All articles by Tom Broughton – Page 20
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DTI review raises funding fears over quality mark
Anti-cowboy initiative has so far cost £16,891 a contractor, but has no long-term business plan.
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Falling profit margins hit industry
Building contractors and civil engineering firms have been hit by declining profit margins, according to the latest figures released by the Construction Confederation.
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HSE tests ground for industry health scheme
Pilot studies into practicality of national scheme will examine issues such as stress and asbestosis.
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Legal challenge to £49m Camden scheme is over
Regeneration project to get go-ahead after local pressure groups lose right to legal aid.
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Unions ally with firms to stop site deaths
The construction industry and trade unions have teamed up to deliver better safety, as the number of people killed on site continues to rise.
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Clock ticks for ruling on Sir Robert McAlpine death
HSE to decide within next two months whether to prosecute McAlpine for subcontractor's death at City site.
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NewsM&E firms join forces to plan pioneering T5 deal
Pay and conditions package at Heathrow Terminal 5 could form basis for national deal if unions agree.
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More clients adopt online bidding
Telecoms firm Cable & Wireless and oil company BP are the latest construction clients to sign up for the online procurement process known as "reverse auction bidding".
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The killer clients
Eganism is being threatened by a very different way of doing business, as blue-chip employers switch to 'reverse auction' tendering on the internet – a ruthless game in which the client picks off bidders until there is just one left.
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NewsRail link firms face axe over ‘self-employed’ labour
Auditors scrutinise firms’ records to root out those avoiding tax and national insurance on Channel Tunnel link.
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Artisan defends terms of Bickerton sale
Construction group Artisan has hit back at a creditors' report into collapsed regional contractor Bickerton Construction.
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The Bickerton affair
Bickerton Construction went from thriving regional contractor to emaciated corpse in a matter of months. Tom Broughton investigates what many creditors suspect to be a very suspicious death …
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NewsSerious Fraud Office probes Bickerton collapse
Police investigate failure of regional contractor as meeting reveals unsecured creditors owed £4.2m.
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Involve suppliers at design stage, say trade bodies
Trade bodies and HSE hope research will help establish a best-practice guide for handling materials on site.
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Glaxo to review online tendering
Pharmaceutical company Glaxo SmithKline is to review its online procurement procedure, which has been heavily criticised by specialist M&E contractors.
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Artisan took out £1.4m before selling Bickerton
Construction group confirms that it took a dividend out of Bickerton seven months before collapse.
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NewsUCATT urges Treasury to ban bogus rail workers
Union will meet chief adviser to argue that self-employed workers should be excluded from transport jobs.
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Cut cost of quality mark, say trade bodies
Industry trade federations are threatening to withdraw support from the quality mark scheme unless the cost of joining is reduced.
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Contractor admits safety breach
Contractor Billington Structures has admitted breaching health and safety regulations in connection with the death of a worker at Sheffield United's football ground in December 2000.
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Serious Fraud Office probes Bickerton sister firm
Police investigate dissolved M&E firm Mea Corporation after St Albans contractor Bickerton collapses.