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EEC contract: Get with the programme
With a continuing shortfall of project managers in the construction industry, making the ECC work at the Olympics will not be easy
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CommentJ is for jurisdiction
The A-Z of construction law: Our instant course in legal concepts continues by asking where a construction contract says legal proceedings should be held
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Features'London doesn't have to beat Beijing, nor should it try. you have to be pragmatic and get 80% there': Countdown to 2012, David Higgins, chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority
David Higgins has to deliver the 2012 Olympics with a fraction of the money that China had to spend. Oh, and he has to regenerate a swath of east London at the same time. To kick off our countdown to the Games, Sarah Richardson asked him how he’s planning to ...
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NewsGeorgian-style windows
Mumford and Wood has designed and manufactured the Georgian-style sash windows and the complementary doorsets of this new-build house in Cornwall.
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Aluminium doors and windows
Aluminium glazing company, Technal, in partnership with East Yorkshire Aluminium and Glass, is supplying more than 5,000 windows for a 4,200-unit student village in the University of Sheffield.
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Security doors
Technocover has launched the Ultrasecure range of high security, composite doors designed to protect buildings against criminal attack.
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Doors seals
A combination of Lorient’s acoustic, smoke and fire seals has been installed at the Young Vic theatre in London.
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Finger guards
About 30,000 children injure their fingers in doors each year. To address this, Leaderflush Shapland has developed Sentinel, an integrated finger protection guard for a wide range of applications such as schools, sports centres and public buildings. Sentinel is supplied as part of a complete doorset and also achieves performance ...
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NewsMy digital life — Robin Harris
The Como director downloads new music, checks windsurfing websites, loves the Xbox and regularly Twitters, but maintains he is still, fundamentally, a ‘sad old git’
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Carillion: credit crunch is good
Carillion’s chief executive has said the credit crunch has been good for the company.
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Styles&Wood profit drops 54%
Pre-tax profit at retail fit-out specialist Styles & Wood plunged by 54% in the first half of the year.
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T Clarke on the rise
Pre-tax profit at electrical contractor T Clarke was up 39% from £3.9m to £5.4m in the six months to 30 June 2008. Turnover was up 13% from £96.5m to £109m.
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North Midland falls
Pre-tax profit at North Midland Construction has plummeted 60% because of the credit crunch.
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Boot trudges on
Developer and construction group Henry Boot has posted a 7% fall in pre-tax profit from £21.9m to £20.4m in the six months to 30 June.
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HOK Sport buyout
Olympic stadium architect HOK Sport has been taken over in a management buyout led by Rod Sheard, head of HOK Sports Facilities.
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NG Bailey profit dips
Pre-tax profit at NG Bailey has fallen by 55% owing to “the rising cost of sales and challenging contracts”.
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Morris in profit boost
Pre-tax profit at fit-out specialist Morris and Spottiswood rose 16% to £3.4m in the year to 31 December 2007.