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NewsHouse prices increase at slowest rate since February
Housing stock is the highest in three years as sellers try and avoid HIPs
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NewsWillmott Dixon wins £35m leisure deal
Rotherham council selects contractor to design, build and maintain four PFI leisure centres over 32 years
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NewsBiodiesel firm to float on AIM
Public listing will fund second plant in Ellesmere Port to convert animal fat into energy
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NewsPaper round: 'Green leases' will penalise workers
While UK developers consider fines for office workers who keep the lights on Beijing's housebuilders are told not to be so smug
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NewsEgret West unveils eco-science park - images
Brown roofs and public green spaces make it one of the country's first environmentally sustainable business parks
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FeaturesShould English Partnerships clamp down on buy-to-let?
EP decided to curb buy-to-let sales on some of its sites recently. Should it be trying to buck the market?
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CommentTroubles along the way
A recent case involving temporary works, and what happens when they fail to do their job, casts some light on the tricky inspection obligations of professionals
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CommentCustard pies
Facebook and LinkedIn are the latest players in social networking. Which you choose depends on whether you prefer to talk to managing directors or throw cakes at them.
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NewsCouncils may pull out of PFI social housing market
Government expected to give go-ahead for authorities to take out loans using own resources
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NewsDavis Langdon to report third successive year of growth
Consultant retains top spot as global turnover reaches £221m for year to April 2007
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A warning
The claimant, Hart Investments, sought to hold the first defendant, Fidler, responsible for the collapse of part a building that Hart owned. Fidler was a structural engineer and denied responsibility for the collapse. He was employed by both the claimant and the second defendant, building contractor Larchpark.Hart alleged that Fidler ...
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NewsFoster profit soars 136% with ‘further rises to come’
Architect pays himself £2.9m and buys the practice’s aircraft after making £5.9m profit
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CommentNobody’s forcing you to do it
The Construction Act deals a knock-out blow to adjudicators who try to hold on to the award until they get paid. But if the parties don’t like that rule, they don’t have to adjudicate at all
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Scottish offices put Bovis Lend Lease on top in May
Business barometer … and they also catapult Bowmer & Kirkland into second place
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Metronet looks to reduce workload
Metronet, the PPP company responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of two-thirds of London Underground, is trying to reduce the scope of the work it undertakes, writes Angela Monaghan.
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NewsMultiplex family sells up after 45 years
Contractor to be sold to asset manager Brookfield for £3.1bn
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Disaster on your hands? Take notes!
If your supplier gets it wrong and costs you sleepless nights and wasted days, you can claim money for your lost time. A recent case illustrates the latest legal thinking on how you do it …
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NewsReid and 3D combine forces
Reid Architecture has become one of the UK’s 10 largest practices after merging with Scottish rival 3D Architecture.