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FeaturesFlight from reality?
Airports have to expand, but doing the work seems strangely problematic
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The nightmare we're trying to wake from
What use is insurance if you go broke trying to pay for it?
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People who need people: Construction's management in crisis
The modern industry demands news skills from its leaders
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FeaturesPeople to watch
Stuart GrahamThe new American chief executive of Skanska will this month conclude a top-level review of the firm's businesses worldwide. Expect big changes in the deployment of Skanska's forces.Will AlsopThe jolly architect's peculiar brand of blobular, stilt-propped architecture may no longer be the height of fashion, but Alsop has hit ...
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Mystic wag
In an attempt to stay ahead of events in 2003, Marcus Fairs invested in a crystal ball and saw from the news stories rolling off the presses that life in the construction industry will be as unpredictable as ever 鈥�
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The Vikings have arrived
This year, France’s domination of the European contractors league table was brought to an end by a Swedish assault. And, as Matthew Richards reports, Skanska isn’t the only firm with global ambitions.
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Local lowdown: East Anglia
In the latest of the series on regional job markets, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose examines East Anglia, where activity and salaries are on the up and up
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Persimmon to pay 拢220,000 to ex-Beazer workers
Housebuilder makes payment to 200 UCATT members after allegations that it broke employment regulations.
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FeaturesHighlights of 2002
If you鈥檙e looking for one building that symbolises 2002, it has to be Swiss Re, the City tower that鈥檚 the last word in first-class design and construction 鈥� and is still largely unlet. If you want more than one, read the next 12 pages as 黑洞社区 rewinds the past year ...
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Bovis Lend Lease storms ahead with 拢600m work
Two thumping contracts mean Bovis' November tally is six times that of nearest rival HBG Construction.
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Contractor YJL closes final salary pension scheme
Parent group Montpellier acknowledges employee anger but says decision is the right one for shareholders.
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FeaturesNow for a feast 鈥�
Imagine what a restaurant critic would make of a Christmas visit to a bustling site canteen. Well, you don't have to: Jonathan Meades has done just that at Bovis' site at White City in west London 鈥� and found that not everything was quite to his taste. In fact, he ...
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For starters
Paul Slater, Adam Brooks and Eric Biggs tell Phil Clark what it was like quitting Gleeds, striking out on their own and setting up project management firm APE
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On queasy street
Construction Forecasting and Research's figures for October reveal an air of unease in the industry, particularly when you consider declining order books and dwindling economic confidence
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Ex-Wilcon boss returns to housebuilding with Peabody Trust
Former Wilson Connolly director John Weir this week returned to the housebuilding industry as a consultant to housing association Peabody Trust.Weir has a six-month contract to help the trust compete with the private sector and establish itself as a provider of homes for sale. The former Wilson Connolly director won ...
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FeaturesNeil Holloway
Microsoft UK's dynamic managing director is about to offer a cornucopia of supersmart IT devices to the construction industry, and he's eager to tell Marcus Fairs all about them 鈥�