All Contractors articles – Page 171
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Developers must tackle 'stigma' of offsite construction
Ecobuild latest: Head of design for Lendlease says stigma of prefab is holding back offsite method
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Mind the tender price gap
Cost pressures have hit new highs, creating a lag between initial project costs and the final tender price, so what’s to be done?
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Lakehouse shifts to AIM and reveals £39m win
Firm believes move from main stock market will reap ‘significant benefits’
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The need for International Women's Day
Gender equality in the workplace is not a ‘women’s issue’, the fact that it is still an aspiration has huge economic implications for us all
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Why women don't pick construction careers
Women in Construction Week should prompt us all to think about how the industry can discard outdated stereotypes
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Carillion JV lands £490m Dubai World Expo job
Contractor will build theme districts for exhibition
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Train to win
The apprenticeship levy is coming, so we might as well make the best of it. And how we do that is by thinking smarter and working together to make the scheme succeed for us
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We need a boring Budget
Next week the chancellor will unveil his spring Budget, let’s hope he uses it to strengthen existing policies and provide certainty rather than unleash any big surprises
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Costain profit up but takes bigger hit on PFI waste job
Contractor posts solid set of results despite increased loss on Manchester PFI scheme
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Build UK signs up CIOB as a member
Professional body joins several developers in signing up in recent months
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Making the private rented sector work
Successful affordable rented schemes are ones that allow communities to grow, and to do that we need to listen to tenants’ needs
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Pycroft pays tribute to Irvine Sellar
Mace chair describes Shard developer as ‘one of life’s characters’
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One in four London construction workers are from EU, report reveals
Capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan warns of potential crippling effect of a ‘Hard Brexit’
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Double win for Multiplex as it rules across January tables
Contractor takes total of next seven rivals combined with awards from Dalian Wanda and Great Portland
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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