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NewsFloating high in Malaysia: Angkasa Raya tower
Ole Scheeren’s 268m tall tower will have three cubic ‘floating’ shafts
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CommentAdjudication: More than the final whistle
If an adjudicator fails to decide who owes who what money, you’ll still have to pay up for all the refereeing they’ve done
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CommentMediation: When's the best time?
At any stage in a dispute there are reasons to reject mediation, but, says John Redmond, that doesn’t mean you should
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FeaturesTop Specialists 2011
What could help specialist contractors out of the fix they’re in? Iain Withers applies a bit of elbow grease and works up a wishlist
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FeaturesStone unturned: Crest Nicholson interview
Two years ago Crest Nicholson almost came a cropper under a deluge of debt. Chief executive Stephen Stone tells Building how its buy-out, and some sheer nerve, has enabled it to stay around
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CommentWonders & blunders with Keith Pickavance
Keith Pickavance delights in the eccentricity of the Lloyd’s Building but the Prince of Wales’ fire station in Poundbury deserves to have the hose turned on it
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Disclosure of Incentives Forms: A help or a hindrance?
From October new rules require housebuilders to make lenders aware of incentives offered to buyers - the idea is to ensure a mortgage offer is based on a true valuation of a property
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FeaturesPublic sector cuts: Client feedback
Public sector clients slashed projects in response to the chancellor’s swingeing cuts. But as the results of the Constructionline Building Index show, the pain is by no means over
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CommentHansom: So off message
This week protestors fail to spread the word to their comrades, a construction boss is embroiled in the DSK scandal and a press contact for the ODA knows nothing about the Olympics
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NewsAustin-Smith:Lord decides to close Abu Dhabi office
Move comes as architect, rated UK’s sixth largest in 2010 by Building, fights insolvency threat
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NewsLib Dem councillors set to rebel against FIT cuts
The party fears its good environmental record could be trashed by the government plans
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NewsArup owed almost £4m by Austin-Smith Lord over Abu Dhabi project
Project manager Buro Four also owed £700,000 as Austin-Smith Lord seeks total of £11.3m from client
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NewsLewisham flats development enters third phase
Architect BPTW has commenced work on the third phase of its Heathside and Lethbridge estates in Lewisham, London, to deliver a further 214 homes.The third phase of the estate will plug into a central energy centre which is currently under construction.The three phases of the development started to date will ...
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Consultants and clients appointments: 17 November 2011
Keppie Design, Boultbee and Patronus Consulting have all made new appointments
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NewsNew Zealand calls on UK firms for earthquake rebuild
Authorities seek UK workers at recruitment expos in London and Manchester to rebuild Christchurch
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NewsNew University of Salford student village
Hawkins Brown and Urban Initiatives have won planning permission for a new student village at the University of Salford.
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NewsSkanska tops list of green construction companies
Engineers WS Atkins, BAM and Carillion all highly rated in first government poll of firms’ carbon measurment
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NewsGovernment will back BIM transition with millions of pounds
Paul Morrell, government construction advisor, has promised that the seven figure sum will ease the risk for construction firms