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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
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CommentJingle all the way
Deck the halls with boughs of holly/Here’s some advice on saving lolly/Hire yourself a new surveyor/Who’ll collect evidence against the payer …
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The recovery position
If your subcontractor or supplier turns turtle you have a major problem, but all may not be lost. Here’s how you can jump the insolvency queue …
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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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Gateway to the South
The Millau viaduct in the Aveyron region of southern France was officially opened this week by French president Jacques Chirac.
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Developers face tough planning gain rules
The Housing Corporation is to create a system to control how money is allocated to private developers as part of planning gain agreements
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Plans for £13bn rival to Crossrail are unveiled
A plan to launch a privately funded rival service to Crossrail in London was unveiled this week.
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MP to table CSCS questions
The Labour MP Michael Clapham is set to table a written question in parliament to skills minister Ivan Lewis over the finances of the industry's troubled skills identification card scheme CSCS.
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CABE spared savage heritage spending cuts
Design watchdog has grant increased to almost £5m, as steps are taken to increase its public accountability