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Capita restructure
Capita Symonds has restructured its business, cutting its divisions from four to three and rebranding seven recent acquisitions.
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CommentFour little letters that say ‘pay up’
Here’s another contract-not-in-writing-so-you-can’t-go-to-adjudication-but-do-anyway-so-everyone-ends-up-in-the-High-Court case. With a twist …
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Bovis warns of uncertainty
Housebuilder Bovis Homes has seen a rise in profit margins but has warned of “uncertainty concerning the near term direction of house prices”.
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Costain shores up pensions
Costain will sink six PFI contracts into the firm’s pension scheme in a bid to reduce its pension deficit by £22m.
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FeaturesCountry focus: France
Investors remain prudent, but France is weathering the economic storm pretty well - and offering opportunities that need to be acted on now. Patrick Leniston of EC Harris reports
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Common mistakes in ... multiparty disputes
In the third in a series on dos and don’ts on major projects, Ben Mullard offers his tips on how to better your chances of victory in multiparty disputes
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CommentReturn to grub street
Open mike Remember how grimy our cities were until not so long ago? Well Cabe helped transform them by homing in on design quality, so its demise should worry us all, says Roger Madelin
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CommentSo this is sharing the pain?
Everybody is asking everybody else for a discount just when they are least able to offer one. We all end up losing out and undermining the relationships we need if we are to thrive
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FeaturesInstant’ green roofs
An extensive green roof system from Blackdown Horticultural Consultants has been installed at the Centre for Disability Studies at Rochford in Essex.Designed by Simmonds Mills Architects, the £1.3m facility has 720m2 of Blackdown’s Extensive Nature Mat Green Roof System, which was specified as part of a sustainable building package designed ...
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FeaturesStanding seam roofing
Kalzip’s XT standing seam cladding system has been used on the striking “aircraft hangar” roof of the recently completed Skills Academy at the City of Bristol College.
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Resin slates
Grey Cambrian slate from Redland has been used on the Twenty Ten Clubhouse, which hosted this year’s Ryder Cup at Wales’ Celtic Manor Resort.
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Anti-pollution roof systems
Icopal has launched the Eco-Activ roofing range. The product line-up includes Noxite, a flexible roof waterproofing membrane made with recycled bitumen, which is then coated with a granular titanium dioxide finish that turns harmful nitrogen oxides in the air into harmless nitrates.
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Rooflights
Brett Martin Daylight Systems has launched the next generation of its Mardome rooflights for flat roofs.
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Green roof membrane
Delta Membrane Systems has launched the Delta-Floraxx range of coverings for green roof applications.
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NewsContractors wrestle for Rok
Source close to sale says 10-15 firms are in talks; Collapse leaves £100m owing to supply chain
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FeaturesCedar shingles
John Brash western red cedar shingles have been used on the new Booths supermarket in Hesketh Bank near Preston, to create a building that sits comfortably in its semi-rural location
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FeaturesHitting the high notes
The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is planning to make a commanding appearance on the Cardiff streetscape under a sleek new roof. Stephen Kennett explains its complex geometry
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CommentM is for Mediation, N is for Novation
Baffled by legal jargon? Don’t know ab initio novation from non-binding mediation? Luckily, we can tell you all about it. This week: M and N
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NewsContractors wrestle for control of Rok
Carillion, Mears and Kinetics among those talking to administrator as it emerges contractor owed suppliers £100m
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Government: regional plans "re-established"
Chief planner admits effect of Cala ruling is to reverse scrapping of regional plans