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ROK Build Ltd vs Harris Wharf Development Company Ltd
The claimant was constructing a primary school and twenty four 1-3 bedroom flats for Harris Wharf. The contract was the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract, With Contractor’s Design 1998 Edition.Practical Completion occurred on 12 July 2005, and the professional advisers met in April 2006 in order to discuss the ...
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NewsSustainable housing products
The way you build a home goes half way to making it sustainable. The other half is its M&E and water harvesting. Alex Smith looks at how the homes in the BRE innovation park used new technology to tackle both
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NewsBedzed's baby: Zedfactory housing in Andover
Green architect Zedfactory has designed a housing development in Andover that takes the Bedzed principles and shows how they can be paid for
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CommentNever mind the ethics, look at the price
It’s an open secret that stone products imported from the third world are often made using child labour. So why doesn’t anybody do anything about it? Greg Verhoef has an explanation …
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CommentTime wasters
One thing a legal dispute is good for is kicking a claim for payment into the long grass, which means all the time spent being fair to both parties is very unfair to the one that wants its money
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Galliford Try enters Tyneside with £9m Kendall Cross buy
Housebuilder continues to grow, with the help of a tough market and new taxation rules
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Greater powers for homes agency
The government is to grant the Homes and Communities Agency, its new housing and regeneration quango, the planning powers of a local authority, it became clear this week.
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More gloom as CPA cuts 2008 forecast
The Construction Products Association has warned that the anticipated slowdown in construction next year will be greater than expected, as the impact of the credit crunch worsens.
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NewsArup to design world’s first ‘solar city’ in Arizona
Mixed-use development for 300,000 inhabitants will rely on the sun for all daytime energy
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NewsLondon Transport Museum reopens
The £22.4m refurbishment project of Covent Garden venue is complete
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Costain names Allvey as next chairman
The engingeering and construction group's deputy chairman will take over from David Jeffries from January 1
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Different strokes for different folks
In 2006 the Housing Corporation allowed private firms to apply for its grants – and spared them much of the red tape that housing associations have to deal with
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CommentLearn the trumpet
The construction industry’s public image has seen worse days, but there is much that still needs to be done. Communicating our successes and enthusiasm to the public will bring about the change that is needed
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NewsBeijing and Europe chip in for buoyant Arup
Arup has reported a 50% leap in profit in its latest set of accounts, thanks partly to rapid expansion in European markets.
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NewsArup to design world’s first ‘solar city’ in Arizona
Mixed-use development for 300,000 inhabitants will rely on the sun for all daytime energy
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Constructionskills launches inaugural plant manager training scheme
A five day health and safety event developed with the Construction Plant Association
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CommentBespoke and be damned
In the latest of our series on tricky terms and perplexing conditions, Helen Garthwaite looks at bespoke clauses to extend a contractor’s right to payment – and why they are likely to fall down
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Gateway plan ‘torn up’ at last minute
Europe’s largest regeneration project has been thrown into confusion after housing minister Yvette Cooper ordered an emergency rewrite of the Thames Gateway plan.
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More gloom as CPA cuts 2008 forecast
Construction Products Association warns slowdown in construction next year will be greater than expected
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NewsCooper u-turn on review of zero-carbon regulations
Minister ‘gives blessing’ to taskforce that will reconsider the status of off-site renewables