Kate Allen

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    Beat bullies

    2004-06-25T00:00:00

    Workplace bullying is ruining a growing number of people's lives. We look at how it can be stopped

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    Untapped talent

    2004-06-18T00:00:00

    Don't just pay lip-service to diversity – women can offer real business benefits

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    Life on the line

    2004-06-11T00:00:00

    Rats. Diseases. Pitch dark. 130° heat. Airless, confined spaces. No water. Entombed under 30 m of concrete. Endless tunnels. All night, every night. This is not a recurring nightmare, it's a job. We took a journey to the end of the night with the track replacement boys.

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    Executive class

    2004-06-04T00:00:00

    Today's construction leaders need a breadth of experience and a bulging contacts book. We spoke to Chris Cheetham of recruitment consultant Hays Montrose to find out more …

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    The secret of my success

    2004-06-04T00:00:00

    Wondering how construction's big cheeses got their jobs – and how you can follow in their footsteps? Ian Robertson, chief executive of Wilson Bowden, tells us his recipe to making it as a major player in the housebuilding industry

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    Project perfect

    2004-05-28T00:00:00

    An introductory qualification is set to make managing projects a lot easier.

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    Just the job

    2004-05-21T00:00:00

    Solicitor Anthony Fine was among the first to specialise in PFI contracts. Here he tells us about the challenges it poses and his predictions for this evolving market

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    On thin air

    2004-05-07T00:00:00

    Welcome to the bumpy flight that is consultants' pay, where you can experience vertical take-off one moment and the next find yourself frantically trying to remember how you get the oxygen out of that mask thing. We report on the 2004 ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV/Hays Montrose consultants' salary guide.

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    It's getting hot out there …

    2004-05-07T00:00:00

    Thinking of working abroad but not sure where to look for work? We offer a rundown this year's hottest destinations, where UK-trained construction professionals are definitely in demand …

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    Singleton vs empty-nester

    2004-05-07T00:00:00

    There are two types of people who are really suited to working abroad. Which one are you – or should you stay put?

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    Just the job

    2004-05-07T00:00:00

    Dubai is a great location for both work and play – and with its massive construction boom the opportunities are endless, quantity surveyor Fergus Rossiter tells ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV

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    UK prepares warm welcome for guest workers as EU grows by 10

    2004-04-30T00:00:00

    Government hopes that migration of skilled workers will solve construction skills shortages as union’s labour pool increases by 75 million ...

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    Orient express

    2004-04-23T00:00:00

    It takes skill and effort to get started, but once you do you're on a fast-track to success. We talk to recruiter Ed Twaite about the Chinese job market

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    ACE boss slams predecessors

    2004-04-08T00:00:00

    The chief executive of the Association of Consulting Engineers has outlined a programme of rapid change for the organisation and has accused its former bosses of the body of a lack of leadership

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    Sitting comfortably?

    2004-04-02T00:00:00

    Your health in the workplace is your employer's responsibility

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    Take school to the kids

    2004-03-19T00:00:00

    Traditionally, training workers to NVQ level has meant adapting to an inflexible college timetable only to have them learning very generalised subjects. But now firms are training staff on site — and it's proving much more efficient

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    United front

    2004-03-19T00:00:00

    Many companies are attracting new workers into the industry by offering training on site. We look at the initiative on one project by social housing contractor United House

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    Round and round and round we go

    2004-03-19T00:00:00

    … and where we stop, nobody knows. With the skills crisis most acute in housebuilding, it seems everybody is poaching staff off everybody else and all getting nowhere. We find out what can be done – and scrutinises five firms’ policies. ...

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    Neat trick

    2004-03-12T00:00:00

    We report from Waverley Gate in Edinburgh on how Balfour Beatty is progressing in its attempt to build a spanking new office building inside the shell of a huge Victorian post office. Which is rather like performing a triple axel, while wearing ill-fitting Wellington boots. And driving a tractor. On ...

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    Siteseeing with the HSE

    2004-02-27T00:00:00

    Site managers! Do you live in terror of a safety visit, no matter how innocent you are? And do you wish you knew what went on in those inspectors' heads? To unravel the mystery, we spent a day with the dark hero of health – Norman the HSE inspector.

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