All articles by David Rogers – Page 5
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View from on high: ISG's Darren Hill
Tough times these may be for specialists, but many have worked out survival strategies. Here, Darren Hill, UK manager of ISG, the UK’s top fit-out specialist, talks to David Rogers about his plans to stay on top.
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Top Specialists 2010
Britain’s top subcontractors are having to adapt to survive - and faster than the first crustaceans. David Rogers looks at the strategies they’re adopting (going backwards isn’t one of them), while Martin Hewes ranks them by turnover and specialisation
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Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2010
After two years of wading through mud and leeches, there are finally some signs that solid ground is in sight.avid Rogers assesses the evidence
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Steelwork repairs hamper Shard progress
Mace’s deadline to build the Shard has come under renewed pressure after a key part of the 310m tall tower has had to be repaired
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Elections? Who needs them
Back issues special We had two other hung parliaments in the past hundred years. If the election of 1974 was bizarre by today’s standards, 1929 was truly surreal,
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Vinci versus the wurzels
Strange as it may seem, a council faced with two bids that are equally good can take all kinds of things into account when picking a winner, as this recent case demonstrates
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Electronic disclosure: Paying lawyers to look at porn
Because they get into a court case and have to disclose all kinds of electronic documents, no matter how embarrassing. And the cost of doing that can be spectacular. David Rogers and Debika Ray report on a growing problem
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US and you: America’s London embassy is looking for UK firms
America is about to build a £330m embassy in south-west London and it wants British firms to do the lion’s share of the work
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Former Doyle boss joins EnterpriseMouchel
Former John Doyle chief executive Rob Johnson has been parachuted into highways maintenance firm EnterpriseMouchel as interim managing director
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Review of the decade: 2000-2009
The past 10 years will be remembered for the long, long boom that turned into a deep, deep recession, but a lot of other things happened along the way … So here’s our guide to the people, the projects, the deals, the disasters, the feuds and the fights that made ...
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Gotta get through it: Halcrow builds the UAE's longest tunnel
This mountain range stands between Dubai and one of the UAE’s most important ports. Which is why a team from Halcrow is holed up there right now, enduring the heat and hard rock on the country’s longest ever tunnel project
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Foster and HOK dragged into Wembley row
Multiplex expects to question about five employees of the architects that designed Wembley stadium as part of its £250m legal tussle with Mott MacDonald, the consulting engineer on the project
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Watchdog to probe role of contractors in setting up blacklist
Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate 40 firms as Unite looks into claims that union officials informed on their own members
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Training grant cuts spark industry row
Industry professionals criticise 'short-sighted' decision to axe £250 grants for Chartered Institute of ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV courses
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Bovis won’t have monopoly on Olympic village
Lend Lease has opened a tendering process for the £900m Olympic village that could result in the main rivals to subsidiary Bovis Lend Lease capturing a large amount of the work
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India to suffer from falling expat income
Lower overseas remittances from 5 million Gulf workers predicted to hit economy hard
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Lend Lease offers Olympic work to Bovis rivals
Developer invites firms to bid for major part of £900m athletes village work against own UK subsidiary
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Gulf steel firm halts expansion plans
Slump in demand from UAE forces RAK Steel to stall opening of new facility
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Mace seals deal to build Shard
Formal confirmation to be announced today with construction price believed to be around £425m