All articles by Tom Broughton – Page 11
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T5 workers offered cheap flights home
Laing O'Rourke has negotiated discount flights for construction workers who travel long distances to work on the Heathrow Terminal 5 project in west London
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NewsUnions give Laing O'Rourke six days to strike T5 deal
T&G, UCATT and GMB unite over pay demands – but are split over whether to ballot on industrial action.
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FeaturesScourge of the skyline
Pirate broadcasters are thugs with links to drug gangs who hijack the airwaves with illegal antennas on high-rise roofs. We report on the violent struggle between them and the contractors hired to take them off the air
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Contractors face attack from pirate radio gangs
Rooftop guards may be used to protect staff hired to confiscate transmitters from pirate DJs in tower blocks.
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NewsCarillion axes management layer after profit warning
Chief executive sets in motion major restructuring after announcing £10m loss on Nottingham tram project.
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NewsForeign workers to be helped with standardised signs
Simplification and standardisation seen as answer to communicating safety issues to foreign workers.
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Industry backs Building's Chop the Charge drive
Survey of construction firms finds 85% believe vehicles should deliver to London sites without £5 daily fee.
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NewsIndustrial strife threatens at Heathrow T5
Industrial unrest is brewing among Laing O'Rourke's workers at Heathrow Terminal 5, despite their enjoyment of one of the highest pay deals in British construction history.
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M&E firms shun young workers
M&E contractors are refusing to take on teenage apprentices because they are forbidden to work as many hours as adults under employment regulations introduced in April
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NewsUCATT slams 'truly horrific' surge in site deaths
Brumwell calls for speedy introduction of tough corporate manslaughter bill to punish culpable employers.
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NewsTUC chiefs head to Iraq to unionise reconstruction
General council prepares to establish post-Saddam free labour movement, as UK firms start to secure contracts.
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Contractor Sunley Turriff goes into administration
Main business Lilley Construction sold as going concern after Cheshire-based parent group runs out of money.
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NewsRogers slams 'weak' project managers and contractors
Chairman of strategic forum Peter Rogers points finger at inadequately trained staff and backward-looking firms.
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NewsEmcor plans to expand UK facilities management arm
US parent backs Emcor UK's pitch for 15 FM contracts and promises to fund further acquisitions in the sector.
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FeaturesThe dark side of construction
Every two days, a construction worker commits suicide – which is higher figure than any other professional sector. We explore what lies behind this disturbing statistic.
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MP calls for government to enforce industry tax scheme
UCATT backs demand for clampdown on bogus self-employment claims when rules come into force in 2005.
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NewsNew minister attacks ‘naive’ Steel over Holyrood fiasco
Construction minister Griffiths begins tenure with attack on David Steel – and a promise to champion industry.
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NewsSkanska sues Costain for £5m over delayed hotel
Contractor issues High Court writ against joint-venture partner over loss-making hotel refurbishment.
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JCT draws up high-risk form for major contractors
New agreement offers firms freedom from client intervention in return for assuming greater share of project risk.
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NewsWhitehall reshuffle demotes construction minister
Industry falls under broad remit of minister for small business and enterprise, to be taken on by Nigel Griffiths.