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Get it fixed
SWI Ltd entered into a subcontract with P&I Data Services Ltd for building works. SWI’s and P&I’s subcontract specified that a price would be paid for works listed on the tender documents. It was common ground that if P&I required works to be performed that were not the subject of ...
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Pay your dues
The defendants, Mr and Mrs Johnston, engaged the claimant contractor, Pierce Design International Limited, to carry out construction works at the property. The contract incorporated the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract (With Contractor’s Design), 1998 edition. During the contract the defendants failed to make interim payments to the ...
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FeaturesShould green planning applications be fast-tracked?
Is the government right to seek a rewrite of the renewable energy planning permission rules?
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Newcastle councillors approve £380m regeneration scheme
Scotswood's 1800-home development plans to include UK's first housing expo
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NewsHSE welcomes bids for new gas installer scheme
Health & Safety Executive opens competition for provider to “beef up domestic gas safety standards”
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CommentMind your language, minister
The government’s latest attempts at spelling out the Construction Act’s payment rules are a triumph of impenetrable gobbledegook. It’s time for some plain English
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CommentYes, in your backyard
If we’re ever going to get the homes we need, rural nimbys are just going to have to accept some development – maybe even a new next-door neighbour…
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CommentThe naked quango
In the first of a new series in which professionals reveal what they really think, a regeneration expert tells us just how much help agencies and quangos are …
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Interest rate increases hit commercial market
The rate of growth of the UK’s commercial development in July was below its average for the past 19 months, although it did increase slightly from June’s five-month low.
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News‘We will surprise the hell out of the industry’
Tony Douglas, Laing O’Rourke’s new chief operating officer, announces five-year plan to turn it into the most modern firm in British construction
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News‘We will surprise the hell out of the industry’
Tony Douglas, Laing O’Rourke’s new chief operating officer, announces five-year plan to turn it into the most modern firm in British construction
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NewsSpinning round the Serpentine
Pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery has been topped out by contractor Bovis Lend Lease
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Tough energy target for BSF
At least 60% of the energy for every new English secondary school to come from renewables
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The code breakers
The Office of Fair Trading has, up to now, reserved its fire for contractors that cross the line during tendering. But it is not all on one side, as this case from Northern Ireland shows
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Wounded McAlpine is takeover target
Alfred McAlpine effectively put itself up for sale this week when it announced that it intended to sell its PFI portfolio and troubled slate quarries, and demerge the rest of the business
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NewsWhitbybird bought by Danes
Whitbybird has merged with Danish engineering giant Ramboll to create an international consultancy with more than 6,000 staff
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Tough energy target for BSF
At least 60% of the energy for every new English secondary school to come from renewables
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Harman backs gangmaster bill
The Labour government is to back a private members bill to protect migrant construction workers from exploitation
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NewsMace scores a hat trick at Wellington Place in Leeds
Consultant lands three roles at £500m scheme to create 2.6 million ft2 urban district
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FeaturesMini cost model: Nursing homes
As people in the UK live longer, demand for residential care and nursing homes is growing – as are our expectations of the standard of living they will provide. Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon looks at how home developers and operators are rising to the challenge