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Construction workers are neededall over the UK, big construction jobs around the uk mean that construction workers are in big demand.
Some big Uk jobs are:
London olympic 2012
Newport regeneration scheme
Leeds Initiative's Environmental City Partnership
THE waterfront at Portsmouth’s Gunwharf Quays
Readings 'SILICON VALLEY' PARK
Some construction info:
Situated at Junction 11 off the M4 in the heart of the Thames Valley, Reading International Business Park benefits from excellent transport connections to London and Heathrow. It provides hi-tech companies with a superb location in which to meet their competitors head-on in the UK’s Silicon Valley.
In October 2001, the scheme won the prestigious Best Development on a Business Park Award from the Industrial Agents Society and the Office Agents Society with judges commenting that: “from masterplanning through to its architecture it sets the standard for others”.
Designed and masterplanned by Aukett Europe for international office and business park developer Akeler the £46 million development began on site in April 1999, and has now been occupied in its entirety by WorldCom as their European HQ.
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Five years have lapsed since the original concept for a stunning 165 metre high observation tower to complement Berkeley Group’s highly successful shopping development at Gunwharf Quays. Portsmouth Harbour can now expect upwards of half a million tourists a year.
The design of a billowing spinnaker sail was a clear winner with a 60 per cent majority from the people of Portsmouth.
Features include three viewing platforms suspended between the two inclined hexagonal bows at 100m, 105m, and 110m.
Stunning architectural lighting will transform the tower and harbour skyline at night, and during clear day visitors will have a view of over 23 miles.
As far as construction is concerned, it’s a pretty complex job for design and build contractors, civil engineers John Mowlem Plc.
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Payment of subcontractors for public holidays
As things stand, construction companies can include public holidays in a subcontractor's entitlement to four weeks' paid holiday under the working time regulations However, when the WTR is amended in 2007, construction companies will face substantial extra costs, warns Nick Chronias, a partner in the employment practice of law firm Beachcroft. "The paid leave entitlement will increase to 24 days in October 2007 and 28 days the year after that, although the government may phase in the changes in order to cushion the extra cost," he says.
"However, all construction employers that currently include public holidays in the four-week holiday entitlement for employees or subcontractors, need to start calculating the cost implications of this.
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Amec has been awarded a £36m contract by Hochtief PPP Solutions (UK) Ltd to design and deliver two new secondary schools, Harrop Fold High School and Buile Hill High School, in the City of Salford.
Work is due to begin immediately on both schools and will be completed in time for the start of the school year in September 2008.
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Scottish financier Sir Tom Hunter is set to table a £2bn plus cash offer for housebuilder Wilson Bowden, according to the Times newspaper today.
The report claims that Hunter, backed by HBOS, faces competition from George Wimpey and Barratt Developments - all of whom are expected to table bids for Wilson Bowden as early as today.
The news comes only a week after Hunter secured the backing from Crest Nicholson’s board for a £713m offer for the property developer.
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David Barrow, managing director of the new company, based in Camberley, Surrey, said: “There’s been a lot of uncertainty over the future of Schmidlin and we felt it was important to change our name to reflect the new company structure.”
Barrow has headed up Mero (UK) for the past four years. Two years ago, the business was bought by TSK but the new owner decided to continue trading in the UK under the name of Mero (UK).
When the Schmidlin group hit financial difficulties early in 2006 its parent company, Schmidlin (Switzerland), went into administration and TSK bought it from the administrator.
Despite this happening, the Schmidlin (UK) division had continued trading on for a while before its directors put it into pre-pack administration. It emerged from this with a new owner – Lidner, a rival cladding specialist to Mero.
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