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NewsBovis Homes seals further £50m funding
Housebuilder signs £50m extension to £125m revolving credit facility
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NewsContractors sought for £200m highways framework
Birmingham council starts race for a £200m infrastructure framework.
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CommentInterpreting ambiguities in contract documents: RWE Npower Renewables Ltd vs JN Bentley Ltd
The judgment highlights that interpretation of contract documents requires one to determine what a reasonable person, with the background knowledge available, would have understood the parties to have meant
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NewsFive firms vie for next phase of Battersea
Exclusive: Five firms invited to bid for the first stage of the £700m phase two of Battersea Power Station development
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NewsLend Lease construction arm £9m in the red
Loss at European construction business follows problem jobs and restructuring costs
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CommentConstruction 2025: You cannot be serious
The industrial strategy for construction asks the industry to do a lot ‘in partnership’ with government. But why are we the ones being asked to do more work for less money?
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CommentHow to meet the deadline for HCA funding agreements
Projects must be completed by March 2015 in order to benefit from HCA funding agreements. What steps can be taken to ensure this happens?
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CommentLow-carbon UK? Don’t hold your breath
The government’s policies on lowering carbon emissions aren’t working
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NewsConstruction appointments: 23 August 2013
Woods Bagot, Lovell and Seddon are among the firms announcing appointments and promotions
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NewsEmployers bid for place on asbestos claims scheme
National Federation of Builders lobbies Department of Work and Pensions to ensure builders are not left open to liabilities
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NewsDelivery partner revealed for £331m London tube upgrade
Exclusive: Team including EC Harris, Mace and CH2M Hill will help deliver radical new procurement approach
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine lays out its blacklist defence
Contractor denies liability for damages caused by the use of blacklisting organisation and details involvement of other firms
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FeaturesPutting a boss on a building site
Are construction bosses any good at building? Kier MD Graham Howe volunteered to spend time on site to find out
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CommentShifting the blame for the Green Deal ...
Ed Davey has a cheek in trying to pin the slow take-up on external wall insulation providers
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CommentFailing to raise Green Deal awareness
The government must invest to ensure the public knows what is on offer
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CommentA real recovery needs broad sustainable growth
Data from the CPA/Barbour ABI index shows the need for growth outside of London