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APC Trainer: Are you competent in risk management? (A090)
Our APC expert shows you how to ace your final asessment
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NewsHard times
The credit crunch generating risk and opportunities on a local level, argues Lillian Peterson Turner & Townsend cost manager
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Michael John Construction Ltd vs St Peter’s Rugby Football Club
In October 2003, St Peter’s Rugby Football Club, occupiers of a clubhouse and sports field in Cardiff, engaged Michael John Construction (MJC) under a JCT IFC 1998 contract. The club required that their site be cleared of the former clubhouse in order for it to be sold to developers. The ...
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CommentThe £40,000 fix
Here’s a chilling tale from the year gone by. It’s about what happened when a subcontractor on a fixed-price contract was asked not to do some of the work it tendered for – but had to be paid for it all the same
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CommentWhat it all comes down to
How do we decide what is a reasonable extension of time? This basic question gives rise to all sorts of astonishingly complex answers, at the end of which we’re left with … common sense
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FeaturesThe secret life of buildings
We hear an awful lot about architects’ splendid low-energy designs, but information about how they actually work when built is rarer than hens’ teeth. So we should all be grateful to Simons, which not only built itself a green office, but collected a year’s data on how it functioned. ...
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CommentIf you want to make money by exploiting migrants, say so
Just before Christmas, the Construction Confederation wrote an article in this slot arguing against the regulation of gangmasters. Here, Alan Ritchie puts the unions’ case
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NewsRebrand at Gleeson Building as it announces growth plan
MJ Gleeson’s former contracting arm becomes GB Building Solutions and posts £908,000 profit
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Aylesbury Vale eco-town could fund Oxford rail link
Planned Buckinghamshire development could contribute £15m to £150m East-West railway
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NewsHousebuilders scramble to tackle credit crunch crisis
Bellway and Barratt demand cuts in cost from suppliers n Persimmon closes three offices
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NewsFranklin and Andrews win Brighton stadium contract
Consultant appointed QS on Albion Football Club stadium scheme
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Ridge promotes sixteen
Consultant announces promotions including new equity partner in charge of London office
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EC Harris expands Cardiff team
Consultant appoints new specialists to support growth in South Wales
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NewsQS sector hungry for deals
Consolidation in the consultancy sector looked set to accelerate this week with the promise of more acquisitions by two prominent players
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NewsSecond Bovis director joins Candy & Candy
Rod King leaves Bovis Lend Lease to become commercial director at luxury homes developer
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine axed from two major schemes
Developers try to reduce costs on £100m Oxford Street and £140m Newport projects
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Laing O’Rourke soars after £1.8bn Heathrow deal
Business barometer £1.8bn East Terminal coup raises contractor to overall number-two spot
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Eco-town bidders must notify councils or face disqualification
Prospective eco-town developers have been told they must notify relevant councils about their proposals if they want to win a place on one of the government’s 10 preferred sites.
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NewsHousebuilders aim to muzzle community levy
Developers are demanding the government limit the scope of a proposed planning tax or risk jeopardising new development.
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Associations encouraged to buy cheap sites
The government is encouraging housing associations to buy cut-price developments from ailing housebuilders, in an indication that it is struggling to meet its annual development targets.