All articles by Iain Withers – Page 130
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Electricians begin signing up to controversial wage proposals
Almost half of 1,250 Balfour Beatty workers affected by new national wage agreement sign up
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Atkins unveils designs for Georgia skyscraper
250m-tall tower will be one of the tallest in the region
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Shaylor bullish on profit and turnover
Chief executive Stephen Shaylor says diversification strategy will put firm back to 2010 levels
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HVCA rebrands and widens remit to all M&E contractors
Move likely to damage relationships with rival trade federation the ECA
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Capita and BDP shortlisted for £40m Sheffield hospital
Six make the cut for children’s hospital design contract
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Lend Lease hands over delayed athletes' village plots to ODA
Final plots were hit by delays but ODA confirms Lend Lease met rearranged handover deadline
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Two arrested over piling death
Yorkshire men arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence
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Sparks fly: The row over electricians' wage agreements
The decision of seven major M&E contractors to break away from the 40-year-old JIB wage agreement was prompted by an ‘urgent need to modernise’ but has already led to angry clashes between workers and police. Building reports on a row that threatens to become the sector’s biggest industrial relations dispute ...
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URS director leaves to focus on govt BIM roll-out
Mark Bew received an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list
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Public impressed by 2012 Olympics construction effort
Populus poll shows two thirds of Britons hailing delivery success as Locog urged to allow firms to gain credit
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London Bridge overhaul designs gets green light
New visualisations released of revamped station
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ODA selects giant trees for Olympic Park
Half a ton bronze and steel rings will be placed in the tree crowns
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WSP wins contract on £710m Danish super hospital
Firm will work as part of consortium on country’s largest ever hospital
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Mouchel set to lose out on £130m contract
Consultant admits it is in talks to exit Rochdale council regen partnership
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Viñoly brought in to work on Chelsea Battersea bid
Architect will work with Hussey’s Almacantar and Kohn Pedersen Fox
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Balfour Beatty nabs £414m gas works deal
Contractor wins nine-year contract for Ireland gas network
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RLB boss appointed first global chair of Constructing Excellence
Lance Taylor will spearhead organisation’s expansion overseas
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First images unveiled of Maggie's Aberdeen
Cancer care centre has been designed by Oslo-based Snohetta
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Four make MoD £130m barracks shortlist
Carillion, Kier, Lend Lease and Skanska will compete for the Stafford job
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Contractors to drive reform of CSCS by the new year
Four employer federations aim to simplify and trim costs from skills card scheme after deposing boss