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FeaturesMade in China
Is the UK construction industry missing a trick? A recent report suggests that firms could be saving up to 30% on the cost of materials if they were to ship more from China. Stephen Kennett spoke to three companies that already use Chinese suppliers to find out if it really ...
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NewsRidge QS on Ironbridge Gorge restoration scheme
Consultant is appointed on phase four of the regeneration of the Coalbrookdale Museum
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NewsEC Harris appoints new leader for Ireland
Consultant also recruits new partner to run the Cardiff office
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NewsWYG appoints two environmental directors
Consultant also appoints UK corporate responsibility manager for new role
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NewsRider Levett Bucknall sponsors graduate in triathlon
Birmingham-based graduate will compete in the gruelling Ford Ironman 70.3 world championships
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NewsSurvey finds negative impact of environmental property tax reform
Davis Langdon survey reveals 70% of respondents dissatisfied with the withdrawal of Industrial Building Allowance
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NewsCarl O'Donnell's postcard from the Cayman Islands
The QS at Knowles escapes the winter for a job minutes away from the beach in the Cayman Islands
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Bennett (Electrical) Services vs Inviron
This was a summary judgment application to enforce an adjudication award. A dispute had arisen between the parties in the course of electrical installation works that the Claimant was carrying out for the Defendant. The Claimant referred the dispute to adjudication, however the Defendant asserted that the adjudicator did not ...
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UPDATE: Seven workers killed in Dubai bridge collapse
More than 40 crew working on the project, fifteen injured in accident at marina and city
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NewsPurge of Erinaceous board could include chairman
Nigel Turnbull set to follow founders Neil Bellis and Lucy Cummings out of the door
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CommentThe many lives of Richard Rogers
He may have made his name as an architectural disemboweller, but he has cemented it with a constantly evolving style and widening interests. Tarek Merlin assesses his career
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CommentWhat the Fiona tells us
The House of Lords has just decided a case that’s been around long enough to acquire its own nickname. And although it’s about a huge shipping dispute, it will have a big impact on construction
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NewsBovis set to build ‘Darth Vader’s helmet’
Bovis Lend Lease is on the brink of being appointed to build “Darth Vader’s Helmet”, as the Stanhope development at Walbrook Square in central London has become popularly known.
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NewsCurrie & Brown finds its way back with strong order book
Boss admits QS ‘lost direction’ but says restructuring has boosted turnover to £60m
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Six arrested after cable is stolen from Atkins rail project
Between £200,000 and £300,000 worth of cable has been stolen from the Basingstoke resignalling project
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Bovis set to build ‘Darth Vader’s helmet’
Bovis in advanced discussions on London project designed by Foster + Partners and Jean Nouvel.
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The Lords’ diagnosis
Joe Griffiths Can an employer be found negligent if the presence of asbestos fibres in a former worker’s lungs causes clinical depression? The House of Lords thought not
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Olympic authority unveils its designs for 2012 stadium
… as Balfour Beatty puts a £200m pricetag is put on the aquatics centre
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NewsNew Mouchel division targets £10m turnover
Infrastructure consultancy Mouchel has launched a property arm that it hopes will generate business worth £10m a year by 2009.
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CommentC is for copyright, D is for defects
The A to Z of construction law Our instant course in legal concepts continues with some advice on how to protect your design ideas and what to do if defects come to light on your building