All articles by David Rogers – Page 11
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Multiplex settles a Wembley row…
The Wembley stadium row between PC Harrington and Multiplex, in which the concrete firm was claiming more than £17m, has been settled out of court.
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Severfield-Rowen girds up for UAE and India
UK steel contractor to open office in Abu Dhabi and form Indian partnership
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Nagarjuna set to add to £540m of UAE work
Indian construction firm bidding for four further projects in the region next year
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Gulf workers' living conditions 'unfit for cats and dogs'
Qatar conference is warned that labourers from overseas must not be treated as 'second-class citizens'
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Costain mulls plans to expand in Gulf
Proposed expansion would focus on Abu Dhabi rather than more mature market of Dubai
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John Doyle to close St Albans office
Concrete contractor will close office despite 19% boost in turnover
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Women under-represented in construction, reveals guide
Female employees can make up as little as 10% of total staff and are unlikely to gain equity
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Workers name the industry’s 75 best employers
Survey of 30,000 staff shows which firms offer the most benefits and the best company culture
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The big picture: Employers guide 2008
So now we know which construction’s best employers are, but what else does all that data tell us? David Rogers crunches the numbers
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What the table tells us
So do contractors do more inspiring work than architects? Who hands out the most motors? Are engineers more generous with holidays than consultants? Which firms give you the most maternity benefits? The best pensions? Which is the most fun to work for? David Rogers analyses the data
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It's time the construction industry embraced digital technology
Where is the Eddy Shah who will make digital construction the industry standard?
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Prefabrication in the sixties
Now and then — David Rogers on the government’s endless efforts to get the industry to embrace modern methods
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Murder on the Blueberry Estate
Chapter one of David Roger's regeneration murder-mystery story set in east London
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Now and then — Penned in a nest
David Rogers on whether you would wish your wife or your servants to live in a block of flats …
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YRM in the running for Sir Elton’s gallery
Superstar seeks new designer for photo gallery after rejecting initial proposals
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YRM in the running for Sir Elton’s gallery
Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish have gone back to the drawing board for their planned gallery for John’s photographic collection
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Voices from the rubble
Lebanon’s bloggers have been turning their attention to their government’s chances of rebuilding all the civil infrastructure destroyed by the Israeli Defence Force. David Rogers listened in
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Now and then -Â Meddling with the housing market
David Rogers on how the problems we face now are the same ones that defeated us 89 years ago
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View from The Edge
Our series of articles on big problems and their solutions continues with a look at ways of reducing energy use - even though it may be too late.