All articles by Tom Broughton – Page 14
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NewsScottish industry backs our Chop the Charge campaign
Construction bodies and firms across Britain join in fight against levy, but Ken Livingstone is unmoved.
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Unions unleash pay demands on Wembley
Multiplex is bracing itself for a wave pay demands on its £440m Wembley stadium project
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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.
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Contractors set to escape £100m extra insurance costs
Health and safety minister orders review of proposals to transfer workplace injury treatment costs to insurers.
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HSE moves to tighten tower crane safety rules
Safety body aims to create tighter standards for testing and use following Canary Wharf tragedy in 2000.
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Government attacked over Constructionline
The vetting service Constructionline is proving ineffective because the government is failing to provide support, according to Peter Elston, chairman of the Construction Confederation
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Unions call for 64% rise in pay over three years …
… but employers offer 10% as the latest round of the national minimum wage agreement gets under way.
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NewsFirms face loss of 1000 key staff as call-ups start for Iraq
Industry braced for disruption as managers begin to leave their posts and join their regiments.
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Insurers to offer premium deal
Contractors could be in line for lower insurance premiums if they sign up for a passport scheme to be developed by construction industry trade bodies
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Industry calls for six-month review of congestion charge
Trade bodies hope to present a case demonstrating financial effects of London traffic levy on industry.
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NewsBritish embassies to get anti-terror refurbishment
Consultant Serco to oversee top-security work; labour agency Audax IT to recruit and vet workers.
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Firms sue Atkins for £6m over DLR explosion
Atkins is being sued for £5.9m by contractors Mowlem and Nishimatsu after an explosion in a tunnel during work to extend the Docklands Light Railway in 1998
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AWG and Morrison in war of words over fraud claim
Sir Fraser Morrison hits back after AWG issues £130m writ claiming false accounting in run-up to Morrison sale.
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Anti-terrorist rules cause havoc for airport contractors
Strict employment regulations to be imposed in July are causing turmoil for contractors at ports and airports.
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NewsTerminal 5 pay deal shocks electricians
The landmark deal agreed between Laing O'Rourke and the construction unions has transformed the position of electricians' union Amicus in its negotiations with M&E contractors over a national pay deal for major projects.
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Skilled workers at Heathrow Terminal 5 to earn £55,000
Laing O'Rourke and construction unions reach pay agreement as BAA reveals plans to employ refugees on T5.
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NewsBickerton: Aviss and Artisan fight it out in court
High Court writs fly as Serious Fraud Office continues its investigation into collapse of regional contractor.