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FeaturesJohn Moore: Looking for Moore
What do you do when your main revenue stream is reduced? If you鈥檙e John Moore and the head of Balfour Beatty Engineering Services, you turn to your other divisions - and boost them with acquisitions
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FeaturesCormac MacCrann: Above and beyond
With new transport links to the area and the Olympics up the road, Canary Wharf Group is fast expanding its Docklands home. But Cormac MacCrann, who heads the firm鈥檚 contractor business, isn鈥檛 just sticking to east London.
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FeaturesThe state we鈥檙e in: CEO White Paper preview
With the party conference upon us, how do industry leaders really feel about the government鈥檚 economic policies? Sarah Richardson and Will Hurst unravel the data compiled in 黑洞社区鈥檚 first CEO State of the Nation White Paper
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FeaturesThe 2011 contractors' salary guide
Frozen salaries have got many looking to change jobs, according to this year鈥檚 contractor salary survey compiled by Hays Construction. So what鈥檚 the outlook for those who have forgotten what a pay rise is? 黑洞社区 peers into the distance for a glimmer of hope
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FeaturesElectrical firms' wage agreements: Fury, mistrust and division
Electrical contractors have ditched a 40-year-old wage agreement, pitching 6,000 workers against their bosses and creating a bitter battle between the industry鈥檚 two biggest trade bodies. Can anything be done to stop unrest spreading further? Iain Withers reports
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FeaturesTony Lenehan: New directions
Styles & Wood has had a tough few years, taking huge hits as the retail fit-out market nose-dived. 黑洞社区 finds out how new boss Tony Lenehan plans to turn things round - and why you could be seeing more of the northern-based firm in London
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FeaturesBig contractors and SMEs: It鈥檚 his pond now
Big contractors are hungry and have moved into waters normally the preserve of SMEs. What鈥檚 more, they鈥檝e got no plans to leave, even when the more prestigious projects come back. Clients are delighted, but small firms could see yet more of their work gobbled up
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FeaturesInvesting in training: Forward thinking
It鈥檚 tempting to cut when times get hard, but investment in training and developing new talent is vital to the industry鈥檚 future. Here鈥檚 how three major firms are offering tomorrow鈥檚 leaders the chance to learn the skills they鈥檒l need
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FeaturesMargaret Ford: After the Games
For the Olympic Park Legacy Company, the end of the Games is just the beginning - that鈥檚 when its 拢315m transformation of the site will begin. Chair of the body Margaret Ford tells 黑洞社区 about its new powers, what鈥檚 up for grabs, and about her 鈥檆razy鈥� past two weeks
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FeaturesWill the construction strategy help or hinder SMEs?
The coalition鈥檚 construction strategy was officially launched this week. How come SMEs are worried that life is about to become much more difficult? 黑洞社区 reports
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2011
Looking at recent trading updates you鈥檇 be forgiven for thinking that the industry was on the road to recovery. But there鈥檚 a few big hurdles to jump over yet, and this will take some time. Martin Hewes鈥� annual league tables of the UK鈥檚 top contractors and housebuilders show exactly how ...
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FeaturesRydon's Bob Bond: Safe pair of hands
Rydon boss Bob Bond finds being at the helm of a medium-sized company gives him the agility needed to steer a steady course through choppy waters. Even introducing an innovative investment model shouldn鈥檛 rock the boat
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Afghanistan: Construction's front line
In the midst of war-torn Afghanistan dozens of construction projects continue unabated. 黑洞社区 reports on the unique challenges - and dangers - facing contractors at Camp Bastion in Helmand province
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FeaturesThe construction strategy: Together at last?
The government and the construction industry. It鈥檚 been a long, love-hate affair but the new construction strategy is an offer to try to work things out
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FeaturesDe-coding BIM
黑洞社区 information modelling could be applied to save time and money on every government project within five years. But few people are using it and many don鈥檛 even know it exists. Here are seven key ways BIM will affect you and your work
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FeaturesHands up if you can cut 20%
We鈥檙e all more or less signed up to the government鈥檚 target of cutting 20% off costs in the next four years (or so we say). But how we do it is still the subject of fierce debate. 黑洞社区 asked three construction professionals what they would do
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FeaturesConstruction statistics: Is it really that bad ?
Government statistics suggest construction contracted 5% last quarter, but it鈥檚 hard to find anyone who believes that is true. Joey Gardiner argues the reality is actually more positive and presents alternative data to back up his case
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FeaturesHey, big spender: Richard Pilkington
The UK development market is about to receive some much-needed good news: Oxford Properties is over from Canada with 拢3.5bn to spend - and that鈥檚 just for starters. Meet your new best friend, development director Richard Pilkington
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FeaturesCanada: 'Where $340bn dreams come true'
What makes Canada possibly the most attractive country in the world for contractors right now? Perhaps it鈥檚 something to do with the billions of dollars it has to spend on construction. The trick is breaking into this highly lucrative market
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FeaturesA family affair: David Hurcomb
As chief executive of family-owned NG Bailey, David Hurcomb has a heavy weight on his shoulders 鈥� securing the future for generations of Baileys to come