John Leigh was a county surveyor who held firmly to his conviction, formed before the Second World War, that motorways would the future for intercity traffic. He considered himself fortunate to be appointed a bridge engineer under James Drake in Lancashire, and it was with him that he started his long association with motorway construction. He helped to produce the Road Plan for Lancashire, the first document of its kind. In 1953 he gained promotion to assistant...
Winners unveiled at CJ Best Places to Work in Construction Awards 2009 
Contract Journal
Contract Journal
The winners of the Contract Journal Best Places to Work in Construction Awards 2009 were unveiled during a packed ceremony yesterday at Lord's Cricket Ground....
State's 20,000 engrs strike work
The Times of India
The Times of India
23 Jun 2009, 0147 hrs IST, TNN Text: PATNA/SITAMARHI: Over 20,000 government engineers on Monday proceeded on a three-day pen-down strike on the call of...
Tough times for building industry
Business Report
Business Report
Johannesburg - Business conditions are tough in the building industry at present, FNB Chief Economist Cees Bruggemans said on Wednesday. He was commenting following the release of the FNB Building Confidence Index...
Surveyors see a decline in rents
BBC News
BBC News
The proportion of surveyors reporting a fall in rent in the three months to the end of April hit its highest since the poll of surveyors began in 1999. The Royal Institution of...
Wildcat strikes will go nuclear
The Guardian
The Guardian
It's the dispute that won't go away. For the third time this year, thousands of engineering construction workers have gone on unofficial strike, fighting for the right to work. This time the dispute has escalated...
Bihar for CBI probe into techie death; stir on
The Times of India
The Times of India
25 Jun 2009, 2352 hrs IST, TNN Text: PATNA: Even as the Bihar government on Wednesday recommended a CBI probe into the mysterious death of engineer...
Can the strikers beat the industry?
The Guardian
The Guardian
These are days of defiance in the engineering construction industry. The employers won't give in and neither will the striking workers, even though the ante has been continually upped in the last week. Total, on behalf...
Nitish for CBI probe into techie's death
The Times of India
The Times of India
26 Jun 2009, 0039 hrs IST, TNN Text: PATNA: Even as the Bihar government...
