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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Services
The services sector accounts for more than a quarter of construction by value. In our latest specialist update, the expert team at Gardiner & Theobald take a look at the latest trends and costs in the mechanical, electrical and plumbing, lifts and escalators and ICT markets
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NewsI wonder what the method statement said...
And the traffic warden should be approaching with a ticket round about now.
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NewsCuban scaffold shortage
If I use the tip of my left shoulder to brace myself against this wall I should be fine.
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NewsHalcrow to expand nuclear division
Halcrow among contractors preparing for £12bn of nuclear investment following publication of energy review
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NewsBovis and Lend Lease: The full story!
Building’s editor explains why any news surrounding Bovis Lend Lease brings out the Heat reader in everyone in the construction industry
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NewsWhy use scaffolding when you can use a ladder?
The technically incorrect way to nail a timber slat to an outside wall
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200 new homes destroyed on St George site
Completed homes were among 200 units wiped out by huge blaze on development in Colindale
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Abbey profit drops 18%
Irish contractor reports pre-tax profit of £32.6m for the year to 30 April 2006.
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NewsDead workman's family compensated £104,000
Robertson Construction ordered to pay compensation to family of roofer killed on Scottish school site
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Encon appoints Gerry Fallon as managing director
Fallon will succeed Douglas McKerracher who is set to retire at the end of July
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NewsCM Parker Browne wins £130m academy deal
Consultant CM Parker Browne wins £130m contract for five United Learning Trust academy projects
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NewsGreen light for nuclear power
Government energy review says nuclear power stations would reduce carbon emissions and reduce reliance on imported energy
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NewsInterior Services Group buys ISG Asia for £4.6m
British-based ISG currently has a 22% share in ISG Asia, the FM and project management business
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NewsTaywood announces 10% growth in landbank
Housebuilder's trading update reveals landbank of 38,498 plots in the UK.
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NewsBovis boss Johnston brings in Aussie to run UK arm
Shocked staff complain of ‘personality-less firm’ as British boss Jason Millett takes his leave
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CommentStuff happens
Here’s an immutable fact: the world is changing faster than we can put buildings up. So, when it comes to big construction schemes, it’s naive to expect a precise specification and no changes mid-project
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CommentSorry, its not a runner
The CIC says its consultants’ contract is aimed at experienced clients, but they’ll be the last to abandon bespoke forms for an agreement that includes an aggregate cap on liabilities
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FeaturesGetting well sooner
West London’s BECAD hospital takes traditional healthcare and repackages it into one seamless facility that offers more patients better services for a fraction of the usual effort, space and cost … Martin Spring explains how it was done