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Costain and Skanska scoop second £15m Crossrail job
A joint venture between Costain and Skanska has won its second enabling works contract on Crossrail
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CommentAn idiot’s guide to stupid questions
An implied term in a contract used to be defined as something that only a fool would ask about. Well, thanks to Lord Hoffman, it’s not quite that simple anymore
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CommentThe foundations of a good decision
From boldness to fairness, reaching a successful adjudication result starts with paying heed to seven pillars, as set out by Mr Justice Coulson
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Face the facts
Part eight of the civil procedure rules is a useful tool for getting the court to make a declaration in your favour - but not if there is a dispute over what actually happened
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CommentLuke Wessely: Greek tragedies, British farces
Before we get too comfortable as armchair critics of rapacious footballers and financially illiterate European states, we should take a long, hard look at ourselves
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CommentThe salami olympics: how to spot a fraudster
The Olympics is going to be bounty time for fraudsters, who will be slicing away at the budget whenever they get the chance. Here’s how to spot them
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CommentWonders & blunders with Chris Ryan
Chris Ryan respects the endurance of Newcastle’s Victorian terraces, but reckons Foster + Partners’ Peterborough academy just can’t hack the pace of history
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NewsFirms fear public sector work could fall by 25%
Construction companies are predicting a drop of up to 25% in public sector workloads over the next three years amid concerns that a private sector upswing will not come fast enough to offset the fall
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NewsAll-rounder
Alsop Sparch’s £21m Carnegie Pavilion is nearing completion at Headingley cricket ground in Leeds
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Queen’s speech prompts fears of Nimbyism
Fear is growing that future development will be hampered by bickering and Nimbyism, following the Queen’s speech this week
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£216m police PFI attacked for ‘horrific’ waste
West Yorkshire Police Authority has defended the bidding process for its £216m headquarters PFI after criticism from contractors that it is wasting taxpayers’ money
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Galliford clinches £600m BSF win
The Equitix consortium, which includes Galliford Try, has reached financial close on the £600m Cambridgeshire Building Schools for the Future programme
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NewsThe little dipper
Scott Brownrigg’s The Pool envisages the transformation of a disused tramway underpass in Kingsway, central London, into a swimming pool
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NewsHeading for Reading
Reading Council and Dee Park Partnership have achieved financial close this week on the £44m first phase of the regeneration of Dee Park Estate
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Morrell: firms should run buildings
The government’s chief construction adviser has told architects to scale back their designs to minimise the impact of spending cuts on work volume
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Balfour, Bovis and McAlpine in line for £75m Glasgow arena
Balfour Beatty, Bovis Lend Lease and Sir Robert McAlpine are battling it out for the £75m National Arena for Scotland, after the project was saved by a £40m council bailout this week
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NewsPanama and Brazil appeal for UK expertise
UK construction firms are being encouraged to take advantage of the growing workload in Latin America
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NewsHousing stats: New build sales and completions in April 2010
Completions have fallen since last year, but registrations are on the rise
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FeaturesSands of time: Foster's shell roof
Novum Structures had just four months to build this complex shell roof structure - part of Foster + Partners’ sand-dune inspired pavilion for the Shanghai 2010 Expo. So how did they do it?