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Birse profit halves after loss in building division
Contractor's building division will focus only on local authority education work in North of England after it posted £4.6m loss for six months to 31 October.
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FeaturesNew age thinking
The government is doing construction a favour by raising the retirement age to 65, but Jeremy Hilliard, director of National Contracting, says the skills shortage can only be addressed by attracting more young people to building.
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OCG warns against suicidal PFI bids
Whitehall’s man in charge of public sector procurement has warned the construction industry that it must stop underpricing bids for government refurbishment contracts if companies are to avoid financial ruin
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NewsCABE spared savage heritage spending cuts
Design watchdog has grant increased to almost £5m, as steps are taken to increase its public accountability
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NewsAmicus to mount legal challenge to T5 retina scans
M&E union to bring action under human rights legislation to stop firms using identification method on workers.
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Comment
Don’t delay
In 2003 Severn Trent Water Limited (STW) commenced its tendering process for the award of contracts for the maintenance, renewal and improvement of its reservoirs, pipelines, pumping stations, treatment plants and sewerage systems. The contract was a five year programme of considerable value, being somewhere in the region of £1.5-£2bn.STW ...
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£130m Liverpool arena keeps Bovis top of league
Contractor retains both its monthly and annual titles, thanks to £140m of work in November
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FeaturesJarvis diaries - The edge of reason
Poor old Jarvis has had a v. bad year, having struggled with debts and been walked out on by its top men. Here, its month-by-month misadventures are chronicled by Mark ‘Darcy’ Leftly …
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A living in the past
With traditional skills in restoring historical buildings in short supply, the opportunities for a career in the sector are alive and kicking.
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Glad tidings
In this month’s Tracker, Experian’s Business Strategies division reports an optimistic market, with activity growing at a steady pace – and predicts it will pick up speed at the start of 2005
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NewsJarvis offloads four school PFI projects to Vinci
Floundering contractor lightens its load by selling four schemes to concentrate on others nearer completion
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Morgan Sindall buys failed regional contractor
Morgan Sindall has swooped on a private construction company that went into administration on Monday.
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Office market picks up speed
Commercial development activity rose at the fastest rate for six months in November, according to quoted property services company Savills.
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Travis Perkins appoints chief executive
Quoted Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins has appointed Geoff Cooper chief executive.
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CommentClucking hell
If construction has been likened to a flock of quarrelsome chickens, it is because industry bodies are concerned with nothing but their own place in the pecking order
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CommentPeace and goodwill
With Christmas eight days away, what better time could there be for the unions and CITB-ConstructionSkills to call a truce in their war for possession of the CSCS card scheme?
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CommentA question for the judge
Can one adjudicator read 52 lever-arch files and nine boxes of documentation in 100 days and still reach a fair decision? Here’s what Judge Toulmin said