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CommentRogue Customers
Clients who don’t pay can ruin small businesses and wreck the lives of their owners. James Clegg and Roxane McMeeken listen to the stories of three builders who think it’s high time something was done about the rogue customer
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NewsTales from the crypt
Work on the £36m refurbishment of St Martin-in-the-Fields is expected to be completed in June, almost two months later than planned.
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Subcontractors launch final offensive over payment reforms
Specialist groups have begun a final push to persuade MPs and ministers to introduce reforms to payment and adjudication rules in the Construction Act.
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MPs accuse industry of ‘feeble excuses’ on zero carbon
MPs have accused the housebuilding industry of making “feeble excuses” to avoid making new homes zero carbon by 2016 and “dragging its feet on renewables”.
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NewsA practical example
Osborne has completed this £7m engineering faculty building for University College London.
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Consultants vie for place on project management framework
Consultants are gearing up to bid for a place on a £516m Office of Government Commerce framework.
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Agency workers
Agency workers are to be given the same basic rights as permanent workers within 12 weeks of starting a job, under a government plan agreed with unions.
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Nuclear in Kent
Two sites in Kent have been named as possible locations a new nuclear power stations by E.ON.
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British Land beats forecasts
British Land’s net asset value per share fell 20% to 1,344p in the year to 31 March 2008.
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Carillion: McAlpine takeover will not lead to writedown
A source close to Carillion’s £574m takeover of Alfred McAlpine said there was a “snowball’s chance in hell” of writedowns as a result of the deal.
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Sharewatch - Jarvis, the stock market darling …
Jarvis had a good week, although it depends on how you define good.
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FeaturesProcurement: Competitive dialogue
If your client’s public-sector scheme needs bidder input during procurement, then competitive dialogue is likely to be the best option. Now that some projects have been let using the process, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reviews the lessons learned
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NewsThe pearly Greengates
Social housing contractor Durkan has won a £10m contract to design and build a regeneration scheme on behalf of Tower Homes and the London Development Agency.
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Government seeks legal advice on supermarket fascia test
Government officials are taking legal advice on whether the new supermarket planning test proposed by the competition regulator will require primary legislation.
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FeaturesDrinking concrete
When that brutalist milestone, the Hayward Gallery, demanded a bar, the architect and operations director endeavoured to make it look like it came out of the concrete. Here, they explain how they did it
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FeaturesSwimming against the tide
Retail and leisure Preparing Manchester’s indoor arena for Celine Dion is one thing. Getting it ready for the World Swimming Championships was quite another – after all, it didn’t even have a pool.
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FeaturesSweden's leading light
Lighting has a critical role to play in the sustainability of our buildings. One Swedish firm, though, hasn’t forgotten the aesthetic side …
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FeaturesWashroom lockers
Washroom Washroom’s Tempo collection has been used at the £5.8m Mark Hall sports centre in Harlow, Essex.
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Movers and makers
Kingspan Insulation’s Kooltherm K12 Framing Board has passed the fire test under BS 476 Part 21. The test is designed to assess the length of time building materials can maintain integrity and resistance under fire conditions. It provided the required performance for more than 50 minutes.Cladding manufacturer Kalzip has revamped ...