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FeaturesRight man for the job: Mats Williamson of Skanska
After last week’s interview with former Skanska boss David Fison, his successor Mats Williamson tells Tom Bill how he was flown in to drag the contractor back into the black – in just 12 months
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CommentIt's all in the game: Adjudication
Parties in a dispute set all sorts of rules and try all manner of tactics on each other, but adjudicators need to resist the temptation to join in the game
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Don't be absurd: Challenging a contract
If the meaning of a contract term is unclear, can it be challenged? A recent House of Lords judgment said yes – but there may be conditions
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CommentJustice for all: Cost of litigation
Lord Justice Jackson is worried about cases in which the legal costs are so disproportionate that small firms are denied access to the High Court. So he’s got some suggestions
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How do I... call on a performance bond?
In the second in our series of practical tips for taking control of your legal affairs, Geraldine Laing explains how and when to call on a performance bond
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CommentWould I have been blacklisted, too?
It’s completely understandable that firms want to do a spot of ‘due diligence’ when hiring workers. It may also mean that they lose out … Michael Gove makes the case for selective amnesia
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CommentIs the construction industry all white, male and middle-aged?
Two reports draw attention to the fact that the construction professions are as white, male and middle-aged as they were 70 years ago. It’s not good enough
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FeaturesCountry focus: Hong Kong
Despite government investment in public sector projects, the construction industry has been badly damaged by the slowdown in China and Macau
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FeaturesUttlesford: the council trialling consequential improvements
L is for … The government has twice shied away from including consequential improvements in reforms to Part L. Now one small council in Essex has shown that not only can it be done, but it can even be popular. In the second in our series on the Part L ...
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NewsTop of the shops
David Chipperfield’s Kaufhaus Tyrol department store in Innsbruck, Austria, has been topped out. The €155m (£133m) building, for client Signa, is being built on the Maria-Theresien-Strasse in the historic town centre
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Five UK firms vie for Masdar standards job
Masdar, the £13bn UAE project to create the greenest city on earth, has invited five UK organisations to tender for the contract to design its sustainability standard
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NewsThe new Vic
Revised plans by architect Carey Jones for New Victoria Place in Bradford have been submitted for planning consent
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OFT bid-rigging probe on track
The Office of Fair Trading is on course to announce the outcome of its five-year bid-rigging enquiry at the end of September, following last week’s High Court decision in its legal battle with housebuilder Crest Nicholson
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NewsAcademic honours
Willmott Dixon has been selected to build two academies in Bexley, designed by Hunter Architects and worth £55m in total
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NewsLatest construction appointments - 31 July 2009
Plumbing and M&E contractor Skerritt has appointed David Jones to expand its property care business into Yorkshire
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in June 2009
This month’s data shows that applications to build new homes have hit an 11-month high
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Leadbitter enjoys 9% profit rise and 22% boost in turnover
Leadbitter has boosted pre-tax profit by 9% from £9.2m to £10m in the year to 31 December 2008
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Citywatch: A question of honour
Chris Cole, chief executive of WSP, was careful not to be drawn on the thorny subject of bad debt in the Middle East, as he announced the engineer’s half-year results this week
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Skanska UK returns to black
Skanska UK has returned to the black a year after making a loss of £41.5m and parting ways with former chief executive David Fison
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Wolseley profit falls 60% – and there’s worse to come
Pre-tax profit at building materials giant Wolseley has plummeted 60% to £233m over the past year and it warned that its markets will “continue to deteriorate”