All ɫTV articles in 19 December 2008 – Page 7

  • Comment

    Luck of the Irish

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    On a recent visit to Northern Ireland, I was amazed by how easy it was to acquire a CSCS card there compared with mainland Britain.

  • Kier Group has brought festive spirit to Parliament Square by decking out a crane on its UK Supreme Court site in Christmas lights
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    Merrily on high

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Kier Group has brought festive spirit to Parliament Square by decking out a crane on its UK Supreme Court site in Christmas lights.

  • Comment

    We gotta rep to protect

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    It has been brought to our attention that your publication (10 October, page 95) used the term “formica” in a manner that could be interpreted to mean decorative plastic laminates in general.

  • Comment

    A game of risk

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Confidence in the construction sector is at rock bottom. What construction firms badly need is a scheme that eliminates most of the risk associated with doing business.

  • Comment

    It means what you want it to mean: Force Majeure

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    ‘Force majeure’ can mean just about anything, which is a problem if you want to invoke it in a contract dispute. So, how is this Napoleonic throwback best used?

  • British Pavilion Shanghai
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    Safety fears over Heatherwick’s Shanghai job

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Thomas Heatherwick could be forced to revise his designs for Britain’s pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo following the safety debacle on his B of the Bang project in Manchester

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    Developer Wharfside grasps Suffolk university lifeline

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Plans for a university quarter in Ipswich have saved a London-based developer whose hotel and homes scheme fell foul of the market.

  • Chris Holt
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    Gleeson ‘to spend year in hibernation’ as slump deepens

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    New chief executive outlines ‘do nothing’ plan for 2009 as staff numbers are cut to the bone

  • The first building of the new University Campus Suffolk has been completed by Willmott Dixon on the Ipswich waterfront
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    Learning curves

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The first building of the new University Campus Suffolk has been completed by Willmott Dixon on the Ipswich waterfront.

  • Citywatch
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    Citywatch: How to lose a hundred pounds

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    No prizes for guessing which two housebuilders suffered the greatest share price plummet in 2008. Yes, Taylor Wimpey and Barratt.

  • Walbrook Square
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    Thomas Vale and McBains Cooper circle failed Pettifer

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Contractor and consultant in running to buy management consulting arm of Warwickshire group

  • Chris Addison
    Comment

    Countdown to Christmas!

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Regardless of our straitened circumstances, fun must be had. Chris Addison explains how, with a bit of ingenuity and a set of crayons, we can make the most of what we have

  • Comment

    A Christmas cheer

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    On behalf of our charity Wishes 4 Kids, I would like to thank you and all those involved for the generous donation of £6,000 that was raised during ɫTV’s poker tournament in October. We decided to use the money to grant the wishes of six very poorly children.

  • Comment

    Negative charge

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    I cannot disagree more strongly with the media’s dismissal of the government’s zero-carbon target for new housing.

  • Safer skyline
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    HSE turns a deaf ear to calls for tower crane register

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Safety agency ‘has rejected’ calls from a select committee to bring in national scheme

  • Lapland
    Comment

    My digital life: Richard Burgess

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    This festive season, Mr Burgess will be watching TV and meeting friends – strictly offline. But he did bravely venture into the ether to make sure his daughters meet Father Christmas

  • The winners in their moment of apotheosis. Usually in a caption we’d tell you who they were, but wouldn’t that spoil the surprise?
    Features

    Strictly ɫTV: construction's finest dance contest

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Passion, tragedy, triumph and dead fancy footwork – if you thought only Saturday night telly could bring you all these things, think again. ɫTV’s answer to Strictly Come Dancing reveals the amazing grace of construction folk

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    Mouchel ponders exit from ɫTV Schools for the Future

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Mouchel is reviewing whether to continue bidding for work under the government’s £45bn ɫTV Schools for the Future programme as dissatisfaction grows with the scheme’s bidding costs.

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    BSF delay

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The selection of a winning bidder on the £1.2bn Birmingham ɫTV Schools for the Future programme has been delayed until 12 January.

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    Major contractors join new trade body

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Mace, Carillion and Balfour Beatty are among the first companies to sign up to the UK Contractors Group, the new trade association to be launched in January.