All Careers articles – Page 59
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NewsWS Atkins profit up 12% despite staff cuts
Worsening market conditions in UK and Middle East forced 1,200 redundancies in last quarter
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NewsPrasad urges architects not to cut fees
RIBA president asks members not to make unrealistic fee bids in order to win work
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NewsMike Hussey to leave Land Secs
Managing director of developer's London region to leave by mutual consent at end of June
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NewsLearning on the job at the Constructionarium
A Westminister university student relishes the chance to get hands-on experience at the National Construction College East
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NewsMichael Ankers awarded OBE
CPA chief is among several construction industry figures named in Queen’s birthday honours list
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NewsAcademic becomes youngest CIOB East Midlands chair
Appointment coincides with Novus launch aimed at construction students and young professionals
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FeaturesWorking for the Colonel: opportunities in Libya
Forty years of isolation has left Libya desperate for reconstruction and rolling in money. So it’s spending billions on national renewal, and if you’re clever you’ll help it out. Oh, it helps if you like coffee
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NewsSummer of strikes threatens Olympics and Crossrail
140 shop stewards vote unanimously to ballot members on industrial action to improve workers’ rights
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NewsPanceltica bosses flee Qatar over jail fears
The managers of Qatar-based structural steel contractor Panceltica have fled the country over fears they face jail as a legal wrangle with local developer Barwa escalates
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NewsKidnap cases rise as firms venture further afield
One in 10 says kidnapping has affected their firm, as construction crime rises in the downturn
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NewsAmanda Levete Architects prompts review of Thai rules
Foreign architects in Thailand could receive a boost thanks to former Future Systems director's practice
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NewsCapita hires former Highways Agency chief executive
Consultant strengthens focus on intelligent transport and heavy infrastructure markets
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NewsJames Purnell quits Cabinet
Works and pensions secretary, who pushed for tower crane register, resigns from Brown's government
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FeaturesReed out loud: the RIBA's first woman president
Ruth Reed wants to change people’s views of the RIBA – and becoming the institute’s first woman president isn’t a bad place to start. She talks to Dan Stewart about her priorities for her two-year stint, the recession and how she hopes to make the RIBA less London-centric
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NewsM&E firms lend out staff to save jobs
Consultants in the M&E sector are being seconded to contractors as firms go to increasing lengths to avoid redundancies
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GB Building director quits to join risk consultancy
Jason Farnell has left his job as commercial director of GB Building Solutions to become a partner in risk management consultancy CR Management
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NewsWilliam Verry boss lines up senior role at Leadbitter
John Gibson is advising contractor on plan to take over £80m Oaklands college job in St Albans
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Employers' body warns Unite not to encourage further strikes
An employers’ group has written to the Unite union warning it not to encourage further wildcat strikes on construction sites
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Latest construction appointments - 5 June 2009
Andrew Altman, the deputy mayor of Philadelphia, has been appointed chief executive of the 2012 legacy delivery company set up to ensure a lasting legacy for the Olympic park
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NewsConstruction recession eased in May
Figures show activity continues to decline but rate is weakest for over a year