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CommentAbout this turbine you sold me
An NEC form for the supply of high-value items has arrived on the scene to compete with the handful of contracts that already provide this facility. What’s the verdict?
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CommentWhat do you mean, ‘as far as possible’?
The Supreme Court has been looking at how to interpret words. It favours looking at commercial intention rather than literal meaning – but are intentions any easier to fathom?
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CommentBribery Bill: Greasing the wheels of commerce
Bribery is endemic in many parts of the world where British firms do business, but any that succumb to it will soon face fairly horrific penalties
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CommentCollatoral contracts: The unkindness of strangers
Collateral contracts are supposed to protect those not party to a contractual set-up. They work, but they also introduce flint-hearted button counters into the equation
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FeaturesBDP's Peter Drummond: The revolutionary in carpet slippers
BDP, Britain’s biggest architect, is better known for quiet competence than daring. But this is the firm that defied Tesco, beat the downturn, expanded into India and Libya and doesn’t give a fig for profit. Chief executive Peter Drummond tells Roxane McMeeken all about it
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FeaturesLondon: The last of the past
The final projects of London’s long, long commercial boom are going to finish over the next year or so. Ike Ijeh rounds up the best of them
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NewsArchitectural practice of the year
2010 is Edward Cullinan’s year, and this popular practice took the prize because the judges liked everything about the way it does business, from its schemes to its HR policiesSponsored by Comar
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NewsChief executive of the year
John McDonough is the boss of bosses this year, thanks to a splendid record as head of Carillion, but also his performance as a kind of construction renaissance man …Sponsored by KPMG
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NewsClient of the year
As you might have expected, with one exception, this category is a hymn of praise to the public sector and the role it has played in keeping the industry going
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NewsHousebuilder of the year
Well, the strong favourite won this award this year: Berkeley Group – the only volume housebuilder to come through the recession almost unscathed …
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NewsHousing project of the year
Pollard Thomas Edwards’ waterside development, which did wonders for a deprived area of London, has won top place in a remarkably strong field
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NewsIntegrated supply chain of the year
The contractor that set up its own university of construction, then used it to develop the skills and knowledge of the supply chain, took the award this year
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FeaturesCost model: Energy from waste
Simon Rawlinson and Matthew Hicks of Davis Langdon weigh up the costs and the risks of treatment solutions
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NewsContractor of the year (up to £300m)
The firms in this category have taken the worst the recession could throw at them and adapted, reorganised and kept on growing. The winner even doubled its staff …Sponsored by Hill International
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NewsSpecialist contractor of the year
It was Alumet’s investment in innovation, in particular its blastproof cladding system, that allowed it to stand out from a crowded field this year
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NewsPublic building project of the year
A health centre that set a new standard for this kind of building won this category despite competition from other outstanding contributions to the public realmSponsored by Alu-Timber
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NewsNative Land continues to mark out its territory
SME profile: Fledgling developer behind Rogers’ NEO Bankside returns to buying up London’s land
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CommentThe winning straight?
All three main parties have laid their environmental cards on the table, but nobody seems to have the full set of policies laid out in the correct way to make a real difference
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FeaturesBuilding buys a pint … for CB Richard Ellis
“Your shoes look like pork pies.” Charles Ingram-Evans was pointing at my Clarks loafers. Apparently they contravened the “never wear brown in town” City dress code, which also applies to the property industry