All articles by Sophie Griffiths – Page 34
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Locked pay deals will ensure salary increase for many in industry
Pay for engineers to rise 5.5%, plumbers 5% and electricians 4.5% despite low inflation
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HSE cracks down on contractors in London borough
Safety body condemns firms 'risking lives' during development and refurbishment work in Waltham Forest
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Obama plans $700bn construction programme to beat recession
President-elect to 'lay groundwork for long-term growth' by building infrastructure
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Construction bucks South Africa's downward trend
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ sector surges by annualised 15% in third quarter as overall growth slumps to 0.2%
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Engineers brief Mandelson on sufferings of small firms
Small business representatives meet minister to discuss ways to soften blow of economic downturn
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Safety warning after £3,000 fine for finger injury
HSE will prosecute firms that endanger employees through faulty machinery
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Laing O'Rourke venture wins £420m Australian rail contract
Novo consortium appointed to five-year infrastructure project in New South Wales
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Strategic Forum launches new safety initiatives
Communications group aims to improve industry awareness while new plant group will expand crane work
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Small firms seek Gordon Brown's help
Forum of Private Business wants big firms forced to pay suppliers promptly and banks' lending practices overseen
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Piling blamed for fatal house collapse in Mumbai
Six dead after building collapse attributed to vibrations from nearby piling work
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Materials firm fined £4,000 for hand injury
HSE says plasterboard firm Knauf 'ignored basic health and safety rules'
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Cornish wave power scheme launched
JP Kenny to oversee development of scheme demonstrating wave power on a commercial scale
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Suppliers hit by credit insurance withdrawal
Cover for non-payment of bills for goods received on credit being removed from 12,000 firms
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Lib Dems demand lending eased for small firms
Government called on to take radical action, including possible creation of a new bank
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Scottish Futures Trust will trial 'hubs' to provide purpose-built premises
Finance secretary John Swinney announces £1.4m plan to bring together local authorities, NHS boards community planning partners
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Indians 'lucky' to survive Bahrain lift plunge
Men allegedly ordered against their will to act as weights to test elevator
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Pylon removal starts as tunnels finished at Olympic park
Landscape being cleared of overhead lines after completion of two 6km power tunnels
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Site accidents kill two workers in a week
HSE investigates falling block at Bouygues job and gas explosion on Laing O’Rourke subsidiary’s site
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Roofer fined £2,000 after man falls 4m
Halifax mill owner also fined for poor supervision of repair work to its roof