More news – Page 4111
-
News
New chief gives Schal a shake-up
Carillion arm Schal has restructured following a strategy review led by managing director Terry Chapman
-
NewsBack our call to fight Ken's industry tax
Building this week launches a "Chop the Charge" campaign to get the construction industry exempted from London mayor Ken Livingstone's congestion levy.
-
NewsGalliford Try announces profit drop
Galliford Try chief executive David Calverley has admitted that the contractor has failed to deliver acceptable results to shareholders.
-
NewsAmey gets last-minute loan to save £29m PFI sale
Circular to shareholders on final day of deadline gives green light to deal to sell eight PFI contracts to Laing.
-
News
Jarvis under pressure to halve rail profits
Jarvis is facing pressure from Network Rail to slash its profit margins on rail maintenance by more than 50%, writes Mark Leftly.
-
News
Unions unleash pay demands on Wembley
Multiplex is bracing itself for a wave pay demands on its £440m Wembley stadium project
-
News
Contractors set to escape £100m extra insurance costs
Health and safety minister orders review of proposals to transfer workplace injury treatment costs to insurers.
-
News
Elephant & Castle lumbers into action
Southwark council is about to make a second attempt to get Europe's largest regeneration scheme under way.
-
News
Barcelona man for Plymouth
Architect David Mackay, one of the designers who transformed Barcelona, has clinched a £100,000 deal for the regeneration of Plymouth's city centre, waterfront and suburbs, writes Sally Mesner.
-
Features
Laing nicks lead in January with £99m police contract
Bovis is escorted off the contractors' monthly top spot but retains annual authority with £100m airport work.
-
Features
International costs: 2003
Gardiner & Theobald’s 11th annual survey of global construction costs takes a look at labour rates, building costs, material prices and inflation from Norway to New Zealand
-
FeaturesRead this!
Business leaders now accept that their companies need to be environment-friendly – energy efficiency improves the bottom line and green publicity can make or break a company's reputation.
-
FeaturesSmart management
Have you ever found yourself wishing that you could take more than the standard five weeks' holiday a year?
-
Comment
Easing the agony
Last year's famous Delay and Disruption Protocol presents difficult and potentially painful problems for contract administrators. So what should they do?
-
CommentBlair vs Hussein
A Mr Blair has accused a Mr Hussein of hiding arms. But who has the burden of proving their case? And to what standard? Think hard: you're on the tribunal
-
Comment
Setting the record straight
Contract clauses freeing you from the cost of an adjudicator's decision won't do you much good. But in two recent cases, a judge and a columnist got this wrong
-
Comment
All or nothing at all
'Entire agreement' clauses confine the rights of parties to those in the contract. Sounds simple, but what happens when the parties agree to eleventh-hour additions?