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Rain check
CA Blackwell (Contracts) Ltd (“Blackwell”) is a contractor with expertise in earthworks involved in motorway construction. Blackwell had successfully tendered for the earthworks on parts of the M60. Blackwell was responsible for insuring adequate temporary drainage for the earthworks and took out a policy with Gerling Allegemeine Verichergungs (“Gerling”) for ...
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Work starts on 2012 media centre
Bulldozers start removing earth from the site of the future Olympic media centre
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Foster sells minority stake
Private equity firm 3i set to buy ‘less than 50%’ share of practice valuing the firm at about £350m
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Yes, folks, it’s the fab follies
A client bent on scuppering an adjudication can whistle up all sorts of loony tunes – including favourites such as ‘There Ain’t No Contract in Writing’, ‘Git that Adjudicator Outta Here’ and ‘Here Come the Judge’. Altogether now…
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Actually, we can handle the truth
The government is still not prepared to admit the real cost of the Olympics, but treating us like children and hoping that nobody will notice when it creeps towards £12bn is asking for trouble
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Sit back, relax …
Why drag yourself out of the office to an industry seminar when you can watch one from the comfort of your own desk? Alex Smith sings the praises of webinars …
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Commercial demand slows after three-year peak
Savills survey shows optimism about rise in next three months despite slowdown last month
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HBF chairman hits out at councils’ land rationing
Stewart Baseley says local authorities have used the drive for higher density to cut land supply
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Metronet brings in Deloitte in tube row
Metronet has appointed a team of advisers, led by Deloitte, to prepare evidence for its deepening dispute with London Underground.
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Industry giants line up for Olympic media centre
Bouygues and Hopkins Architects, Lend Lease and Foster, and Carillion could be on shortlist
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The case for suspenders
It was thought that the Construction Act said any client that failed to issue a withholding notice five days before the final date of payment was obliged to pay the contractor in full. But that was before three law lords said otherwise …
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Foster sells minority stake
Private equity firm 3i set to buy ‘less than 50%’ share of practice for about £350m
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Treasury ponders return of new town corporations
Taskforce will work up proposals that may include post-war-style development bodies
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There’s no excuse for lateness
State your case The courts no longer take a relaxed view of any failure to meet adjudication’s many deadlines, however minor, says Laurenz Maurer. Here’s what you need to know ...
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125-year PFI hospital lease comes to light
The Department of Health has risked losing control of hospitals and land valued at £517m as a result of PFI deals.
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German cement company ponders swoop on Hanson
Shares in materials giant rise 25% as HeidelbergCement considers formal approach
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Industry giants line up for Olympic media centre
Bouygues and Hopkins Architects, Lend Lease and Foster, and Carillion could be on shortlist
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McCloud names grand designers
TV design personality Kevin McCloud has appointed three architects to work on his first foray into housebuilding.
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Learning to think big in the land of the skyscraper
New York was the location for last week’s annual conference of the British Council for Offices