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The Middle East green building challenge
Special report: Now that the ruler of Dubai wants the city to be at the forefront of sustainable design, how will developers respond? Katie Puckett went to the United Arab Emirates to find out if the region really can have it all. With sustainable case studies.
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Adjudication:The glass is half full, Rupert
Rupert Choat cited the number of cases that adjudication has thrown up, listed problems with some grey areas and concluded that the glass was half empty. Here’s the other side of the story
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Web watch — Measuring up
In the third of his series on construction industry websites, Martin Hornagold turns his attention to surveyors and again finds that they are failing basic tests
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Kier boss slams ‘overreacting’ banks and City ‘sheep’
John Dodds attacks mortgage crackdown and undervalued shares as he reveals mixed results
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Cost of zero-carbon housing too high for Isle of Wight
Council to build 800-home flagship development to lower eco standard to preserve land value
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Bovis offers £5,000 finder’s fee for skills in short supply
Battle for staff escalates as major contractors increase bounty payments for top staff
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What lies beneath
The Building Centre opened an exhibition this week that pays homage to underground infrastructure work in London.
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300 jobs go at Persimmon in wake of Northern Rock crisis
Three office closures and review of activity levels led to 5% of workforce being made redundant
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Bovis offers £5,000 finder’s fee for skills in short supply
Battle for staff escalates as major contractors increase bounty payments for top staff
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Arbitration: Heifer International Inc vs Helge Christiansen*
Heifer International Inc (Heifer) is a company registered in the British Virgin Islands and is owned by the family of a wealthy Russian who lives in England. Heifer engaged Helge Christiansen (HC), a Danish architect and his firm, Christiansen Arkitekter KS MAA PAR (CA), to refurbish a substantial home ...
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A bit of a stretch
The work may not sound as attractive as the 2012 Olympics but the boom in prison building will be almost as lucrative for construction
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Capita Symonds turnover up 8.5%
Consultant’s parent group sees turnover and profit both up by 19%
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Hand over all the money
You can recover damages for losses caused by breach of contract but probably not for the loss of the use of money awarded in damages. Interest, in other words.That’s a bit odd isn’t it?
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Galliford Try seeks 10% cut from housing suppliers
After Taylor Wimpey’s 5% demand, Galliford asks suppliers for help in ‘increasingly difficult market’
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Homebuilders’ dismay at plan to make all homes fit for all
Government gives developers five years to design all housing for use by elderly and disabled
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Miller reviews PFI work after director leaves
Miller Group’s head of PFI has left after the company began to scale back of work in the sector.
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300 jobs go at Persimmon in wake of Northern Rock crisis
Three office closures and review of activity levels led to 5% of workforce being made redundant
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Adjudication:The dangers of DIY
We must make sure that lay representativaes in adjudication have adequate knowledge of the law and the process
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RMJM bullish as it nears Gazprom tower deal
Edinburgh architect RMJM hit the headlines six weeks ago when it squared up to Unesco over the proposed £397m Gazprom tower in St Petersburg.