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A better deal for migrants
Foreign workers play a vital role in construction, and to protect them from exploitation more needs to be done to regulate pay and conditions as well as improve health and safety training
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FeaturesStep 3: integrate the supply - We鈥檙e only as strong as our weakest link 鈥�
Construction鈥檚 worst flaw is said to be its supply chain, which is why so much work is going into improving relationships between suppliers, contractors and clients. Here are some examples of joined-up thinking
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Appendix 1: regional skills roundup - A nationwide skills hunt
Employers across the country complain of a skills shortage, but has it hit some regions more than others? And could we be experiencing the effects of a North-South divide? Some researchers intend to find out 鈥�
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Appendix 2: the government鈥檚 role - Friends in high places
Public spending is on the increase 鈥� which means construction and government need each other more than ever before. Here鈥檚 how the two of them are coming to a mutual understanding 鈥�
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Bovis hits number one with 拢171m work in October
拢140m PFI cancer centre in Leeds helps it take monthly title 鈥� and consolidate lead in annual table
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Local lowdown: Yorkshire
As multimillion-pound developments begin to crop up across Yorkshire, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at some of the job prospects in the region
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FeaturesThe secret epidemic
We all know the horrific statistic that a construction worker dies every three or four days. What this figure conceals is the hundred of thousands of others struggling with work-related illness, trauma and stress.
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FeaturesPeak performance
The Health and Safety Laboratory provides technical back-up for the Health and Safety Executive, a remit that includes exploding trucks full of fireworks and body piercing. And it now has a 拢56m PFI base in Derbyshire to work out of. We found out what it does 鈥� and how it ...
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A nip in the air
In this month鈥檚 Tracker, Experian Business Strategies division reports that growth in orders is slowing and the activity growth rate is expected to fall over the three months to December
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The future is here
Los Angeles: Year 2004. Fifteen years earlier than Ridley Scott suggested, Blade Runner architecture has landed on the West Coast in the shape of this transportation HQ.
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FeaturesTurfing Dracula out of his coffin
The castle that inspired the novel Dracula is to be turned into holiday apartments, but locals are branding it a huge mi-鈥渟take鈥�.
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FeaturesRedesign depression
Plans for Leicester鈥檚 Haymarket theatre have one councillor down in the dumps.
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Costs: Bathroom standards
When baths need to be replaced, understanding detailed specification options is the key to making the best value life-cycle decisions, says Peter Mayer of 星空传媒 Performance Group
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FeaturesOlder and wiser homes
This stylish block of flats looks like an exclusive seaside development but is in fact a social housing scheme located in the London borough of Southwark.
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FeaturesA magical night
More than 700 guests attended the second Specialist Contractor Awards at London鈥檚 Park Lane Hilton, presented by magician Paul Zenon. Here鈥檚 some of the highlights 鈥�
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FeaturesAsk Edward
The government is eager to increase drug testing in 鈥榮afety critical' workplaces such as building sites. But what does this mean for employees' rights and responsibilities?