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City Inn vs Shepherd Construction: Time was on our side
Shepherd Construction spent eight years arguing for a five-week extension on a hotel project in Bristol. Which gave its legal team plenty of time to hone its case …
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CommentJCT consultation: A sustainable strategy
We all agree that sustainability, like apple pie, is a good thing, but we’re not sure how we should tackle it. The big stick of legislation, some gentle guidance, or a mixture of the two?
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FeaturesThe squeeze
They are culling their supply chains and demanding cash from those that are left, but are main contractors really as bad as the big bad wolf? Roxane McMeeken listens to both sides of the argument
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FeaturesSpotlight on enabling works
Those contractors involved in getting a site ready face an extremely complex market …
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APC Trainer: Killer moves: (A015: Conflict avoidance, dispute resolution)
Every week Building.co.uk features a handy guide to answering APC interview questions for trainee surveyors. For more, visit the website, but in the meantime here’s one of our experts, Alastair Bloore, with some high-flying ideas about dispute resolution. Steady on there, tiger …
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The tracker: Against all odds
You would think contractors would be feeling seasick given the current financial turmoil – but you would think wrong: things are still surprisingly upbeat, says Experian Business Strategies
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NewsMore specialists face the axe amid insolvency fears
Subcontractors furious as Costain, Wates and Morgan Ashurst cut supplier lists
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Ibex starts early payment club to protect joinery suppliers
Fit-out contractor Ibex Interiors has set up an early payment “club” in an attempt to prevent its joinery suppliers from going bust.
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Specialists on Building.co.uk
Building is launching a brand new web channel dedicated to construction specialists.
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NSCC payment campaign grows
The National Specialist Contractors Council is to extend its fair payment campaign to Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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… as NFB calls for £8bn budget to be released
The National Federation of Builders has urged the prime minister to sanction the early release some of the Housing Corporation’s £8bn budget as part of a rescue package for the housing market.
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Manchester prepares legal challenge over supercasino
Manchester council has confirmed that it will consider taking legal action if plans for a regional supercasino are dropped.
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Mortgage approvals
This January has been the weakest for mortgage approvals since records began in 1994, according to estate agent Connells.
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Perth development
Plans for a mixed-use scheme, including a hotel and 92 homes in Perth have been submitted by developer Kilmartin Property Group to Perth and Kinross council.
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Record for London
Thirty-three thousand homes were built in London last year, the highest figure since 1977, according to the Greater London Authority.
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Gloucester homes
Plans for 400 homes at Downings Malthouse and Provender Mill in Gloucester have been outlined by landowner the Bishop family.
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New role for Crosby
Sir James Crosby, the former chief executive of HBOS, is to chair the Northern Private Investment Commission, a new body to promote business investment in northern England.
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NewsArup called in at Camden
The owner of Camden’s Canal Street market has called in Arup to advise it on damage caused by a fire last weekend.
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Tubelines fears ‘knock-on effects’ of £2bn Metronet bill
Tubelines has voiced concerns that funding for the tube upgrade will be cut after it emerged that the government will have to spend £2bn to bail out rival consortium Metronet.