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Linnett to the rescue: Linnett vs Halliwell
A party can’t get out of coughing up its fair share of an adjudicator’s fees by quibbling about jurisdiction after the event (we have one Christopher Linnett to thank for that)
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CommentWhat’s Russian for carpe diem?
Russia is hosting the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, and UK construction should seize the day – with a little help from the British government, says Lord Davies of Abersoch
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NewsBoris to sell off up to £2bn of land
The mayor of London is to sell off up to £2bn of development land in east London over the next four years as part of a new strategy announced this week at Mipim
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NewsApplications for government pre-qualification list shoot up
Sign-ups to database of preferred contractors rises 13% as firms vye for public work
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NewsHSE to improve safety in immigrant workers
Polish, Romanian and Gujurati construction communities to be targeted by outreach programme
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Comment10 years is a long, long time: liability for defects or collapses
There are strict laws in the Emirates about defects that threaten a building’s stability, and you’re liable for a decade. So what can you do to avoid having to pay out?
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CommentCould do (a lot) better
It’s good that Cabe is assessing designs for Building Schools for the Future, but the way it’s going about it leaves much to be desired
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FeaturesBrentwood Community Hospital: Operation sunlight
Sheppard Robson’s redevelopment of a PFI hospital in Essex aimed to maximise views for patients. But how did it square this rather pricey ambition with the need to keep costs down?
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FeaturesSteel sanitaryware
Pland Stainless, the Leeds-based maker of stainless steel washrooms and sanitaryware, has supplied a range of products to the new King’s Mill hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield
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NewsODA rethinks media centre design after Cabe criticism
Design watchdog raised concerns over Building Regulations compliance and legacy plan in its review
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Foster and HOK dragged into Wembley row
Multiplex expects to question about five employees of the architects that designed Wembley stadium as part of its £250m legal tussle with Mott MacDonald, the consulting engineer on the project
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Robinson Low Francis to slash staff pay 12.5%
Consultant stops pension cash as senior Scott Wilson staff move to three-day week
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NewsTo illustrate my point …
Hugh Venables of marketing consultancy The Partners Group was writing a missive about the Work at Height Regs when he spotted these builders on the slate roof of the hotel across the road
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Zaha profit rises to £5m
Zaha Hadid Architects posted a fivefold increase in pre-tax profit to £5m in the year to 30 April 2008
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Balfour beats the downturn
Balfour Beatty has announced a 24% increase in pre-tax profit in 2008, up from £201m to £249m
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Warings back in black
Portsmouth contractor Warings returned to the black in 2008, posting a pre-tax profit of £202,000
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CommentCakes and ale? Fat chance
While bigwigs from our own industry forgo power lunches and business-class flights for the communal fridge and easyJet, at least Dubai’s know the value of pointlessly exorbitant gestures …
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NewsHawkinsBrown in Tooley Street: Young at heart
A refurbished London terrace will be turned into offices, a shop, restaurants and studios
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Changes to planning
Small building alterations could be made easier if a change to the planning system proposed by the Killian Pretty review, which the government will consult on by summer 2009, is made law
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New low for new build
The number of new homes built next year could slump to 70,000, its lowest level in 88 years and half the level expected this year, trade body the National Housing Federation has said