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The real deal
Settlement agreements promise greater certainty but should be handled with care
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In at the sharp end
The 60,686 acrylic spikes on Heatherwick Studio’s British pavilion have been the talk of the Shanghai Expo, as Stephen Kennett found out when he paid a visit. But how on earth was it all put together?
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On the menu
With the private sector still subsisting on scraps and the non-infrastructure public sector just grateful that its provisions weren’t cut any further in the emergency Budget, the infrastructure market represents a veritable feast at the moment. So welcome to the latest in our infrastructure market reports
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Infrastructure markets: saving grace
If there was one sliver of comfort in the Budget, it was that there were no further cuts to infrastructure spending. Victoria Jackson of Davis Langdon surveys the work that will be on offer in the years ahead
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Can school bid costs be recovered?
Procurement processes are usually set up to give the procuring body no duty to pay bid costs if schemes don’t go ahead. But there may be particular circumstances on certain contracts that could justify bidders recovering their bid costs
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£450m housing cuts will ‘end Kickstart’
A Treasury decision to cut £450m from this year’s housing budget looks set to spell the end of the Kickstart scheme to restart stalled sites and Labour’s plans to transform council housebuilding
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Spotlight: Mass-produced components
We shouldn’t get too worked up about rising lead times in four contractor areas, says Brian Moone. It’s as much a reflection on raw materials in the supply chain as it is a sign of increasing work
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Connaught's chief executive steps down in wake of profit warning
Social housing maintenance firm’s finance director will follow in October
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What the death of the regional strategy means for housebuilding
In the absence of a new planning package from the government, the revocation of the RS could slow housebuilding yet further
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RARA exhibits work by redundant architects
Exhibition organised by the East London Design Bureau promotes the plight of the redundant architect
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Are we on the edge of a second house price crash?
Is the market heading for a protracted decline or will prices stabilise and hold or continue to creep up from the trough of a year or so ago.
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Bouygues supports Construction Youth Trust
Consultant offers a three year donation to the charity that helps disadvantaged youth into training and employment
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Full details of changes to BSF cuts list
Revised document changes the status of 32 schools in 13 councils
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Southwark inks £1.5bn Elephant & Castle deal with Lend Lease
Deal to go ahead despite political change in the borough
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Engineering group Babcock reports £8.3bn order book
Support services group’s interim statement also shows strong cash generation
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Government's carbon compliance tool 'inadequate'
Urgent action demanded to improve SAP for calculating energy use of new homes
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Issue the notice or pay the price
If a requirement to issue a notice on time or budget extension is not properly met, the contractor may end up out of pocket
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Galliford Try housing sales up 25%
Trading update also shows firm’s construction orders remain strong
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Full list of HCA schemes hit by cuts
HCA reveals housing schemes safe from cuts and those still under threat from £220m funding shortfall
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BSF cuts: the legal implications
Whether a school is deemed ’stopped’, ’unaffected’ or ’subject to review’ they give rise to a host legal issues you need to know about…