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Appointments
Contractors South-west contractor EBC Construction has appointed Mark Twomey and Lee Whitford quantity surveyors in the Plymouth office. Nigel Tonge has been promoted to group business development manager at Yorkshire-based Paul Caddick Holdings. Leeds-based Roberts has promoted John Scouller to commercial director. Shirley-Anne Fison ...
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Where have all the young QSs gone?
The number of QS graduates has almost halved in the past five years, leaving the profession facing a skills drought. How can it attract the fresh talent it needs?
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Peter Mason
City opinion formers say he is a candidate for best chief executive in UK contracting, and the Square Mile has backed his Euro ambitions by tripling his firm's share price. So Amec's boss must be a happy man, mustn't he?
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Spring thaw
Six months ago, the construction industry seemed set for a tough winter. Now, with those fears largely dispelled, 精东影视 analyses the regional construction scene.
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The benchmark
[Asda superstore, Mansfield] The third in 精东影视's series highlighting best practice looks at how Laing completed the Mansfield Asda store under budget, thanks to detailed monitoring of productivity. A panel of experts looks at how it was done.
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Where the buck stops
When Oxford University's pharmacology department developed cracks in the plaster it sued the architect. So the architect sued the contractor – and lost. And thereby hangs a cautionary tale.
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Don't back a two-horse race
The public sector wants to defend itself against the preferred bidder on PFI projects, so it is proposing to play two bidders off against each other. This is not a good idea. But the public sector does have another remedy …
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Law and its limits
Legislation to tackle payment problems are all well and good – but to avoid disappointment, don't expect too much from them.
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Mind the contractual gaps
Contracts are often the last thing to be checked before work begins – and sometimes they don't get checked at all. The result can be that parties sometimes need m'learned friends to tell them whether they exist at all.
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Are you experienced?
Jayne Burridge of the National Construction Careers Group explains how offering work-experience places can help your firm.
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Appointments
Contractors Stuart Norman has joined Styles & Wood as sales and marketing director. Anna Federici becomes sales and marketing co-ordinator.Bristol-based Cowlin Construction has appointed David Stockham chief quantity surveyor.Robertson Group (Scotland) has appointed Martin Dalziel managing director of its property development company Robertson Property.Housebuilders Crest Nicholson has promoted Stephen ...
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Hopkins' Saga staff HQ unveiled
The first pictures of the Saga headquarters, built by Schal, and approaching completion in Folkestone.
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Waiting for the next retail revolution
As government planning restrictions mark the end of out-of-town retail parks, why is it that the expected boom in city-centre shopping centres has yet to emerge?
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Jonathon Porritt takes construction's side
The green campaigner is to speak at next Monday's Construction Confederation conference on eco-aware building and what he will say may come as a surprise.
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Urban warrior
Skilled self-publicist Michael Gwilliam has transformed the "close to crusty" Civic Trust into an urban campaigner with influence. He wants to make the everyday better and this week, the trust's awards aim to do just that.
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The family
Privately owned Sir Robert McAlpine is the social and political apex of contracting, yet next to nothing is known about its internal life. 精东影视 investigates
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Splitting headache
Cracks are showing in the glazed roof of the National Centre for Glass. Whether it's down to builders, skateboarders, stones or the weather, restoring the centre to its former transparent glory will be costly.
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Sea through
A glazed roof is the star of a redevelopment scheme designed to help Greenwich's Maritime Museum cope with millennium-fuelled tourism.
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It's a hard life
Laing has a tough job on its hands creating the International Centre for Life. A steel frame that flexes to cope with the earth's elements is topped by the complex curves of an asymmetric roof.