More news – Page 2658
-
NewsCost cutting reduces Marshalls debt by £37m
Firm closed factories and raised £4m in rights issue in response to 19% fall in revenue
-
NewsBalfour Beatty predicts more progress in 2009
Strong performance in roads and building sectors help offset reduced UK rail work
-
FeaturesRainscreen cladding
Ibstock has extended its Elementix rainscreen cladding system with the Express and Freedom ranges
-
NewsNew legacy chief reveals extent of Olympics re-think
In her first interview since becoming chair of the Olympics legacy company, Margaret Ford explains the need for a review of post-Games planning
-
News
Construction appointments: 03 July 2009
Shepherd Construction names managing director of its southern division
-
NewsCollege schemes planned to cost double £300m fund
Swingeing cuts on the cards as 13 colleges find themselves £300m short of what they asked for
-
NewsGrafton looks to housing recovery as turnover falls 31%
Builders' merchant takes big hit in Ireland but says trading has stabilised
-
NewsHBOS-backed social housing firm EPS on block for £30m
Bidders circle £80m-turnover contractor as bank continues disposal of construction investments
-
NewsKillby & Gayford prospers despite client nerves
Chris Chivers, chief executive of specialist heritage contractor Killby & Gayford, has said procurement officers are “increasingly twitchy” about giving work to medium-sized firms
-
NewsGovernment to miss housing target by more than 10,000
£1.5bn aimed at social housing fails to mask dramatic shortfall in affordable homes
-
NewsRogers tower to fall victim to viewing corridor
Initial designs by Lord Rogers’ firm for a new tower in the City of London look set to be the first victim of mayor Boris Johnson’s revamped viewing corridor policies
-
NewsGlass makers push up prices 50%
Specialist contractors are up in arms over the decision by UK glass makers to increase their prices by up to 50% within days of one another
-
Comment
What can you get for £1.5bn?
Hard to say how many votes it will win him, but Gordon Brown’s £1.5bn contribution to the Homes and Communities Agency deserves a few cheers from the construction industry. The money is intended to deliver 20,000 affordable homes and build the infrastructure to stimulate another 10,000 private ones. The government ...
-
CommentShot by both sides: Collateral warranties for project managers
Project managers are liable to the client for all kinds of weird things, but now some contractors are asking them to sign collateral warranties
-
CommentGood intentions vs reality: Collaborative working
The importance of collaborative working has been well understood and agreed for at least the past 45 years. The problems arise only when you actually try to do it
-
Comment
Raising the standard: International procurement standards
In a recession, a standard for procurement for construction contracts could be just what the industry needs. So what do the draft rules say, and what would they achieve?
-
Comment
How do I... issue a statutory demand?
Kicking off Berwin Leighton Paisner’s series on making the most of the legal process, Melissa Moriarty explains the use of a powerful money-extraction tool
-
CommentRead all about it
Tories’ Olympic cash axe plot exposed … Fury erupts over Mandelson letter snub … Minister missing presumed frightened … Quango nepotism probe shock … and boss has breakfast with Jordan
-
CommentWho’s the fairest of them all?
Housing ministers have come and gone faster than a weaver’s shuttle – some doing better than others. Michael Gove gives us the best and the worst and reveals the secret of a successful tenure
-
CommentWonders & blunders
George Clarke considers Newcastle’s Swan House an unforgivably ugly duckling. However, the new courtyard in the British Museum is the epitome of elegance …