All Contractors articles – Page 174
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Comment
Employers must reduce workers' exposure to diesel fumes
Diesel fumes are a hazardous substance that can increase the risk of lung cancer, which like all work-related cancers is preventable
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Features
Fighting for air: Pollution from on-site machinery
Sadiq Khan is on a crusade to improve London’s air quality and now has construction firmly in his sights. Joey Gardiner reports on the high levels of pollution coming from building sites, the danger they pose to workers, and the pressure being put on the industry to clean up its ...
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Crossrail sparks at Whitechapel station get pay rise
Union says pay hike could be replicated across the £14.8bn project
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Vinci weighs up bringing trades in-house
UK construction arm boss Bruno Dupety says approach could be more efficient and save costs
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Bruno Dupety: Action man
In 2014, Bruno Dupety was brought in to sort out Vinci’s UK construction arm: managing some massive project losses, refreshing the leadership team and restructuring struggling parts of the business
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Lendlease £2bn Haringey deal advances amid protests
Protests outside borough headquarters as £2bn development bid progresses
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Paul Sheffield to leave Laing O'Rourke
Founder Ray O’Rourke says departure is right to make way for others ‘with longer horizons’
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BW hires two former Morgan Sindall directors
Paul Smith and Rob Frank have joined the fit out specialist
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Priority schools second phase goes out to market
Education Funding Agency pushes out delayed £2bn second phase of programme to rebuild 277 schools
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Lendlease in line for £2bn Haringey developer role
North London council wants to build 5,000 homes in borough
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Skanska UK profit dips again but grabs market share
Contractor margin slides to 2.1% but revenue hits £1.7bn
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Interserve bags £65m Network Rail deal
Firm to provide facilities services across 11 of the client’s busiest stations
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Tower Bridge school transformed into luxury hotel
India’s largest private hotelier opens first UK hotel
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Comment
Industrial revolution
The government’s industrial strategy offers a welcome prompt to improve productivity and foster innovation, says Mark Farmer, but real change will need to be driven by client demand
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Coleman reveals £1.3m Didcot disaster costs
Demolition contractor sets aside the sum relating to tragic incident which claimed the lives of four men
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Celtic Manor eyes party conferences as Sisk inks £84m expansion deal
Work on Newport complex to finish in 2019