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Morgan Est lands £340m Midlands contracts
Morgan Est, the infrastructure services division of Morgan Sindall, has won two contracts worth up to £340m for a five year period.
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CommentGreen grass roots
Since politicians clearly cannot be trusted to tackle climate change, it’s up to the lowly masses to make a difference – and that includes designers and engineers
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FeaturesThe lone ranger rides again!
Tired of the long hours and unpaid overtime, professionals are heading for the open plains of self-employment – in increasing numbers. We talked to construction’s guns-for-hire
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The hired gun's guide
Working for an agency can boost your freelance earnings - as long as it also works for you. We look at how to get the best service
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FeaturesMore haste, more speed
Ministers may have promised a bill for London’s superfast transport link Crossrail next spring, but boss Norman Haste is not leaving his £9bn project until then. We saw him in action at the Labour Party Conference
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A touch of class
This City Academy is the first of 200 the government wants to build in deprived inner city areas. However, it’s unlikely that the others will be designed by Richard Rogers and boast a really pukka kitchen garden
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CommentGood times don’t come cheap
“We’ve had six fantastic years of steady growth. Now it feels much more fragile.”
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CommentThat settles it
So, you’ve dispensed with the expensive lawyer and drawn up the final settlement yourself. Here’s how to make sure the agreement means what it says
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CommentTrouble in the nursery
The Latham payment review panel has failed to produce an ABC for squabbling subbies. Nanny government must decide when to step in, and when to keep clear
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The dangers of dropping an E
A court found that a developer accidentally dropped a crucial clause ‘E’ from a contract, but then deliberately ignored its own mistake. The judge was not happy …
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CommentHe knew he was right
Construction management has failed several Arts Council projects and now the Scottish parliament. Of course, if those clients had just listened in the first place …
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The value of conflict …
Peter Rogers’ argument for one professional institute to replace all the existing bodies (24 September, page 24) is a step too far – too radical for the “silo mentality” of the individual professions (the unhappily accurate words of your perceptive leader that week, page 3). But perhaps more importantly, the ...
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BIW response
Your article “Inland Revenue probes IT provider BIW”, (24 September, page 14) is, in our view, sensationalist and potentially misleading.
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Arup’s cunning plan
Arup Major Projects’ case studies (17 September, page 48) are good examples of programme management and Arup is undoubtedly adept at this.
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A tragic legacy
Although it is possible to have sympathy with any small building contractors who are struggling to obtain employer’s liability insurance at the moment, the root cause of this problem is not any great rise in claims, or the compensation culture, as some employers organisations would attempt to suggest.
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In criticism of Michael
Any investor in the construction sector must have read Sir Michael Latham’s article “In defence of Peter” (17 September, page 31) with dismay bordering on disbelief, particularly his final paragraph regarding the general public’s “envious carping about salaries of industry leaders”.
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NewsAmec may quit Iraq over rising local labour costs
Contractor fears for profits as security problems deter westerners, increase demand for local workers
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NewsMoayedi buys firm from Jarvis
Businessman Paris Moayedi has disclosed this week that he bought a shell company from Harvey Bard, a former colleague at the troubled support services group Jarvis