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Laing under pressure over subcontractor’s pay scheme
Contractor urged to drop brickwork subcontractor because of its scheme to avoid NI contributions.
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£800m overhaul for Birmingham
Developers Land Securities and Hammerson have announced plans for an £800m retail development that will transform Birmingham city centre. Working with investor Henderson, the developers revealed that they will be forming three separate partnerships to work together on the three phases of the scheme. The first will be a 16 ...
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Shepherd to slash up to 50 jobs
Loss-making Shepherd Construction is to axe up to 50 jobs in an attempt to cut costs. The York-based privately owned contractor this week announced a series of changes following a strategic review. The company s three divisions will be organised into two operations, northern and southern. Shepherd s Northampton and ...
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Best-value campaign
Construction minister Nick Raynsford has confirmed that steps are to be taken to improve central and local government procurement. Raynsford said deputy prime minister John Prescott has written to the rest of the Cabinet and the Local Government Association calling for action. The move, first revealed in Building, is designed ...
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BT plans to slash supplier list to follow Egan
£500m-a-year client holds conference to outline plans to senior contractor executives.
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Civic Trust calls for brownfield incentive
The Civic Trust has warned that the government s target for brownfield development will not be achieved without inducements to housebuilders to develop contaminated land. Mike Gwilliam, director of the Civic Trust, said government funding was required to ensure contaminated brownfield sites were developed by housebuilders. Gwilliam said: Public ...
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DETR launches safety inquiry into chimney flues
Government action follows exposé of potentially risky chimney flue liners in Building Homes.
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Brickwork giant stumps up holiday pay
Brickwork subcontractor Irvine Whitlock has agreed to pay backdated Christmas holiday wages in what is seen as an important precedent for other firms, writes Michael Glackin. Irvine Whitlock, which employs more than 450 operatives, has become the first large trade contractor to withdraw its refusal to pay ...
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Goldschmied wins RIBA presidency
Richard Rogers managing director vows to raise the profile of British architecture along with the standards of the profession.
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Search starts for GLA contractor
The search for a contractor to build the Foster and Partners-designed Greater London Authority headquarters will begin this month. Developer CIT Markborough, which won the race to provide a home for the London mayor last week, is keen to find a builder to meet the tight deadline. CIT Markborough managing ...
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Brown's aggregates tax hangs in balance
Contractors facing 20% rise in cost of aggregates as chancellor contemplates new eco-tax in the budget.
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Bad old days over, says Redrow
The era of boom and bust is over, housebuilder Redrow claimed this week. Redrow Group managing director Paul Pedley said the market was returning to the stability of the pre-1960s after nearly 40 years of highs and lows. Now we have a low inflation, low interest rate economy, the ...
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Canary Wharf plans £1.5bn development
Canary Wharf Group this week pledged to build another £1.5bn of property in London Docklands. The group promised to press on with plans to build the remaining one-third of the original Canary Wharf scheme as it unveiled plans to raise at least £500m through a stock market flotation. Much of ...
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BICC statement expected in bid to boost shares
Balfour Beatty parent attempts to deflect shareholder pressure as analysts call for demerger of cables arm.
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McAlpine set to take on the Railtrack six
Contractor Alfred McAlpine and rail signalling specialist Adtranz have teamed up to take on the big six in the £650m rail maintenance market. McAlpine aims to win one of the Railtrack rail maintenance contracts that went to six rival firms after the privatisation of British Rail, ...
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Galliford profit soars in 'stable' Midlands market
There is no sign of a recession in the Midlands, regional contractor and housebuilder Galliford reported last week. Galliford made good progress in the second half of 1998, reporting a 44% jump in pre-tax profit to £1.1m on turnover up 48% to £108m. Galliford chief executive George Marsh said he ...
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Shepherd executive is third to abandon troubled flock
Third major defection as Stuart McConnachie follows two bosses out to pursue other interests .
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Hull firms set for £1bn boom
Hull wants to be one of the UK's top cities and local contractors plan to team up to make sure they land some of the building contracts.
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Why we must outlaw the cowboys
Cowboy builders are tarnishing the whole industry's image. Everyone from small contractors to eminent figures such as Bovis chairman Sir Frank Lampl are concerned that the association with cowboys will drive away staff and make it difficult to attract high-flying graduates. The problem is: how to ostracise the crooks and ...
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Championing the cause
Why the new architecture champion must help designers defeat the planning autocrats, as well as tackling the tat.