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Please stop arguing with the arbitrator
The courts are pushing back against losers’ attempts to challenge arbitration rulings on dubious procedural grounds
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Digitisation of projects can ease pain of higher materials costs
Builders and contractors need to find ways of recuperating losses and minimising unnecessary material consumption
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Gleeds staff in Kyiv ‘safe and well’, firm’s Ukraine boss confirms
Consultant has 15 people in country which was attacked by Russia in early hours of this morning
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Booming Morgan Sindall sets new targets for business as firm turns in record numbers
Pre-tax profit hits historic high with £126m pre-tax profit
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Derwent inks Baker Street deal with Laing O’Rourke for £158m
London developer spent more than £400m last year buying up eight buildings
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Problem National Grid contract costs Costain £43m
Payment follows complicated adjudications process
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Hold nerve on long term projects, infrastructure chief tells government
National Infrastructure Commission chair John Armitt says ripping up plans amid crisis over rising bills will increase costs in future
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Cost of Cleveland Bridge administration doubles
Firm collapsed last summer before finally stopping trading last October
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Must we leave heat networks behind?
Systems using centralised plant were meant to be the future, until their carbon intensity put paid to that. But are heat pumps always better?
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Recovering domestic market helps French giant Bouygues top pre-pandemic profit
Firm helping build HS2 railway sees construction income up 7%
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Planning consents surged in January
Glenigan report suggests last month’s plummeting project starts could be a blip
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BRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house’s former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a ‘weakness’
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Barratt’s Wembley homes OK’d by minister after inquiry
Scheme being developed with Transport for London
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Nearly 40 firms owed £100,000 or more by collapsed Midas as unsecured creditors face millions in losses
Stricken firm’s construction arm owes 1,400 companies more than £19m
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Government published ‘confusing’ fire safety guidance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Document published in 2002 appeared to equate British standards with tougher European standards
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Housing associations throw support behind Gove’s cladding plan despite housebuilder fears
Builders have complained move is ‘disproportionate’
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Why new safety laws could do more harm than good
As increased liability pushes insurance costs beyond reach of most firms, capacity to fix unsafe homes or build new ones will plummet
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Settle now or later? Why the final account stage needs more attention
Given the benefits of holding fire, contracts should make more provision for resolving all disputes at the final account stage
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The critical journey to more sustainable infrastructure
Our future depends on a more adaptive, resilient, high-tech and environmentally-conscious built environment