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Archie Norman: Why the Tories’ business plan will work
Archie Norman is worried. He has seen the new offices he will soon inhabit at Portcullis House and is unimpressed. It s a funny set-up, he says. The furnishings are expensive but the actual accommodation is very modest. There are a number of small offices with ...
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Robert Syms: The builder from the old school
Picture yourself on the Tory back benches, two years into your Westminster career, when you re suddenly appointed to a junior role on the shadow environment team. The transport brief is ideal for perfecting your soundbites for the Daily Mail, but then there s the construction portfolio, which everyone knows ...
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How we can compete
In the battle to attract graduates, how do you compete with sexy industries offering starting salaries 10k higher? The last of our recruitment specials reports that training may be the key.
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Robert Steer, trainee design-and-build co-ordinator at Willmott Dixon
One of Robert Steer s ambitions is to meet the person who built the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the world s tallest. This is the kind of enthusiasm coveted by construction firms. The 22-year-old has been fascinated by tall buildings since he was a child so much so ...
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The one that got away
Julia Smith had no burning ambition to be a management consultant. In fact, she was a civil engineering masters student at Birmingham University and being sponsored by a major contractor when she went to a milk-round interview with Andersen Consulting. When I went, I had no idea what they ...
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Five steps from home
Steel frames doesn't have to be difficult option for housebuilders. The new system is as cheap as timber and can be put together in five easy stages.
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Team spirit
Teamwork 2000 s designers are putting on the mantle of Egan and Latham and working together to create a 3D model of an office development. But are they ready for the real world?
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Turning up the heat
A heating maintenance company cannot, under the terms of the Construction Act, call in an adjudicator to settle a contractual dispute. Or can it? After all, the act sets out to tackle mischief-makers.
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Loopholes 'R' us
A thriving legal industry has arisen in the past year or so, dedicated to dreaming up contract terms that deny subcontractors their right to adjudication. Luckily, though, parliament has a simple remedy.
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Who’d employ an architect?
At least, who d employ one if they are using the new standard contract, SFA/99? It unreasonably limits an architect s liabilities and weighs down a client with onerous obligations.
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Silence in court
In the latest in a series on dispute resolution procedures, we look at why the number of cases reaching the Technology and Construction Court has fallen by about one-third.
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Breakfast of champions
A diet of missed breakfasts and rushed lunches at the desk washed down with cups of coffee isn t good for you or your employees. A healthier workforce will lead to enhanced performance.
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It’s good to talk
Rob Smith of Hays Montrose explains why managers have to keep their lines of communication open.
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Appointments
Contractors Nigel Marks, formerly of Taylor Woodrow, has been appointed development director for Ballast Wiltshier s South-east region. Civil engineering and construction group May Gurney has appointed Bob Drew business development manager, based in Cambridge. Kvaerner Construction has appointed Sunil Shah Singh (right) managing director of Kvaerner Cementation India. Housebuilders ...
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Services whole-life costs Heating
The fourth in this series on the lifespan costs of engineering services compares four heating systems.
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The top 100
Welcome to 精东影视's largest-ever assessment of the top contractors and housebuilders in the UK. This year, we have made a few key changes to our usual format.
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Top 100 contractors and housebuilders by turnover
UK construction had a boom year in 1999, with the top 100 companies turning over more than 拢43bn. Total pre-tax profit was almost 拢2.2bn and the average margin was 4.9%. The top 50 companies – which account for 85% of turnover and pre-tax profit in the top 100 – enjoyed ...
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Top 75 contractors by contracting turnover
In this table, we have ranked firms by the amount of contracting they do. Figures for non-contracting activities, including property, housebuilding and facilities management (which makes up much of the "other" column), are also shown. Just edging into the top spot is Bovis, which handled 拢2.3bn of contracting – 60% ...
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Top 75 contractors by contracting operating profit
This table is intended to show the profit companies are making from building. Balfour Beatty tops the stakes here with 拢96m, although its figures are boosted by the fact that all of its activities – including considerable facilities management work for its private finance initiative contracts – are included under ...
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Top 75 contractors by contracting operating margin
This table tells two main stories. First, that the large specialists still make the fattest margins. Steel constructor Severfield-Rowen reported 6.4% and groundwork specialist Keller got a handsome 6.2%. East Anglian contractor Carter also made an impressive 4.4% return, and concrete firm O'Rourke managed 3.6%. Second, it shows that most ...