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Bovis orders subcontractor's workers off site
Bovis has ordered subcontractor Duffy Construction to remove some east European workers from a site in central London. Two weeks ago, Bovis told workers on its Berners Street site to produce identification confirming National Insurance numbers. After the checks, Bovis ordered 18 workers, most of eastern European origin, off the ...
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Amec joins race for SmithKline HQ
Experience with DSS project in Newcastle makes contractor a front-runner as pharmaceuticals giant goes for PFI-style deal.
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Office 'groundscrapers' proposed for the City
Corporation of London offers help to developers planning 150 000 m 2 low-level complexes.
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Contractors struggled with MOD initiative
Laing and Amec both struggled with major cultural issues in drawing up concept designs for the Ministry of Defence's new form of contracting, it was revealed last week. Details of how the firms wrestled with the development of prime contracting were released to coincide with the start on ...
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US bank hires Farrell for Cardiff HQ landmark
£40m HQ for Bank One to be sited in Cardiff Bay as city wins reputation for cutting-edge design.
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Arup lands £160m King's Cross design
Multdisciplinary firm Ove Arup and Partners is to design a £160m redevelopment of London's King's Cross underground station. Design work will begin this month on the £80m first phase of the redevelopment. This will include: a new western ticket hall under the forecourt of St Pancras Chambers. This will ...
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Mayor's headquarters already causing trouble
Early spat over procurement route as industry fears shell-and-core and fit-out will be combined.
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Tarmac to split in two this summer
Sir Neville Simms to chair demerged construction business but Atkinson and Pellard to retire.
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Taywood turns its back on speculative work
Taylor Woodrow is to focus its construction activities on private finance initiative projects and partnering after chief executive Keith Egerton said it had to reduce its exposure to projects where rewards do not match risk. Egerton's comments came as Taylor Woodrow announced a 22% increase in pre-tax profit to £100m ...
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Amec bids to join European superleague
Boss wants UK's biggest contractor to become major player in Europe as profit rises 50% to £71.4m.
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Bovis Homes' profit up 20% to £45m
Bovis Homes lifted pre-tax profit 20.6% to £45m in its first full year as a public company after being floated off from P&O in 1997. Chairman Sir Nigel Mobbs said falling interest rates in the second half of 1998 helped to stabilise wavering confidence after a strong first six months. ...
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Tilbury Douglas' 1999 order book bulging
Top 20 contractor Tilbury Douglas entered 1999 with £500m of orders, up 79% on the previous year. Reporting pre-tax profit up 20% to £27.1m, the contracting-to-construction-equipment group's chairman Mike Bottjer said the firm had secured more long-term orders through partnering arrangements. The firm is working on this basis with a ...
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Norwest Holst profit reaches £6.3m
French-owned contractor Norwest Holst remained in the black after its profit after tax rose to £6.3m from £5.5m last year. The firm, which is part of SGE Groupe, has recovered from six-figure losses in the early 1990s. Its turnover in the year to 31 December 1998 hit £313m ...
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PFI costs hit Kier profit, says Busby
Contractor hit by £3.4m corporate overhead charge, but chairman confirms its commitment to pursuing PFI work.
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Contracts down £360m on last year's result
February's £678m workload disappointingly low as £30m office fit-out helps Bovis take lead.
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Waiting for the next retail revolution
As government planning restrictions mark the end of out-of-town retail parks, why is it that the expected boom in city-centre shopping centres has yet to emerge?
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Jonathon Porritt takes construction's side
The green campaigner is to speak at next Monday's Construction Confederation conference on eco-aware building and what he will say may come as a surprise.
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Urban warrior
Skilled self-publicist Michael Gwilliam has transformed the "close to crusty" Civic Trust into an urban campaigner with influence. He wants to make the everyday better and this week, the trust's awards aim to do just that.
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What's in a name?
First person To be called a builder is to be branded a cowboy. So construction professionals should get themselves a new name.
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The family
Privately owned Sir Robert McAlpine is the social and political apex of contracting, yet next to nothing is known about its internal life. Building investigates