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FeaturesWorkers' welfare
We report on how baa is making sure all its construction staff live to see the end of the job
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T5 Supplement
A template for the future How heathrow terminal 5 has rebuilt the building industry
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NewsTaylor Woodrow boss hints at boardroom shake-up
Chief executive Iain Napier's ambitious plans for housebuilder include keeping directors on their toes
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FeaturesA grave responsibility
Graham Farrant's task is to create a profitable group that will advise individual clients and lobby for their collective interests. This is about as popular a job as undertaking – which is apt, given what happened to the last body.
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CommentUp the workers
This is another everyday story of self-employment and rights and conditions at work. Redrow thought it had a contract and that was it. Wrong, wrong wrong!
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NewsUnions furious as Multiplex takes over Wembley safety
Stadium contractor accused of snub after it seizes control of inductions a week after memorial march
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FeaturesNot a matter of life and death …
As Bill Shankly said, football is much more important than that – at least it is to Redrow founder Steve Morgan. We tell the story of his struggle to win a place on the board of his beloved Liverpool FC, and gets expert analysis from the man himself
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FeaturesRise of the machines
It is the year 2004, and a 400-year-old firm in Sussex, England, has become mankind's last hope of resistance to the machine-made roof tile – but for how much longer?
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NewsCountryside hits back at critics
The chief executive of housebuilder Countryside has hit back at criticism of the management of the group after a poor set of interims
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A piece of the action
In America, lawyers can take a percentage of litigation proceeds. Here we regard that practice as reprehensible. But are English fee arrangements really so different?
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NewsBalfour closes dream deal as Fitzpatrick sold to Dutch
Balfour Beatty adds £227m to war chest with US sale as Dutch firm snaps up historic UK contractor
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Bovis Lend Lease opens in Dubai
Contractor Bovis Lend Lease has opened an office in the city-state of Dubai in the Middle East to capitalise on the building boom.
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Anger over £7.6m Ballast pickings
Administrator Deloitte & Touche has raised only £7.6m from the remains of Ballast, the contractor that failed with debts of almost £160m last October
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NewsGriffiths urges industry leaders to improve safety
Construction minister 'gravely concerned' over audit office report warning of failure to meet accident targets
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NewsCost of Holyrood hits £450m
The final cost of the Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh is likely to be £450m, more than 11 times the first estimate of £40m
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BBC to build regional HQ in Liverpool regeneration area
Developer will rehouse broadcaster after £750m Paradise Street redevelopment gets go-ahead from ODPM
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NewsClient body to charge for advice
The Construction Clients Group plans to charge clients for its procurement advice within the next five years
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Anger as eco-report fails to recommend energy tests
Sustainable Buildings Task Group ignores 'unanimous recommendation' for pressure testing homes
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Amec conjures April victory with £460m MoD contract
Refurbishment deal puts contractor £120m ahead of Laing O’Rourke while BDP tops architects league