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NewsAnimation: Jeddah Central District
Film shows Solidere's masterplan for the Jeddah waterfront development
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NewsRecession will hit the UK
As the economy shrinks for the first time in 16 years and shares plummet, recession is a certainty
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NewsJowell admits £500m Olympic shortfall
Olympics minister says credit crunch has left 2012 budget short of private funds
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CommentThe day I got a kick in the pants: The differences between adjudication and litigation
Here’s a case that should lift us up by the scruff of the neck and wring any idea out of us that adjudication is the same as litigation. It isn’t – and that’s precisely why it’s so good
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NewsCredit crunch leaves £250m Burnley scheme in lurch
Scheme that includes Tony Wilson ‘fashion tower’ on hold after developer runs into financial difficulty
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NewsShift to extra-care sector gives Wren new lease of life
SME profile Retirement homebuilder hopes rethink and £4m cash injection will help it out of the red
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NewsBam Construct bumped for rivals on two Welsh projects
Pochin and Willmott Dixon replace contractor on schemes worth £50m in Conwy and Newport
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Benfield Construction vs Trudson
The CaseThe defendant, Trudson (Hatton) (“Trudson”), engaged the claimant, Benfield Construction (“Benfield”) to carry out the design and construction of two houses and external works near Hatton in Warwickshire. The works became seriously delayed and the date for completion of 29 September 2006 past. Subsequently, on 17 August 2007, a ...
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NewsLondon mayor retracts opposition to three London towers
Boris Johnson u-turns over £1bn Waterloo development that includes 33-storey tower
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NewsBonus bonanza for Wolseley bosses
Profit plunge and 10,000 job losses fail to dent executives' pay
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CommentVigilance at all times: When to give notice to the insurer
Insuring your building against design risks is one thing, but as the Kajima case shows, deciding when to give notice to the insurer – and what to claim – is quite another
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in September 2008
While private starts are at just one-third of their 2007 figure, public housing is relatively stable
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Mergers and acquisitions market hits zero
Mergers and acquisitions in the UK construction market have effectively ground to a halt in the wake of the credit crunch
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Bankruptcies and job cuts to hit building control sector
Councils and private inspectors face further cutbacks, as Butler & Young closes four offices
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Crossrail in talks over major projects agreement…
£16bn infrastructure scheme could use lucrative pay deal pioneered at Heathrow Terminal 5
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NewsJCB staff choose paycut to save jobs
Over 4,000 employees will work a four day week in bid to stave off redundancies
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Self-defence for directors: Risks to directors when a company goes under
In the second article in our series on the legal implications of the economic downturn, we look at the risk to directors if their company goes under
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NewsCitywatch: The uncomfortable silence at Taylor Wimpey
The information vacuum at Taylor Wimpey over the progress of rescue talks with its lenders was making analysts particularly twitchy this week.
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NewsMurray Coleman leaves Bovis Lend Lease UK
UK chief executive transfers to Australia; chief operating officer Nick Pollard set to replace him
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NewsUAE trials £1.5bn PPP scheme
Abu Dhabi is trialling its first PPP deal on a £1.5bn project to upgrade a “dangerous” highway