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NewsM&S prosecuted for asbestos failings
Retailer and two of its contractors convicted for putting public in danger
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NewsConstruction sector has UK economy's highest insolvency rate
June figures show building materials and construction firms have two worst rates of collapse
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CommentApparent bias in adjudication: Lanes Group vs Galliford Try Infrastructure
Can a preliminary views document lead to bias in an adjudication?
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FeaturesHackney Empire vs Aviva Insurance: The Empire strikes back
This is the tale of a theatre project, backed by Lord Sugar, that landed its client with a £3.2m headache. Now eight years on there’s a legal battle over a bond between the insurer and the theatre owner
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CommentSchools of scandal
Our schools are in an urgent state of repair – let’s hope the government responds accordingly
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NewsSchools face £22bn maintenance work backlog
Estimate means repairs would cost more than £15.8bn allocated for schools over next five years
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NewsDurham University’s Business School: Flexible studies
GSS Architecture has submitted a planning application for a £10m extension to Durham University’s Business School
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NewsGove sues BDP for £3m over Westminster Academy
Court action is over outstanding fees and alleged ventilation defects
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NewsOverseas investment boosts London office market
Investment from outside the UK up 25% in first half of 2011
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NewsLongbridge town centre project worth £70m gets go-ahead
Birmingham council grants planning approval to town centre scheme
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NewsWelsh schools building programme to be scaled back
Many projects likely to be delayed or scrapped due to sharp reduction in funding
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NewsWorkers prepare legal action over blacklisting scandal
Action to be taken against more than 40 firms who paid to access illegal blacklist of workers’ details
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Lincolnshire 'pods' open to the public
S&P-designed project provides leisure and sport facilities
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CommentUS foreclosure filings decline in first half of 2011, but the numbers are still scary
Should we be comforted by our housing market figures or more fearful, when we look a what’s happening across the Atlantic?
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FeaturesSustainability in Brazil: For the trees
Brazil is famous for sustainability: a lack of it. But a new wave of green legislation and client requirements is creating demand for skills local contractors don’t have - and UK specialists are first in line for the work. Luke McLeod-Roberts reports in the second of our special features on ...
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FeaturesRydon's Bob Bond: Safe pair of hands
Rydon boss Bob Bond finds being at the helm of a medium-sized company gives him the agility needed to steer a steady course through choppy waters. Even introducing an innovative investment model shouldn’t rock the boat
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Features10 ways to make your office outstanding (in BREEAM’s eyes, at least)
These days the corporate world is falling over itself to improve its environmental credentials. Thomas Lane takes a look at the newest, greenest, office building on the block and finds out how your office can be ’outstanding’ too