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NewsView from my office: Lee Barron
RLF Sheffield’s associate partner can see an idyllic golf course on the malt whisy trail from his office. Lucky chap
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Go with the flow
This was an appeal from HHJ Armitage’s judgement awarding the fees claimed by Weetwood Services Ltd (“Weetwood”) in the sum of £7,092.68. Ansvar Holdings Ltd (“Ansvar”) sought planning permission to extend a building they owned for the storage of motor vehicles. A water course traversed this land and ...
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Cut out the (insolvent) middle man
Sydenhams (Timber Engineering) Ltd, the claimant timber company, made a claim in respect of unpaid design and construction work it carried out on a hotel in Bournemouth for CHG Holdings Ltd, the defendant developer. CHG contended that there was never a direct contract between it and Sydenhams and that ...
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The sound of silence
The Claimant had commenced adjudication proceedings against the Defendant on 20 February 2007 in accordance with the Scheme for Construction Contracts provided by the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. The adjudicator’s decision was therefore due before 20 March 2007. The adjudicator sought an extension of time, and Yule, ...
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NewsHousebuilders ‘will hit zero carbon target’, says HBF
Federation boss Baseley denies claim that private sector is not working to 2016 deadline
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NewsWhite Young Green boss prepares to go nuclear
In his first major interview as WYG boss, Lawrie Haynes outlines plans to expand energy division
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NewsHousebuilders ‘will hit zero carbon target’, says HBF
Federation boss Baseley denies claim that private sector is not working to 2016 deadline
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CommentA house up a well-known creek
If your home played host to the contents of your neighbours’ toilets 17 times in eight years, you might expect the law to offer you some redress. Remarkably, as one London householder found out, it does nothing of the sort
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NewsEco-town winners to be announced by March
Sustainability consultants claim six-month timetable for choosing winning bidders for Gordon Brown’s 10 new towns is unrealistic
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NewsGreen light for £38m city academy
Kensington and Chelsea council grant planning permission for London’s most expensive school
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Only 12 BSF schools out of 100 to complete by March
Delays and lack of skills in local authorities beset £45bn school building programme
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Scaffold collapse injures seven at Wates site
Work on £15.8m Liverpool John Moores University arts building halted after workers fall 30ft
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CommentWe need another national grid
Britain has been battered by floods and parched by droughts in recent summers. But if we had a national water grid, we could cope with both, argues David Lush
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Ucatt accuses 16 of payment abuse
Construction union Ucatt has sent a dossier to the government exposing the illegal treatment of agency workers on sites run by some of the industry’s biggest contractors.
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Lend Lease axed from £190m job
Developer Lend Lease has been removed from a £190m regeneration project in Eastbourne amid fears its appointment could fall foul of competition law
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Tube Lines set to win Metronet contracts
The odds on Tube Lines snapping up Metronet’s maintenance contracts shortened dramatically this week after the government’s arbiter said the collapsed group was theoretically entitled to claim up to £1.1bn from London Underground.
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New housing to fund energy improvements to old stock
Housing minister to use Thames Gateway profit to make existing housing more efficient