All Archive Titles articles – Page 574
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Archive TitlesHome, cheap home
Admit it. When John Prescott launched his competition to build a £60,000 home, you thought it couldn’t be done. But it can - and housebuilders are already rising to the challenge, as Olufunmi Majekodunmi discovers
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Archive TitlesCaption of the month
Caption of the month: “This is as near to ‘hands-on’ that our management team intend to get!”Boom boom! Peter A. Manson, we salute you
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Archive TitlesCaption competition
Caption competition: Send us a caption and we’ll grudgingly hand over a £20 drinks voucher for the wittiest entry. It has to be darned good to make us part with the dough, mind...Email: construction_manager@cmpinformation.com
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Turning green in camden
If you want to work for Camden you’d better come to grips with sustainability issues because the cool and big-spending London council has become the 11th local authority to join the Green Register, a nationwide network of construction professionals, tradesmen and local authorities offering training, seminars and access to experts ...
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Dutch firm buys UK contractor
Dutch M&E and communications provider Imtech has bought the Nottingham-based electrical contractor Goodmarriott & Hursthouse for an undisclosed sum.
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Archive TitlesOil fines could burn a hole in your pocket
Businesses and local authorities could be facing a large fine if they do not comply with the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) Regulations 2001 that come fully into effect on 1st September 2005.
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Are we the only ones bothering
As a specialist subcontractor, we are required by main contractors to establish that we hold Public and Employers Liability Insurance, often by way of a questionnaire. Surprisingly, most seek only to establish that policies are in force but omit to ask questions about policy exclusions.We are often required to work ...
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Negligent employers beware
I was very interested in your article ‘Dealing with it’ (CM, June) as a few of us have recently started investigating the incidence of professionals with a disability working in the property sector. It is immediately apparent that many employers are unaware of their duties under the Disability Discrimination Act ...
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SMEs missing out on benefits
Small to medium-sized enterprises are still failing to adopt integrated working practices, according to the latest report by the Strategic Forum for Construction.
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More trouble in bath
Mowlem has been ordered to pay £20,000 for breaching safety laws at Bath Spa, following an investigation into the death of one of its workers there in 2003 - although the safety breach was not the cause of the death.
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Redressing the balance
We all know the number of women working in the industry is pitifully small, which is why the Simons Group stood out when it announced ambitions for a half male, half female workforce. Four years on, Rod Sweet runs the rule over the firm’s progress.
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Archive TitlesHSE calls for glass risk assessments
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) wants those handling large sheets of glass to write good risk assessments after a person was struck and injured by several sheets of glass falling from a crate held on a metal stacking platform (stillage). Construction inspectors are also witnessing examples of poor practice ...
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Archive Titles“I wasn’t asked to do it. I was told”
Tony Martin, construction director at Higgins, faced the unenviable task of building a new £9.5m headquarters – for his own company! He unburdens himself to CM
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Yorkon comes up with PFI alternative
An offsite construction specialist has launched a new initiative aimed at funding healthcare facilities built by modular methods.
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Archive TitlesAll in good time
Project managers who are too keen get the M&E contractor on site can cause more problems than they solve, says Barry Nugent. In association with Daikin
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Archive TitlesAhead of his time
A few years ago, the job title leader of foresight and innovation might have sounded far-fetched. Not today. Andy Pearson talks to Arup’s Chris Luebkeman. In association with Ferroli
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Get your Act together, CC says
The Construction Confederation is warning that proposed changes to the Construction Act are “ill conceived, impracticable and would increase construction costs”.
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ACE warns of new contract
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering is to warn its members not to sign up to a contract drawn up by client group the British Property Federation.
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Clients accused of risk-dumping
Consultants and clients are locked in a battle over how to divvy up risk.