All articles by Chloë McCulloch – Page 30

  • News

    Pearce Construction sues engineer WSP for £2.5m

    2005-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Contractor brings High Court writ saying WSP failed to identify electrical defects in luxury London apartments

  • News

    Court battle adds to Jarvis’ woes

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Jarvis, the heavily indebted support services company, received more bad news this week after it was ordered by the Technology and Construction Court to pay £800,000 to an Indian rail engineer

  • News

    Staff gain right to quiz bosses over business plans

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Lawyers warn of £75,000 fines if firms fail to comply with the Information and Consultation Regulations

  • News

    Freedom of Information Act set to expose bid rigging

    2005-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Clients and contractors may be obliged to divulge tendering data that could leave them open to legal challenges

  • Comment

    Interview: Rupert Jackson

    2005-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Just three months into the job, the judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court has already established a reformist agenda.

  • Tricky business
    Features

    Tricky business

    2004-10-01T00:00:00Z

    In the fourth of five monthly articles, ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø, in association with ConstructionSkills, investigates why construction operates so inefficiently – and asks what can be done to improve performance.

  • The industry that time forgot
    Features

    The industry that time forgot

    2004-08-27T00:00:00Z

    In the third of five monthly articles in association with ConstructionSkills, ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø looks at how construction recruitment and training is being dragged into the 21st century.

  • A rare site
    Features

    A rare site

    2004-07-30T00:00:00Z

    It’s assumed that site workers spend more time wolf-whistling than learning skills. But the UK’s biggest single training effort aims to change all that. In the second of five monthly articles in association with ConstructionSkills, ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø looks at how the industry will attempt to qualify 500,000 workers in the next ...

  • Features

    Skilled solution

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    ConstructionSkills is launching a drive to tackle the skills crisis. The initiative – Action for Skills – aims to kick-start a debate among employers on training. In the first of five monthly articles, ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø, in association with ConstructionSkills, looks at what's gone wrong and how it can be fixed.

  • News

    Interserve wins £28m health job

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Support services group Interserve has been selected for a £28m mental health scheme in south-east London, as part of the Procure 21 hospital building programme

  • News

    UK directors' buyout rescues HLM from receivers

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    British architect is bought back as it goes into administrative receivership, two years after it was sold to US firm

  • News

    RICS faces financial crisis if fee hike challenge succeeds

    2004-02-20T00:00:00Z

    Rebel QS's plan for judicial review of fee increase may result in '£2m shortfall' in institution's 2004 budget