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  • Heathrow airport
    News

    BAA in desperate scramble to finish Terminal 5

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    UK’s construction flagship hit by massive cost and time overruns on M&E packages

  • Comment

    On the paper trail

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The claimant (subcontractor) issued proceedings against the defendant (main contractor) for declarations that the subcontract arrangements in respect of three construction projects in Newcastle (Vale House, Maytree House and Hawthorn Estate) constituted contracts in writing for the purpose of section 107 of the Construction Act. The defendant subcontracted the electrical ...

  • News

    Engineer sues NHS trust in PFI dispute

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The Whipps Cross NHS Trust in east London has become embroiled in a legal battle after it scrapped a £350m PFI redevelopment two years ago.

  • Former MG Rover Longbridge site
    News

    Eco-town contenders mark out possible brownfield sites

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Manchester and Birmingham head list of local authorities gearing up for eco-town bids

  • London Underground
    News

    Tube Lines develops device to protect engineers

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    London Underground contractor invents the first permanent fail-safe device for detecting live currents

  • News

    Eco-town contenders mark out possible brownfield sites

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Manchester and Birmingham head list of local authorities gearing up for eco-town bids

  • Contractors’ profits under threat from price slowdown
    News

    Contractors’ profits under threat from price slowdown

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Report warns of lower construction margins in London as tender price inflation falls in 2008

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    What are words worth?

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    You might not expect a member of Russia’s super-rich to speak the same language as a British builder. But when it came to deciding if the oral agreement they had was a binding contract, it was the English court that had the final word

  • Sir Rodney Walker, SMC
    News

    SMC–Aukett merger in doubt

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Merger talks between architects SMC Group and Aukett Fitzroy Robinson could be derailed by SMC’s poor financial results

  • grass
    News

    Zero-carbon homes shock as national grid energy barred

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Government says off-site sources ‘not eligible unless directly connected to the development’

  • Sweden’s green utopia
    Features

    Sweden's green utopia

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    This new Stockholm suburb demonstrates how simple, robust, centralised systems can outperform flashy designs bristling with turbines. But can it work as a model for Gordon Brown’s eco-towns?

  • Comment

    Zero-sum games

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    You know the government’s got serious on climate change when it instructs cows to eat garlic. It’s also offering lower stamp duty to those who buy more energy-efficient homes. But will the idea work?

  • Shapps: “The industry doesn’t want home information packs”
    News

    ‘We’ll scrap Hips,’ says Tory shadow housing minister

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Home Information Packs are ‘clumsy, ineffective and useless’ Grant Shapps tells Conservatives

  • News

    Engineer sues NHS trust in PFI dispute

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The Whipps Cross NHS Trust in east London has become embroiled in a legal battle after it scrapped a £350m PFI redevelopment two years ago

  • News

    Erinaceous set for break-up if Tchenguiz bid succeeds

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Parts of troubled property consultant likely to be sold off if takeover talks lead to an offe

  • Alex Smith
    Comment

    High standards

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Alex Smith welcomes the arrival of the RIBA’s revised Standard Forms of Appointment to its website in a handy PDF format, which will save time, effort and paper

  • Frank Sinatra
    Comment

    My favourites …

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Tony Bingham

  • Invisible man
    Features

    The invisible client

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Repair work for insurers can be a lucrative income stream for small builders. But first, you have to unravel the enigma of who your real client is.

  • Fielden Clegg Bradley’s Westfield student village for Queen Mary university in east London
    Features

    Cost model: Student residences

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The academic year has started and a fresh intake of students is moving into brand new housing. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon explores this dynamic and price-conscious market

  • Building Control
    Features

    ‘Yeah, near enough’

    2007-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Councils’ building control departments are facing big changes to the way they do business, with many predicting a wholesale switch to self-certification. But what will be the consequences of that? Thomas Lane took a peek at the future, and it doesn’t look good …