restructured after the decision by chairman and founder Michael Manser to relinquish day-to-day control.Now called The Manser Practice, the firm will be run by Jonathan Manser, Michael’s son and a director since the 1980s, and former Fitzroy Robinson managing director Nancy Cogswell, who joined last year.Michael ...
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Race taskforce calls for mandatory quotas
Companies could face ethnic minority employment quotas in contracts.
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CIC to launch performance indicators for designers
Buro Happold chairman to head Construction Industry Council working group formulating KPIs.
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Costain turns to KPMG to cut risk
Contractor’s review of project risk may lead to a spend-earlier-to-save-later approach.
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Outlook bright …
Strong activity in the commercial and housing sectors has helped maintain growth in construction activity for the third consecutive month.The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply’s latest construction activity index rose slightly from 58.2 in December to 58.3 in January. Fifty indicates no change.The steady three-month climb follows falls in ...
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but not for small firms
The Federation of Master Builders has warned that small firms are not feeling the benefits of the current upturn in construction orders. The federation’s State of Trade Survey for the fourth quarter of 1999 says that, despite an increase in workload in the last three months of the year, subcontractors ...
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Wates sinks millions into superteam
Contracting group pulls 10 top project managers from mainstream business to make sure major jobs come in “right first time”.
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Delay fails to hit upbeat Crest
Housebuilder Crest Nicholson, still smarting from recent delays to its planned £200m Bristol waterfront development, has unveiled record pre-tax profit for the year to 31 October 1999.Pre-tax profit rose 42% to stand at £40m. Turnover hit £512.5m; an increase of 10.1% on the previous year. Chief executive John Callcutt said ...
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Gleeson plans great train ambush
Gleeson Group is planning a “vigorous attack” on the rail market after buying specialist rail contractor Mabey last week for £6.26m. Chairman Dermot Gleeson said that, despite the construction industry’s disappointment at Railtrack’s spending record over the past three years, he anticipated considerable investment over the next decade. He described ...
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The great sack race
Growth is stable, order books are bulging and good times are here for contractors. But it’s not enough for the City, which is why Laing, Mowlem and Taywood have axed hundreds of jobs. And there are more to come …