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Constructionline is on the mend, says taskforce study
A progress report by the Local Government Task Force says that the contractor vetting service Constructionline has made significant service improvements.
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Gains backs CITB against Prescott
Construction Confederation president John Gains has rejected government criticism of the Construction Industry Training Board.In a letter to deputy prime minister John Prescott, Gains said he was “disappointed” by his attack on the board. Prescott called it “a disgrace” for not tackling the skills shortage adequately (see Building, 11 April, ...
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600,000 building workers to get 23% pay rise
Construction unions and employer bodies last week agreed a 23% pay rise for more than 600,000 building workers over the next three years.The deal was thrashed out at a meeting of the Construction Industry Joint Council, a committee made up of the Construction Confederation and union representatives from UCATT, GMB ...
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Interserve steals March with deals worth £87m
£38m Ministry of Defence college and Tyneside office block help support services firm beat off Carillion.
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FeaturesJust the job
Philip Cooper tells us why structural engineering is all about using your imagination
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Down, but not out
This month, we report that the pace of growth in construction activity has slackened to a 10-month low, but that it's likely to pick up over the next quarter
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Come back, Peter Walker
To meet the ever-increasing housing demand in the South-east, Prescott needs radical solutions. He could do worse than look to an old Tory for inspiration
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Deborah Vogwell
Value for money in a construction project has to be defined before it can be meaningful
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FeaturesWhere eagles dare
Building a climbers' shelter 3000 m up a French mountain is a job for high-fliers only – and even then it can end up being a real cliffhanger
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Comment
And then some
The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 may not have taken the world by storm, but it has hefty implications for adjudicators considering awards
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That old chestnut
Oh, did we promise to pay you if your employer went bankrupt? Well, we're terribly sorry, but this statute passed in 1677 says we don't have to
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FMB: Consult us on housing and training
Trade body the Federation of Master Builders last week called on the government to consult small and medium-sized firms on the reforms of housing and training, announced by chancellor Gordon Brown this month.
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Talking tongues
Conferences in Brussels could give an Englishman an inferiority complex, what with rampant trilingualism and gourmet fingerfood. Seek solace in the Berlaymont
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FeaturesShowstopper
In the 1990s, Britain's theatre enjoyed a golden age, thanks to our national addiction to the National Lottery. Now that the public is kicking the habit, it seems theatres are out of luck
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron's souped-up stadium
A consortium including Swiss architect Herzog & de Meuron and ArupSport this month won a competition to design the £300m Olympic Stadium in Beijing for the 2008 games. The bird's nest-like arena, in the northern suburbs of the Chinese capital, will hold 100,000 people during the games and will subsequently ...
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NewsTake me to the river
London Eye architect Marks Barfield's latest addition to the River Thames, the Millbank Millennium Pier, will be officially opened at the end of May. The scheme was this month lifted into water at the dockside in Rochester before being transported to its final destination outside the Tate Britain museum. The ...
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Avonmouth families get £1.3m
The families of four workers who were killed in the Avonmouth Bridge collapse in 1999 were this week awarded £1.3m in compensation.