All articles by Phil Clark – Page 8
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RICS offers help to cut rail costs
The RICS is offering to set up an independent body to collate costs for rail projects in a bid to create certainty for future major schemes.
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FeaturesAll change
These are nervous times for the rail sector’s contractors and consultants, with Network Rail being ordered to slash costs as major project budgets spiral.
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NewsPaddington hospital deal faces 58% premium on site
Troubled £800m Paddington Health Campus could be forced to pay over the odds for crucial site
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Four contractors in race for Murdoch printing plants
Bovis Lend Lease, Carillion, Sir Robert McAlpine and Amec are to bid for £300m contract next month
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FeaturesThere now follows a special announcement..
.. regarding the sale of Bovis Lend Lease, presented by Adrian Chamberlain, chief executive officer for development and construction in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa …
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NewsBovis wasn’t tough enough at Holyrood, boss admits
Chief executive says contractor should have threatened to ‘up sticks’ during construction of Scottish parliament
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Whitehall set to adopt partnering
Savings of up to 22% being made by the Department for Work and Pensions on its £700m overhaul of job centres and benefits offices could lead to other government departments adopting the same partnering-style framework deal.
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Features
It’s not me, it’s YOU
Framework deals are supposed to be a relationship for life, but many firms find the rings on their fingers are just a reminder of empty promises.
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Jarvis proposes key debt changes to shareholders
Company’s future hinges on banks’ willingness to increase credit as money continues to haemorrhage
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Manchester airport closes framework deals
Manchester Airport Developments is finalising framework deals with consultants and contractors for its £1bn, 10-year construction programme,
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Kajima UK boss Barker says sayonara after five years
UK director of Japanese contracting giant cites personal reasons – not £2m pre-tax losses – for stepping down
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NewsCan Jarvis pull off the industry’s latest Houdini act?
Chairman Steven Norris hopes wriggle out of trouble by buying time to reinvent debt-laden contractor
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FeaturesOne thing they’re not shoulder to shoulder on …
Bush and Blair stand united over Iraq, but on one particularly sensitive domestic issue they are worlds apart. We investigate the impact of Republican and Labour policies on housebuilding either side of the pond
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Emergency room for St Mary’s
The team behind plans for the £800m St Mary’s PFI hospital in Paddington, west London, is considering using yet another piece of land to house the scheme,
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Fresh blow to Jarvis as highways boss quits
John Worthington resigns just as firm starts to rely on highways maintenance division to help cut debts
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Features
Rocking All Over The World
A few years ago, cost consultants were about as fashionable as tank-tops and Y-fronts. Now more and more countries are giving them rapturous receptions as QS mania sweeps the globe. We report on a new British invasion
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Comment
Rouse … to Simmons
Succession is a tricky proposition, especially when your predecessor has made the job his own. Witness the plight of Jonny Wilkinson, the wunderkind of English rugby, who has been handed the captaincy of his national side last week after an eight-month injury. He has the small challenge of getting the ...
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NewsBucknall’s resurrection of QS dynasty pays dividends
Former chairman restores name and fortunes of Bucknall Austin – and plans move into higher-value work
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NewsLaing O’Rourke staff to lose bonuses over Dubai tragedy
Five dead and 23 injured at Dubai airport site, forcing contractor to review staff rewards on safety performance