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NewsMoD touts £2.5bn of army construction work
Announcements include shortlisting of Babcock, Carillion and Kier for £1.5bn housing job
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NewsKeller boss says UK is its 'most difficult region'
Profitability across the global firm also fell but chief executive confident of international growth
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CommentTime is money
If adjudication is used as an in-depth, sophisticated examination of a dispute, expect to pay the price for it - especially if you’re the losing party
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CommentDodgy payment practices: Save us from ourselves
Journalism isn’t the only sector guilty of abuses. Construction’s own dodgy payment practices are legendary - but to be rid of them it will have to fall back on its own resources
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FeaturesPost occupancy: Is your green makeover really so green?
Do low energy buildings really deliver results? Last month, Thomas Lane found two new-build offices that failed to live up to all their green credentials. Here, he reveals if two refurbished offices performed any better
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Design defects: Careful what you claim
It’s a tough claims market out there with insurers taking a strict approach to the policy wording. Contractors should think twice before they splash out to resolve a design defect
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FeaturesTony Lenehan: New directions
Styles & Wood has had a tough few years, taking huge hits as the retail fit-out market nose-dived. Building finds out how new boss Tony Lenehan plans to turn things round - and why you could be seeing more of the northern-based firm in London
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CommentHansom: raising eyebrows
There are some unlikely combinations this week - a surveyor turns model, a virtual brick app, a car that runs on wine and construction managers with a penchant for ponies. Takes all sorts, you know
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CommentProcure 21+: The £800m typo
The government set construction’s blood pressure rising recently by seeming to announce a sharp drop in funds for Procure21+. In fact, the life support system isn’t about to be turned off. Katie Puckett reports on how a tiny error shook the flagship health framework
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NewsSME profile: Chapman Workhouse
Duo behind architect firm Chapman Workhouse reveal how combining skills has paid off
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CommentInfrastructure: A thing of beauty?
Infrastructure can be seen everywhere so it’s a shame it’s often so ugly. Let’s hope for some inspired entries in the energy department’s competition to update the UK’s pylons
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CommentWonders & blunders with Annabella Nassetti
Gaudí’s Sagrada Família has been a century in the building but still Annabella Nassetti would like to knock it down and start again. Thank heavens for La Pedrera, a monument that moves
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CommentEngineering courses: Get real
Engineering courses give students a great theoretical grounding but to foster creative minds we need an earlier emphasis on encountering real life
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CommentMy digital life…David Mann
Little blue pills sneaking into his spam inbox, the death of the phone and speaker systems are on this man’s mind
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Construction appointments 5 August 2011
This week appointments have been made ar Aedas, Frank Haslam Milan and the Painting and Decorating Association. There have been promotions at Stride Treglown
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NewsUS construction spending to outpace GDP over next decade
Spending on the US building sector predicated to grow an average of 6% over next decade
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NewsTitanic Belfast Visitor Centre: Now waterproof
Aluminium rainscreen panels have been installed on the attraction
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NewsJonap goes into administration
London-based contractor was in disputes over £100m luxury hotel payments
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FeaturesBig contractors and SMEs: It’s his pond now
Big contractors are hungry and have moved into waters normally the preserve of SMEs. What’s more, they’ve got no plans to leave, even when the more prestigious projects come back. Clients are delighted, but small firms could see yet more of their work gobbled up