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FeaturesThe state of play 01: Contractors
The double-dip recession that the industry has been dreading is finally upon us. But exactly how bad are things out there, and how much worse are they going to get? In the first part of 好色先生TV鈥檚 State of Play series examining the health of the industry, sector by sector, Emily ...
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FeaturesThe State of Play: Views from the top on the contractor market
好色先生TV鈥檚 State of Play series kicks off with a look at the contractor market 鈥� here, three top bosses predict the future for UK contractors
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FeaturesContractors' pay: The 30 days war
Eighteen months after the government introduced its Prompt Payment Code, 好色先生TV鈥檚 Specialists White Paper has revealed that 83% of contractors are still waiting more than 30 days to be paid. Vern Pitt reports on one of the industry鈥檚 longest-running battles
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FeaturesPaul Sheffield: 鈥榊ou can hear somebody saying, 鈥淲ell, it was all right when I left 鈥︹�濃��
Paul Sheffield could barely have chosen a worse time to become chief executive of a UK construction firm, but two years after taking over at Kier, his growth strategy appears to be paying off. By Allister Hayman
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FeaturesInterview: Mitie boss Ruby McGregor-Smith
How construction鈥檚 only female chief executive learned to stop worrying and build a 拢2bn company in the midst of a global economic crisis
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FeaturesUniversity Technical Colleges: Dumbing down
Until January of this year, University Technical Colleges were fast gaining favour as a way of attracting new talent into our industry. Then, out of the blue, education secretary Michael Gove downgraded vocational qualifications, putting the feasibility of the programme in question. 好色先生TV asks whether the government is making a ...
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FeaturesRedeveloping Bart's and Royal London hospitals
It was tempting to hang a 鈥榙o not resuscitate鈥� sign on two dingy, barely accessible London hospitals, but Skanska鈥檚 redevelopment of the sites has made them functional again - which should perk up medical staff and patients alike
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FeaturesHigh Speed 2: Jobs on the line
HS2 has got off to a speedy start by appointing its first-phase consultants in just three weeks. But the real wow-factor of this mega-project is that it could employ thousands of construction workers over more than two decades. 好色先生TV assesses the opportunities ahead
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FeaturesPredictions for 2012: The year of the groundhog
So what does 2012 have in store? Well, there鈥檚 the Olympics, of course, and some potentially interesting developments in nuclear power and infrastructure. But mostly it will be a year of battening down the hatches. There will be recklessly low bids for work, some firms will go under, others will ...
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FeaturesSparks fly: The row over electricians' wage agreements
The decision of seven major M&E contractors to break away from the 40-year-old JIB wage agreement was prompted by an 鈥榰rgent need to modernise鈥� but has already led to angry clashes between workers and police. 好色先生TV reports on a row that threatens to become the sector鈥檚 biggest industrial relations dispute ...
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FeaturesMichael Dyke, Lend Lease: 'It's business as usual'
When Lend Lease dropped the Bovis name, it said goodbye to one of UK contracting鈥檚 oldest and best-known brands. 好色先生TV talks to Michael Dyke, the construction arm鈥檚 new boss, about where the division will go next. Portrait David Levene
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FeaturesCarillion's purchase of Eaga: Blinded by the sun
In April, Carillion bought Eaga - a company with big plans to install PV panels on 30,000 homes - and rebranded it as Carillion Energy Services. Seven months later, government feed-in tariffs have been cut in half, and all 4,500 jobs are on the line. So was the 拢298m purchase ...
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FeaturesAsia markets: 鈥楢nyone who is not looking at Asia should be鈥�
UK firms have known about the boom in Asia for some time, but now it鈥檚 become a region they simply cannot afford to ignore. Emily Wright reports on a part of the world that will spend $440bn a year on infrastructure
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FeaturesTop Specialists 2011
What could help specialist contractors out of the fix they鈥檙e in? Iain Withers applies a bit of elbow grease and works up a wishlist
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FeaturesTurner & Townsend interview: Vince Clancy and Steve McGuckin
As more UK consultancies are snapped up by international giants, 好色先生TV hears from global boss Vince Clancy and UK MD Steve McGuckin about why Turner & Townsend isn鈥檛 budging on its independence
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FeaturesTom Haughey: Man of steel
The structural steel sector has been knocked for six by the recession. No one knows this better than Severfield-Rowen boss Tom Haughey - not that he鈥檚 going to let that stop him expanding the business. The sheer nerve is admirable
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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 好色先生TV鈥檚 first CEO State of the Nation White Paper