All Features articles – Page 628
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Robert Jones
The former Conservative construction minister is now chairman of housebuilder Redrow. Which means he’s back with his first love: planning.
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A natural reaction
The Discain case has fuelled the debate over the conduct of adjudications where one party feels there has been a breach of natural justice that affected the outcome.
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Rough and tumble
Undoing deals on the grounds of economic duress is difficult, as shown by a recent decision of Mr Justice Dyson in the Technology and Construction Court.
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Variations on a theme
The dispute over how to value variations under the ICE form, recently considered by the Court of Appeal, has just been given another twist by the Technology and Construction Court.
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Appointments
Contractors Tewkesbury-based JP Construction has promoted Malcolm Dorsett to contracts director. He will be responsible for all site operations and health and safety.Keith Lambert has been appointed managing director of refurbishment and fit-out specialist Walter Lilly, part of YJL.HousebuilderCharles Church has appointed Chris Warner sales manager of its Southern division, ...
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Fantasy architecture
The might-have-beens of history include architectural masterpieces that never got off the ground. Now, thanks to computer graphics, we can get a glimpse what we’ve been missing.
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Cheque mate
The grand master behind the Morrison-Anglian tie-up was not Sir Fraser Morrison. Here’s how younger brother Gordon brokered the lucrative deal and stepped into the limelight.
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Clash points
The fuel crisis hit construction hard. Now, contractors must convince their clients that they need extensions of time to cope with the delays it caused. Luckily, the force majeure clause in the JCT forms can help.
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Clash points
Let’s not get carried away. Force majeure is not defined that clearly in English law – or in JCT98. And can the fuel crisis really be said to have prevented work, or did it just make it more difficult?
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Top of the form
A new standard form of subcontract for use on government work has been condemned by the Constructors Liaison Group as “utterly flawed” and “dreadful”. Do any of its attacks stand up to examination?
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High society
Two innovatively designed, high-density housing schemes in London Docklands fit nicely with Lord Rogers' urban vision – except for their quarter-of-a-million-pound price tag.
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Made in Japan
Hold on to your hard hats. A Japanese contractor has developed the technology to add a storey to a building every three days. How? Using robots, of course.
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Jolly well prove it
If you’re not on the ball with proving the basis for a delay claim or don’t know how to show what really caused the delay, then Nicholas Carnell’s book is certainly for you.
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Jump or push?
An employee who resigns because the boss has acted unreasonably could have grounds for a tribunal.
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Testing the limits
The fifth in this series of articles on collateral warranties looks at limitation provisions and limits on liability.
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Ocean Wharf
The elliptical 12-storey shaft of Ocean Wharf stands as a stylish modern bookend at the end of a row of new housing developments on the riverfront in London Docklands. Like Limehouse Basin, Ocean Wharf is developed by a suburban housebuilder new to high density inner-city schemes. In this case the ...
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Under siege
Concern is mounting across the industry over the Defence Estates prime contract. Accusations are flying that it is simply a way of offloading risk. Construction is gearing up to go to war.
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Who says Glasgow’s miles better?
Edinburgh’s waterfront development is steaming ahead while arch-rival Glasgow struggles to stay in contention.
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The future’s now
How the next 20 years pan out for construction depends on what the industry does today – a government consultation paper, Building Our Future, gives us the chance to consider the opportunities and the risks.