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Features
Andrew McNaughton: A Brit abroad
As chief operating officer of the biggest UK-based European contractor with a £15bn order book and profit north of £300m, Balfour Beatty’s Andrew McNaughton has more reason than most to be bullish. But, as he tells Building, there’s work out there for smaller firms too - if they know where ...
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MoD work: Private sector-led plan of attack
The Ministry of Defence’s announcement that it won’t let any new construction contracts this year has left bidders in limbo, but could the imminent appointment of a private sector partner boost morale in the ranks?
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Hansom: There are limits
This week the elusive Ray O’Rourke breaks cover but not on the internet, the NHBC discovers that housebuilders and X Factor winners don’t mix and the Chinese push boundaries with speedy building
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Wates goes top with 18 wins
Contracts worth £280m saw firm take the lead in December, when overall work dropped in value
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Balfour Beatty targets spike in overseas mining work
Chief operating officer predicts ‘huge growth’ in sector in Australia and plans to increase staff
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Top European contractors and housebuilders 2012: The multimillion euro question
Building introduces this year’s Top European contractors and housebuilders league tables by finding out why even the most successful firms need to be preparing for the worst
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Three-quarters of SMEs financially hit by utility delays
Connection delays causing SMEs to lose thousands of pounds, says NFB
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MoD’s search for private sector partner delays work
Department puts £5bn of construction contracts on hold because it wants partner to manage estate
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Comment
The importance of witnesses: Suárez vs Evra
When Luis Suárez ended up in front of the FA tribunal in the race row with Patrice Evra, both appeared as witnesses - and what we heard determined the case
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Ocado sues Carillion for £1.2m in High Court
Firm claims that Carillion was liable for defects on its distribution centre
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Comment
Leander vs Mulalley: In your own time, gentlemen, please
A contractor tries to claim loss because the subcontractor isn’t ‘getting on with it’. But what if the subbie is working hard - only to a different clock?
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Comment
Leander vs Mulalley: Getting contracts right first time
Tony Bingham outlines the mess that Mulalley got in over a badly drafted contract - here’s how to avoid these pitfalls and side-step costly adjudication
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Features
Building intelligence Q3 2011
Against all expectations, construction output seems to have grown in 2011. Which means that it’s this year that the public spending cuts are really going to start hurting … Experian Economics reports
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Comment
Inbox: A numbers game
Readers note that a decision not to invest can be a wise one, that the big helping the small could amount to fewer accidents and that some calculations about the Green Deal could be flawed
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Comment
The Green Deal: Sustainability suspended
The government’s half-hearted approach to the Green Construction Board and now the Green Deal suggests a worrying lack of commitment to the eco agenda, says Richard Steer
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Wonders & blunders with Jeremy Till
Jeremy Till celebrates the democratic, contested space of Tent City outside St Paul’s but decries the increasing privatisation of our cities, symbolised by the gate to Paternoster Square
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Brian Green on … construction output
The sectors the industry are looking to for growth are stagnating - and the government needs to respond quickly
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Retail index: Contract awards fall sharply from November high
CPA forecasts 3% growth in 2012 despite weakening consumer spending
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AFR open to acquisitions despite £1.2m pre-tax loss
Chief executive says firm would consider buying another architectural practice despite loss