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FeaturesCostain vs Kier: The battle for May Gurney
Who stands to win if Kier does decide to challenge Costain over its merger with May Gurney?
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FeaturesTesting their metal
Steelwork specialist Severfield-Rowen built a reputation on large-scale, complex projects but its chief executive stood down last week after cost overruns on the Cheesegrater. Iain Withers looks at the issues facing the firm and the wider specialist sector
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FeaturesLocal Enterprise Partnerships: Going local
Last week, the chancellor beefed up Local Enterprise Partnerships and tasked them with administering anything up to 拢50bn in government funding to promote growth in local economies. This gives construction companies a rare chance to influence policy and win work
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Features'I'll be back' - Why bosses return to run their companies
Why some bosses come back to save the companies they founded - with varying degrees of success
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FeaturesWhat's the future of nuclear decommissioning?
Last week鈥檚 devastating National Audit Office report on decommissioning facilities at Sellafield has led many to question whether the UK has the skills needed to deal with nuclear waste. But does the problem really lie with a Nuclear Decommissioning Authority overly occupied with cutting costs? Will Hurst investigates
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FeaturesThe long wait for BAA
BAA鈥檚 major projects are waiting on the tarmac. What does this mean for construction and will the operator鈥檚 reputation as an innovative client survive the turbulence?
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FeaturesKevin Taylor and Phil Pringle: We like winning
Kevin Taylor and Phil Pringle, the two men who built McLaren, on how they created a 拢400m-turnover contractor in the teeth of an economic crisis 鈥� and why they鈥檝e got no plans to sell up
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FeaturesRestructuring contractors: adapt or die
Faced with the deepest recession in living memory, construction companies are having to restructure to survive. But what does this actually mean, will the restructuring work - and what are the human consequences?
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FeaturesContractor salary survey 2012: Signs of life
Find out the winners and losers in this year鈥檚 salary survey with our interactive tables and full analysis
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FeaturesThe missing apprentices
Why are there fewer apprentices in construction despite increased government spending on apprenticeships? 好色先生TV investigates
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FeaturesHow Canada took the if out of PFI
While the UK government tries to work out what to do with the controversial procurement route, the Canadians have created a version that transacts deals in half the time and gives the market far greater cost certainty. But could their approach work here?
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FeaturesStephen Pycroft: The man who scaled the Shard
With no more Shards on the horizon, how will Mace keep moving upwards? The firm鈥檚 chief executive explains
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FeaturesM&E firms: The heat is on
Why have M&Es been hit so hard this year and can anything be done to stop more of them going under?
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FeaturesSteve Hindley: Mr Happy
The chair of contractor Midas and the CBI鈥檚 Construction Council has a smile on his face. What does he know that we don鈥檛?
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FeaturesShould we work all hours?
Ray O鈥橰ourke has said a 35-hour week would make the industry more attractive to recruits. How realistic is a shorter working week is - and does anyone really want it?
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FeaturesOlympic marketing rights: Time鈥檚 running out
Is it too late for UK construction to benefit from the Olympics?
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FeaturesEverybody鈥檚 talking鈥�
鈥� and unfortunately the government can鈥檛 hear a word they鈥檙e saying. It has never been more important for the industry to speak with one voice. Now the chairman of the CPA has a new plan
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FeaturesAre contractors not up to the job?
好色先生TV鈥檚 survey shows clients are having trouble finding contractors with the skills they need. Joey Gardiner asks why
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FeaturesPension problems: Don't look now
Construction firms鈥� final salary pension liabilities of 拢33bn are set to attack their balance sheets, stop investment and hold back growth for years to come. Yet far from confronting the problem, many are simply ignoring it and hoping it will go away. Will Hurst reports