All articles by Sarah Richardson – Page 42
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Wembley electricians face 74-hour week ultimatum
Unions hold emergency talks with employment agency BMS after it threatens workers with dismissal
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Buro Happold to double size of US workforce to 120
Engineer to open larger officer in New York as it moves to reduce dependence on UK market
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Wembley sparks threaten walk-out over pay
BMS agency workers issue employers with 48-hour ultimatum over non-payment of new London rates
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Directors of Wembley firm charged with kidnapping
Andrew and Lee Haygarth, directors of CBL Cable Contractors, accused of abducting man in Hartlepool
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More problems for Wembley as car park hits delays
Multiplex’s FA Cup hopes fade as car park is delayed by two months and striking steelworkers fail to return to site
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Alarm over US decision to cut Iraq funding
The BRITISH government has stepped in to assess the prospects for UK construction projects in Iraq after the US administration announced that it would stop funding infrastructure work.
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No Scrooges at Wembley this Christmas
Steelworkers at Wembley stadium will be paid £1700 a week over Christmas in a last-ditch attempt to get the stadium’s roof built in time for this season’s FA Cup.
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Buncefield explosion hits Sir Robert McAlpine’s HQ
Contractor forced to quit Hemel Hempstead base by apocalyptic fire in neighbouring oil depot
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Bad weather delays Bovis tower
Contractor Bovis Lend Lease is to claim an extension of time for “extreme weather conditions” after the £80m Bridgewater Place tower in Leeds fell four months behind schedule.
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Lakesmere boss sets out new year resolutions
The name of roofing contractor Lakesmere may not be particularly familiar to the industry, but the company’s work certainly is.
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Skills taskforce for 2012 Olympics
The London Development Agency is to create an emergency taskforce to ensure that the construction industry has enough skilled labour to build the Olympic Games.
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Industry in talks over nuclear skills crisis
The nuclear industry is to meet the construction industry’s trade bodies in the new year to try and head off a skills crisis in the provision of new nuclear power stations.
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Laing considers legal action over T5 strikes
Heathrow Terminal 5 contractor Laing O’Rourke has taken the first step in a legal tussle to stop civil engineering workers taking strike action over pay.
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Halcrow puts Basra office on hold over security fears
Despite reconstruction contract wins, engineer says it will wait until situation improves before opening office
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Hidden talents
Specialist contractors have the skills that can make or break a project, yet they are still overlooked by those higher up the supply chain. Now, according to new research, the industry – and particularly the design sector – is starting to realise the benefits of tapping into specialist knowledge.
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Extra M&E firms drafted in to Wembley
Two more M&E firms have been brought on to the Wembley site in an attempt to get the stadium completed in time for next year’s FA Cup final, writes Sarah Richardson.
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Blair and Prescott lead tributes to George Brumwell
Former general secretary of UCATT and chair of the CSCS card scheme dies suddenly in hospital aged 66
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Carillion eyes Mowlem as the sell-off begins
Former subsidiary Daubney buys part of division for £1m, as two key directors go on gardening leave
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‘Revolutionary’ Olympic skills database launched
Groundbreaking computer model will analyse number of skilled workers needed to build the 2012 Games