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CommentA quick guide to public procurement in the UK
A quick guide to the obligations imposed on public bodies by the public procurement regime and the remedies available to a supplier of goods or services if a public body fails to comply.
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NewsTop contractors restructure to face grim 2012
Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall, Bam and Lend Lease impose redundancies or restructuring
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CommentHandle with care
The challenge of economic recovery facing the UK government just got tougher
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NewsHilary Benn given shadow communities brief
Labour MP replaces Caroline Flint as shadow secretary of state covering housing, planning and building regs
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NewsOlympic site developers to 'build now, pay later'
Executive director of real estate at the OPLC wants developers to have access to land without paying for it upfront
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News£1bn carbon capture pilot 'axed'
Report says Scottish Power due to pull out of flagship Longannet scheme
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NewsGleeds buys New York consultant to target US
Firm wants to generate half of its business from international work within three years and will use acquisition to target New York fit-out market
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NewsTop 200 consultants: Architects are top performers
Architects were top performers in Building’s top 200 consultants league tables
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NewsNetwork Rail promises shorter payment times
Public sector giant slashes payment deadline from 56 to 21 days
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NewsConsultants chosen for deep nuclear waste store
Parsons Brinckerhoff and G&T part of team for “geological” storage facility
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NewsCarillion boss 'optimistic' for PFI
Howson believes it will ‘allowed the government to take forward more schemes’
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NewsHealth White Paper available now
Report offers in-depth guide to opportunities in the health sector over the next four years
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CommentHansom: Fame!
Everyone yearns for a moment in the limelight - shooting music videos on a Zaha backdrop, enduring the X Factor ordeal, and allowing (as the Labour Party did) film stars to upstage their beloved leader
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NewsLaing O’Rourke says BIM won it Cheesegrater
Contractors and clients embrace technology but RICS says QSs continue to reject it
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Workloads for SMEs fall for 15th consecutive quarter
Forty-four percent of FMB members say they have received fewer enquiries
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CommentStop charging so much in adjudication
Adjudication is being treated as something it’s not - and spending all this time and money has become a joke
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CommentHackney Empires vs Aviva Insurance: What happened next?
Act I: Hackney Empire advances its contractor 750k. Act II: the contractor goes bust. Act III: Hackney tries to recover the money under its surety bond. Now, at last, the denouement …
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FeaturesSustainability: Building structures
In-use energy consumption is well regulated, so should we now consider embodied carbon? Isabel McAllister and Anthony Mitchell of Cyril Sweett, Steve Webb and Anna Beckett of Webb Yates report