All Leader articles – Page 32
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CommentEgan updated
So Sir John Egan has finally been relieved of the burden of dragging the construction industry kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
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CommentShould we vote for Ken again?
It may not have the drama of the race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, but the battle for the hot seat in London’s City Hall is every bit as fierce.
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CommentHow safe are the specialists?
Another well known family name looks like becoming history this week. In an echo of the famous sale of Laing to O’Rourke in 2002, Hills Electrical was taken over by one of its rivals for the nominal sum of a pound.
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CommentA done deal, but is it a good one?
Carillion boss John McDonough can’t be beaten for chutzpah.
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CommentIs Prince Charles right?
Prince Charles’ speech on new buildings in old places last week was not the bombshell lobbed by his “monstrous carbuncle” diatribe of 1984, which precipitated a nationwide reaction by planning authorities against modern architecture.
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CommentThat was then, this is now
So once the project team have finished sighing with relief, no doubt their chests will swell with pride: Terminal 5 has come in on time and to budget.
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CommentAre we gliding or plummeting?
“In 2008 it is likely that a less buoyant housing market will go hand in hand with slower growth in consumer spending. In the short run, that will slow economic activity, possibly quite sharply.”
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CommentIt’s yesterday once more
Sir John Egan must have felt a bit like Detective Inspector Sam Tyler from Life on Mars when he first encountered the 1998-era construction industry, filled as it was with firms dressed in metaphorical kipper ties and brown leather jackets who weren’t afraid to cut a few corners to get ...
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CommentPeering into the gloom
In an issue as celebratory as this one, it’s rather a shame that we have to acknowledge the elephant in the drawing room. But as we go into the new year there’s no ignoring the uncertainty that’s surrounding the economy in the wake of the credit crunch.
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CommentSix stories that made a difference
Carillion snaps up McAlpine, Bouygues buys Warings, Turner & Townsend floats on the stock exchange … the year is ending as it started, with a bang.
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CommentA no brainer
Less than 10% of construction firms train apprentices and only eight of the 63 largest companies offer regular employment to an apprentice through ConstructionSkills.
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CommentBe careful what you wish for
Two very different companies are engaged in two very different battles at the moment. Keith Miller, the chief executive of Miller Group, is struggling to keep his company private. Erinaceous is fighting for bare survival. Yet could the shareholders of each learn from the plight of the other?
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CommentA bad case of the wobbles
We’ve known for some time now that 2008 is unlikely to be as golden a year as 2007.
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CommentNorman’s conquests
Building takes great pride in being the first journal to celebrate British architecture’s life peers, Norman Foster and Richard Rogers, on the 40th anniversary of the break-up of Team 4 and the founding of their practices.
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CommentConstruction takes centre stage
This week offered a fantastic shop window for construction. First there was the glamour surrounding the Queen’s opening of St Pancras and the high-speed rail link.
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CommentNo need to fight
The possibility of the first hostile takeover in living memory of one contractor by another has sent shockwaves through the sector over the past week.
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How to be good
In a market where demand outstrips supply, everyone wants to work for a good employer and every firm wants to be considered to be one.
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CommentWhy Crossrail is looking good
After 18 years, Crossrail is finally up on the departures board.
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CommentGrowth, but at what price?
Wow! Pop those champagne corks. What a year it’s been for the sector’s top 250 consultants.