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NewsAPC Trainer: Can you avoid conflict? (A015)
Our APC experts show you how to tackle those difficult questions
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CommentYou can’t always get what you want
Here’s the story of a PFI scheme that caught fire. And it’s the story of how the parties then strained to construe their contracts in the most favourable way. Some were not successful
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CommentThe price of intransigence
Mediation can be used as a ploy to cut down on costs at a later trial. But if a party is suspected of playing along with no intention of compromising, everyone can end up losing a lot of money
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Challenging times
There will be a lot of legal change this year, with major revisions to immigration law, more stringent health and safety regs and a move to increase new homes’ energy efficiency
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FeaturesBAA the economy class client
BAA was the client that revolutionised construction to deliver Heathrow Terminal 5 on time and budget, but the cultural change that has followed its takeover by Spanish contractor Ferrovial has left many observers wondering whether that revolution is now over.
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CommentTop 25 architect websites: Flash blindness
Do you glaze over every time you have to navigate through endless animations on architects’ websites? Well, you’re not alone, says website expert Martin Hornagold
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Orders holding up
Despite the pessimism all around, most contractors have strong order books and there are few reports of projects being cancelled or delayed. Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon reports
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FeaturesAbsolutely Fabio
Fabio Capello picks his first England team on Wednesday, and although he wouldn’t share his thoughts on selection with Building, there’s an Irish bricklayer who looks just like him – and he was happy to tell Katie Puckett what he thinks of Frank Lampard …
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CommentHansom Eye candy
This week, why the Candy brothers’ £1bn Fitzrovia scheme is a no-no, subcontractors are put in their place and sex, politics and housing policy become strangely conjoined
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FeaturesPilot project
BAA used Terminal 5 to test-fly a number of exciting, but highly experimental practices. As Thomas Lane discovers, they all took off – then suffered very different fates
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Constructing Excellence
The Phoenix isn’t always this busy on a Tuesday night in January, apparently. Despite the markets going into freefall a few hours earlier, every chair and table in the room is taken and it’s standing room only at the bar.
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CommentThat was then, this is now
So once the project team have finished sighing with relief, no doubt their chests will swell with pride: Terminal 5 has come in on time and to budget.
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McCarthy & Stone reports strong results after takeover
Retirement home builder McCarthy & Stone has announced bullish first figures since its £1.1bn acquisition by a private equity group in September 2006.
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Sharewatch — One man’s scam wrongfoots US stock exchange
Jérôme Kerviel, the 31-year-old French derivatives trader who cost Société Générale £7bn, was the new name on people’s lips last week.
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Connaught claims £370m of new work in January
Social housing contractor Connaught has made a strong start in 2008 with £370m of new work in January.
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Contractors tighten overheads
Contractors will tighten their overheads in 2008 as a result of the credit crunch, consultant Davis Langdon has predicted.
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Pochins profit slide
Cheshire-based contractor Pochin has revealed a 52% drop in pre-tax profit to £4.4m in the six months to 30 November 2007.
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Halstead confident
Commercial flooring maker James Halstead has reported that its turnover growth in the first half of 2008 will be at least 13%.
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Busy year for McAslan
Architect John McAslan + Partners has reported a 30% jump in turnover to £8m for the year ended 31 October 2007.