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Features
Galliford Try surges to top of December league
Education and healthcare schemes push contractor into first place ahead of HBG and Kier
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FeaturesLocal lowdown: North London/Home Counties
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose reports on the latest projects and current trends in the north London and Home Counties market
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FeaturesVive la France!
Building’s round-up of the 300 biggest European contractors reveals that French firms Vinci and Bouygues have stormed to the top. Sonia Soltani went to Paris to meet the men responsible for the Gallic triumph.
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We have no intention of conquering the world
This is one Frenchman who is not going to get caught boasting: “We have no intention of conquering the world. If we are number one, it’s almost by chance.” These are the self-deprecating words of Philippe Ratynski, chairman and chief executive of Vinci Construction, which as part of the Vinci ...
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Monumental ambitions
“Well, we’ve arrived at the Chateau de Versailles,” announces the cab driver, visibly taken aback by the grand scale of Bouygues’ headquarters in the outskirts of Paris. The glass and steel building, dubbed Challenger, is an imposing monument. Equestrian statues and palatial basins complete the picture of a company that ...
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FeaturesEurope's Top 300
Building’s round-up of the 300 biggest European contractors reveals that French firms Vinci and Bouygues have stormed to the top.
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News
Wolseley rides high on global profit growth
Wolseley’s share price rose 59.5p, or 6%, on Monday after it posted a confident trading update for the first half of its financial year.
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DTI survey shows 3% rise in construction orders
Construction orders rose overall 3% last year, but slowed towards the end of the year, according to a survey by the DTI.
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Arup returns to Middle East
Engineer Arup is set to return to the Middle East five years after pulling out of the region, with its researchers assessing a number of projects in the area.
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CommentA morass of ministries
How to provide better representation for the construction industry and keep David Blunkett out of trouble, all in one simple government shake-up
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CommentIt’s so unfair
A court will overrule an adjudicator who has breached the rules of natural justice. An engineer acting under an ICE contract is under no such restrictions …
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CommentEast, west, probity’s best
In donating to the Asian tsunami appeal, generosity is tempered by cynicism over how contracts will be run. But at least the World Bank has found some answers
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Comment
The importance of being impartial
Architects who act as contract administrators have an obligation to be fair to all parties. This has dangers that can bring with it serious personal risk
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CommentAnyone for tort?
The law of negligence underpins the legal system. It is therefore just a teeny bit disturbing that the courts can’t seem to decide what it says or who it applies to
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Untying a red tape knot
It was interesting to see that the red tape featured on your cover last week (7 January, page 32) seems to take the form of the webbing often used to save people from themselves. Isn’t that what most regulation is about?
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Comment
You forgot Scotland (again!)
You wrote a lot about the the changes to the Building Regulations in England and Wales, but again you fail to mention the Building (Scotland) Act 2003, which alters the building standards system in Scotland from 1 May this year.Sue Bush, building control manager, Inverclyde council
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Data overload
I would like to bring your readers’ attention to the fact that the raft of new legislative and regulatory demands is causing construction firms to store massive amounts of data without due regard as to whether they actually need it.