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NewsExtreme loft conversion
Thanks to Andy Hurst of Atkins for this picture from Qatar. He says: “Scary stuff.
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NewsThe four key messages from Think
Nuclear power, off-setting, road pricing and sustainability costs were all high on speakers' agenda at Think 07
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NewsFormer finance boss takes Bovis to tribunal over bonus
Contractor’s personnel problems continue as date for hearing is set in Andrew Silverbeck case
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Home Rule
The parties entered into a JCT With Contractor’s Design contract for the construction of 114 residential apartments in Manchester. This case concerns the enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision. During the adjudication, Crosby Homes raised three jurisdictional challenges:1 There was no jurisdiction under the “side agreements”2 ...
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Hitting the books
The appellant, Charter Partnership Ltd (“Charter”), is a firm of architects which designed a warehouse that was leased to the respondent, Pearson Education Ltd (“Pearson”). Pearson suffered financial loss when a number of books it owned which were stored in the warehouse were damaged in a flood at the warehouse. ...
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CommentSculpture clash
When it comes to public art, there are two schools of thought: ‘plonk art’, where you plonk down a slab by a big-name artist, and a more local, integrated approach. Tarek Merlin offers a few lessons on both methods
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CommentMade to measure
In the old days, a claim for disruption was a kind of generalised moan about things getting fouled up. These days, there are all kinds of ways of putting a figure on the costs. Here’s how it works
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CommentGiant leaps
The gold rush, the space race ... the US psyche likes nothing more than a bit of competition, which might be good news as it finally begins to acknowledge the green agenda.
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NewsInvestors cautious after Spanish housing crash
BAA owner Ferrovial is among contractors that could suffer knock-on effects from market fall
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Barratt and Taylor Woodrow win fight for urban village
Consortium wins permission to build 1,200 homes in Cheshire after a 10-year battle
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Former finance boss takes Bovis to tribunal over bonus
Contractor’s personnel problems continue as date for hearing is set in Andrew Silverbeck case
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NewsBig thinkers point to zero-carbon future
Think 07 demostrated how seriously industry is facing up to its zero-carbon challenge
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NewsCapacity fears grow as industry boom continues
Soaring prices and output exacerbate ODA’s struggles to woo contractors
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CommentBully beef
Did you see any of the BBC TV drama Life on Mars? Sam Tyler, modern day detective, was accidentally catapulted back to 1973, in the same job and surrounded by Sweeney-style coppers of 35 years ago.
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NewsBarratt to close nine divisions and cut 400 jobs
Housebuilder follows £2.2bn acquisition of Wilson Bowden with round of office closures
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Red tape threatens to stifle development, says NFB
Mounting red tape threatens to drive out small and medium firms, federation tells Callcutt review
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NewsTaywood takes £41.6m hit in Florida
Taylor Woodrow’s vulnerability to a takeover by Persimmon grew this week after it revealed that its American operations had taken a £41.6m hit.
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NewsTaywood takes £41.6m hit in Florida
Taylor Woodrow vulnerable to Persimmon takeover following poor sales in Florida and Californian high-rise operations