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Tribal confirms takeover approach
Consultant’s shares jump 18% after revealing it has been approached with a possible offer
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Stadium specialist Populous to bid for Baghdad complex
Stadium architect Populous is attempting to move into Iraq with a bid for a 100,000-seat stadium and sports complex outside Baghdad
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EC Harris: we’re still strong enough to float
EC Harris remains bullish about its plan to float on the stock exchange although it has lost almost one in five employees and its revenue has tumbled by 17.6%
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Make That Christmas single out now
Construction’s first celebrity supergroup record first single - download now and help us raise money for two charity
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Public Procurement: Exel Europe vs University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Here we look in detail at Regulation 47 of the Public Contracts Regulation, concerning the award of a public contract; a reworking of American Cyanamid Co vs Ethican
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The legal implications of using Building Information Modelling
BIM has huge benefits, but the principle of sharing could come unstuck when mistakes are discovered.
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How clients impose unreasonable terms on consultants
In austere times, clients are trying to transfer more of the risk onto desperate contractors. But to say consultants get off scot-free doesn’t tally with reality
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Projects of the year 2010: Take it to the max
The big, the beautiful and the bonkers - Ike Ijeh and Thomas Lane dish out the awards to an international array of projects that helped keep construction headlines lively in 2010
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Legal review of the year: Negotiating the chaos
The legal year was dominated by cuts, judicial reviews of cuts, and contractual squabbles. The prospect of chaos was never far away
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Green army: How the Green Deal will work
The government hopes its Green Deal will encourage homeowners to install energy efficiency measures and create an army of 250,000 to do the work. Sounds great, says Iain Withers - but will anyone join up?
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Hansom: Crackers, anyone?
Christmas is always a real challenge for this column - how to reconcile the season of goodwill with our irrepressible satirical tendencies? Move over Santa …
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Kings of the castle
London mayor Boris Johnson and developer James Sellar were present to celebrate the Shard becoming the highest UK building, at 244m, or 72 storeys
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Relief – and disappointment – at Localism Bill
The government has pulled back from giving communities the right to appeal all planning permissions as part of its radical overhaul of the planning system this week
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How to shop in Bangkok
Amanda Levete Architects’ Central Embassy development is due to start on site in Thailand next February
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British Land's Slicker City
British Land has submitted a planning application for a 12-storey 1.1m ft2 office block in the iconic Broadgate development in the City of London
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Hub posts on-site energy levels
An industry advisory body has delivered its recommendations to government on how much on-site energy must be produced on new housing developments from 2016
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Construction sheds 17,000 jobs
There are now only 2.1m employed in the UK construction industry according to new data
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Information errors are putting lives at risk, survey finds
Two thirds of information professionals in the construction industry have seen builders’ lives put at risk by information mismanagement, according to a survey by the Institute of Document Control
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Consortiums gear up for Crossrail station contracts
Now that £1.25bn tunnelling jobs are confirmed, focus turns to main works on four major stations