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Just the job
Turner & Townsend's rail director Martin Berry talks to us about the challenges he faces
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FeaturesArchitectural manoeuvres on the Tyne
There is a new star on Gateshead's glittering design scene: a Foster-designed music centre. But with dedicated venues for classical and jazz butting up against each other, Laing O'Rourke had to box clever to stop the improv interfering with the Rimsky-Korsakov.
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FeaturesUnder the volcano
There are two kinds of city on the precarious slopes of the global construction economy 鈥� those making the uphill climb and the rest heading down with singed feet.
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FeaturesBack to skool: Company colleges
Here's an idea that could help you in the battle to retain your most promising employees 鈥� and get more out of them to boot. Try setting up a company university.
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It shouldn't happen to a vet
The CIS tax scheme is having a welcome makeover 鈥� but it may mean contractors have to check the status of their subbies 鈥�
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FeaturesMan of manners
David Hardy is a community-spirited man 鈥� chair of his parish hall, school governor and a fan of village life. Now he's trying to introduce a bit more neighbourliness into construction. We meet the manager of the Considerate Constructors Scheme.
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Crystal island
Following the great tradition of creating glass structures for public events, the Austrian city of Graz is starting its year as European Capital of Culture with Vito Acconi's astonishing Mur Island
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Arup and Interior star in 'best employers' survey
Contractor Interior and consulting engineer Arup head a list of eight construction firms named in a leading survey of good employers.Interior, which came 21st in The Sunday Times鈥� 100 Best Companies to Work For survey, was praised for its commitment to personal career development and because the management had obtained ...
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UCATT calls for direct employment rules
UCATT general secretary George Brumwell this week renewed his call for workers on government contracts to be directly employed.Brumwell made the suggestion as part of the consultation process accompanying a review of the Construction Industry Scheme, the Inland Revenue鈥檚 system for collecting tax from the construction industry.He said the government ...
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Macob Construction promotes two key staff to board
Cardiff contractor Macob Construction has made two employees executive directors.Project manager Nigel Barnes has been promoted to group managing director and quantity surveyor Cathy Bousie will become group commercial director.Macob chairman John Roberts said Barnes had extensive experience of the industry and was capable of tackling prestigious projects in the ...
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Higgs review set to trigger wholesale board changes
Large number of construction firms will be in breach of upcoming corporate governance guidelines.
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New chief gives Schal a shake-up
Carillion arm Schal has restructured following a strategy review led by managing director Terry Chapman, writes Phil Clark.The firm, best known for high-profile construction management projects such as the Royal Opera House and Tate Modern, has now been split into five divisions (see box below).Chapman, who officially became managing director ...
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FeaturesTaming the fat cats
To avoid Enron and WorldCom-style catastrophes, the Higgs report has set out rules intended to keep the portly pusses on company boards in line. But, in an industry used to mucking in and doubling up, will it ever succeed?
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FeaturesGreat lengths
Ireland has just splashed out on an extraordinary national swimming complex. Extraordinary partly because no public money will be spent on running it 鈥� which meant the designers had to create a unique building that could pay its own way.
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FeaturesHow bad can it be?
Six days after Tony Pidgley Jr made a bold 拢1bn bid for his father's Berkeley Group, his personal and professional reputations took a battering. We report on how it went so wrong
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Laing nicks lead in January with 拢99m police contract
Bovis is escorted off the contractors' monthly top spot but retains annual authority with 拢100m airport work.
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International costs: 2003
Gardiner & Theobald鈥檚 11th annual survey of global construction costs takes a look at labour rates, building costs, material prices and inflation from Norway to New Zealand
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FeaturesRead this!
Business leaders now accept that their companies need to be environment-friendly 鈥� energy efficiency improves the bottom line and green publicity can make or break a company's reputation.
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FeaturesSmart management
Have you ever found yourself wishing that you could take more than the standard five weeks' holiday a year?