All articles by Sophie Griffiths – Page 36
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NewsBovis to install black box recorders on tower cranes
£12,000 safety system to be fitted on all contractor’s major projects by mid-2009
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NewsBam tightens scaffolding safety practice
Firm will use only scaffolding contractors that are accredited NASC members to reduce site risks
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NewsSmall builders hit by £180m tax fines
Charges for late returns under new Construction Industry Scheme could push suffering firms over the edge
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NewsChartered surveyor's condition stable after injury on building site
Family await report on accident in which victim fell through a skylight
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NewsRok slashes workforce by 15% following profit warning
Shares plunge 50% as Rok confirms white-collar jobs will be hardest hit
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Retraining initiatives to get £27m
New funding for projects to help people retrain for work in tough times
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NewsCarillion JV secures £600m of UAE work
Al Futtaim Carillion picked for Al Raha Beach phase in Abu Dhabi and German business park in Dubai
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NewsBalfour Beatty JV wins £230m road contract in Hong Kong
While firm's US PPP subsidiary reaches financial close on £105m military housing project
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NewsUS heads for change with Barack Obama
New president plans to invest $10bn in infrastructure, creating 2 million construction jobs
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NewsConstruction workers get free tickets for 2010 World Cup
South African workers who helped build football stadiums each get two free match tickets
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NewsFMB endorses 2012 best practice standards
Body signs up to principles on construction best practice for Olympic and other projects
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NewsSouth Bank Uni tops out Grimshaw building
Topping-out ceremony held as structure of eight-storey scheme completed
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NewsIndia gives Nepal infrastructure boost
Funding for educational institutes and rural electrification
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NewsFMB defends government housebuilding targets
Builders slam MPs for questioning whether 3 million new homes are still needed
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NewsApproval imminent for third Heathrow runway
Government committed to airport expansion despite cross-party opposition
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NewsDirector jailed for breaking bankruptcy bar
Four years' jail for 'intrinsically dishonest' director who ran five electrical contracting firms
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NewsContract snared via iPod data theft
Indian construction firm loses bid after rival steals tender documents using iPod
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NewsPoliceman 'took bribes' from building workers in Singapore
Officer alleged to have collluded with foreign onstruction workers who violated work permits
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HSE demands safety overhaul
The chair of the Health and Safety Executive has said construction needs to overhaul its attitude to safety after new figures showed more fatal injuries occurred in construction this year than in any other industry group