All articles by Sophie Griffiths – Page 3
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HSE announces London site crackdown
Initiative to stop dangerous practices and raise awareness of risks will begin on 3 March
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LandSecs looks set to dust off Walkie-Talkie tower
Developer seeks new quotes from contractors to build shelved City of London skyscraper
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UK's first corporate manslaughter trial under new act adjourned
Prosecution of Geotechnical Holdings and director Peter Eaton delayed because of defendant's ill health
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Manchester firm fined £24,000 over scaffolding collapse
Court told that failure to tie scaffolding to building put public at risk
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Contractors attack rise of ‘eBay’ tendering
Fears raised over growth of tendering system that allows bidders to compare and revise price
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WYG's revenue plummets 20% to £115.2m
Engineering consultant's turnover slips as it posts pre-tax loss of £4.6m
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Morgan Sindall bags £30m housing repairs job
Affordable housing arm Lovell is picked by Gloucester City Homes for five-year maintenance contract
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Redrow's revenue jumps 25%
Half year results show revenue at housebuilder climbing to £187.2m as legal completions rise 21.5%
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Balfour Beatty arm win £195m highways job in Hong Kong
Gammon Construction wins contract to widen stretch of highways, involving the demolition and construction of bridges
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Kier's revenue falls to £989m
Construction division hit worst with expected revenue reduced by 14.6%
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Crumbling Yorkshire churches to get £2m makeover
Repairs will focus on leaking roofs and eroded masonry in 23 churches
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Castle Cement fined £250k for cancer risk
Flintshire factory admits four health and safety charges related to dust, smoke and noise
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Brown attempts Corus steelworks rescue
More than a thousand jobs could be saved if prime minister secures new owner for plant
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Features
What’s awaiting Mr Wates
ConstructionSkills is in crisis: a trade federation is trying to jump ship, 250 jobs are under threat and grants are set to be slashed by a third. Enter James Wates … Sophie Griffiths reports on what lies in store for the training body’s new chairman
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CSkills to slash a quarter of staff by 2011
CITB ConstructionSkills has begun the process of slashing a quarter of its staff by 2011, as it struggles to plug a £10m deficit
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Lancsville staff suspected as equipment goes missing
1,000 creditors, owed £23m, are unlikely to get anything if failed contractor’s plant is not found
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NHS trusts 'astonishingly' erratic on prompt payment
Survey reveals one in five trusts pay only 1% of bills within 10-day target period set to help small firms
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Carillion JM fined £185,000 after truck hits worker
Firm pleads guilty to health and safety offences after Ford Transit reverses over worker in Oldham
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Two demolition firms fined after labourer dies
Court imposes total fines of £115,000 on John F Hunt Demolition and Bayoak Demo after steel prop kills 29-year-old
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Galliford Try buys Bank of Scotland stake in joint ventures
Contractor takes back 50% share of five housebuilders with development value of £154m