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University of Brighton vs Dovehouse Interiors Limited: Wrong nominating body
‘The adjudicator resigned having realised that the correct nominating body was not the RICS’
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Balfour Beatty 'chucks out global strategy'
Analysts say move to sell consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff shows firm has abandoned its long-term strategy
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Laker vs Jacobs: A complex case
This case is a good reminder of the court’s unwillingness to set aside adjudicator’s decisions where mistakes within the decision may be found to exist
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Balfour Beatty M&E boss exits after profit warning
Engineering services managing director Phil McGuire follows group chief executive Andrew McNaughton out the door after £30m profit warning
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Hospital job pushes Sir Robert McAlpine to £38m loss
Firm’s contracting arm has to bail out Caribbean subsidiary over problems on £176m job
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Crossrail concrete workers’ conditions ‘unsafe’
Whistleblower claims concrete workers were exposed to unsafe conditions before last month’s fatality
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Lead times: January - March 2014
Increased enquiries and workload are now affecting most trades throughout the industry, which is showing in increasing lead times. Brian Moone of Mace Business School reports
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Balfour Beatty boss resigns amid fresh £30m profit hit
Group chief executive to leave “with immediate effect” after further UK construction losses discovered
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Spain comes out of the rain
Spain’s economy is off the emergency ward - and that goes for its property and construction sectors too
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Horizon makes three senior hires
Client behind two proposed nuclear power plants recruits senior executives
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Six firms bag £1.3bn Anglian Water framework
Winning bidders for massive infrastructure framework include Balfour Beatty and Skanska
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Wonders & blunders with Félicie Krikler
If the Palais des Festivals wasn’t such an overbearing bunker, it might enjoy the amazing views, says Félicie Krikler. Whereas the Museum of the History of Tel Aviv-Yafo is so well composed, it is the view
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Sketch of the week: Parthenon
Bryan Avery of Avery Associates Architects gives us a picture of the Parthenon
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Rate of construction recovery slows
Latest construction PMI survey finds recovery continued in April, albeit at a slower rate than over the past six months
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Image of the week: Workers’ Memorial Day
Trade union Ucatt pays tribute to workers who have lost their lives on sites this year
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Scape launches £1.5bn infrastructure framework
Sole contractor sought for new framework to focus on local civil engineering projects, including flood defence work
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Team picked for £1.5bn Aylesbury Estate redevelopment
Architects chosen to masterplan and design first phase of massive regeneration scheme
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Big six contractors facing increasing cash flow pressure
Analysis shows UK’s biggest contractors now have an aggregate net debt of £328m
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Cité Musicale: In tune with Paris
Construction has begun on an international music hub in the French capital