All articles by Phil Clark – Page 26
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Bovis takes over £1.2bn World Trade Centre clear-up
Contractor beats off competition from US firms to take charge of work at disaster site.
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PCM launches internet safety tool
Project manager and planning supervisor PCM is developing an internet-based system to prevent accidents on site.
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Benson poaches Mansell director for new venture
Contractor lures Mansell regional executive to head new maintenance division.
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Costain and Skanska may lose up to £20m on hotel job
"Highly complicated" joint-venture Hilton refurbishment in London will be completed more than a year late.
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Bovis shuns O'Rourke after acquisition of Laing
Bovis drops concrete firm from preferred subcontractors list after Laing buy-out makes O'Rourke a direct rival.
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Crane quits Arup after 22 years
Ray Crane, former chairman of Arup USA, has left to start a US office for Australian consulting engineer the Meinhardt Group.
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100,000 jobs will go in next year, warns think tank
More signs of downturn with gloomy economic forecast and job losses at Ballast and Broadway Malyan.
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Firms in secret talks with DTLR over rail shake-up
Contractors are appealing to the government for less interference and greater clarity in post-Railtrack regime.
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Three wait for Spitalfields decision
Three contractors were this week waiting for a crucial planning decision on the £400m Spitalfields Market redevelopment.
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The big freeze
Winter is coming for the UK construction industry, and Building's latest national survey reveals that only regions with a large amount of public sector work can hope to avoid the worst of the blizzards.
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Bold Citex aims to cash in on outsourcing trend
Consultant hopes to move into the black by doubling turnover in the next year.
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Industry relief as Terminal 5 gets the go-ahead
£2.5bn terminal will provide employment for 400 consultants and 2000 other workers for next six years.
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The hard part
Meet the actress who became a temp, set up a management consultant and took a degree in France. Now she wants to try something challenging: turning around ailing quantity surveyor MDA.
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Firms wary over 'payment for passes' in PFI schools
Government proposals to link PFI bonuses to pupils' grades are met with scepticism by major players.
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American architects cut UK jobs as US recession bites
Practices cut UK staff as American clients shelve projects and UK firms expect workload to fall 25% in 2002.
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What happens next?
The fallout from Railtrack's collapse isn't just financial. Jobs are under threat, suppliers are in limbo, and projects are on hold. Now contractors are being asked to pull the rail network back from the brink.
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Hilton to reinstate Gatwick job
Hotel chain the Hilton Group is to proceed with one of the large construction projects that was put on hold in the wake of September's terrorist attacks in the USA.
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Five vie for south-coast port plan
Five teams have been shortlisted to project manage the construction of a £600m container port in Southampton.
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Industry cool on new Railtrack
The industry has reacted coolly to government proposals that could lead to contractors being represented in Railtrack's replacement company.
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Lelliott goes back to work
Industry veteran John Lelliott, 66, is back in business five months after retiring from Bovis Lelliott.