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CommentThere once was an ugly duckling
If your adjudication claim’s feathers are all tattered and torn, it ought to fail. But what if your kindly adjudicator decides that it might turn into a swan later on?
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Wobbly contractor syndrome: paying subcontractors directly
Our third article on the legal implications of the downturn looks at what happens when a main contractor risks going bust and a client wants to pay its subbies directly
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CommentThe European enlightenment
In 2010 Europe will emerge from the shadows of low-performance lightbulbs and enter the age of energy-efficient lighting …
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Who’s suing whom: A round-up of the writs in the Technology and Construction Court
Merchant Taylors school and old boys association vs Peter Cawdron and Robert Hurran
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Foster: we will do nuclear power
Lord Foster has said that he would consider designing a nuclear power station, despite his practice’s reluctance to join EDF Energy’s design framework
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Galliford Try fined after site accident
Galliford Try Construction has been fined £15,000 after pleading guilty to a safety breach at a site in Holyhead, north Wales.
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NewsClassy: Norwest Holst Luton college
Norwest Holst has been awarded a £50m contract for the design and construction of a sixth-form college in Luton
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NewsHigh on a hill: Austrian glacial viewing platform
This glacial viewing platform, 3,200m up Mount Isidor in Austria, is open to the public
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Anxiety grows over Scottish PFI replacement
A replacement for the PFI that is being pioneered in Scotland is taking so long to get off the ground that some contractors are being forced to look for work abroad
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Specialists warn of sharp rise in late payments
Clients are reacting to the global credit crisis by using “manipulative tactics” to delay paying their supply chains, an industry trade body has warned.
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Dracula AD 2008: Tuffin Ferraby Taylor lands Hammer House refurb
Consultant has won a contract to refurbish the original home of Hammer Film Production
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UAE’s labour welfare agency ‘doesn’t go far enough’
NGO Human Rights Watch welcomes agency to protect foreign workers against exploitation
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NewsCan do: 17 tubular steel “cans” in Brighton
David Marks of Marks Barfield Architects and John Roberts of Jacobs Engineering inspect the 17 tubular steel “cans” that will make up the 180m-high, i360 observation mast in Brighton
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FeaturesMcCain and Obama: Where do they stand on construction?
They’re the two most talked about men in the world, but where do John McCain and Barack Obama stand on the issues that matter to the construction industry? With four days to go until election day, Roxane McMeeken and Emily Wright find out what they’ve pledged
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CommentLet’s talk about sects
The Sect of the Great Mystery, that is, as nurtured by the high priests of modern British architecture. Only in the US is there a place for non-believers
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CommentBuilding buys a margarita … for Stantec
“‘Rubbish.’ That’s such a great English word. So much better than ‘trash’,” says Eric through a mouthful of guacamole. “Ru-bbish. Ru-bbish.”
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Ministers warned net mortgage lending ‘may hit zero in 2009’
Net mortgage lending could fall to zero next year, lenders have told ministers.
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NewsHighlands in the Fens
Developer Highland Homes has just won planning permission for this city-centre project in Cambridge.
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Not working out
I just read your article about Bouygues UK carrying out warm-up exercises on their sites (17 October, page 54).