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Features17 ways to get paid
Hell hath no fury like a subbie spurned – by someone higher up the food chain who owes him dosh. Dan Stewart studies the age-old problem of separating an employer from his money
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CommentWhat a mess!
Adjudication is being turned into an expensive and inefficient process by the proliferation of home-made procedures. So why isn’t the DTI doing something to stamp them out?
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CommentWeb watch — Recycle me
The back page this week is all about the production of the back page, a cutting-edge paperless process pioneered by Alex Smith. Now, if only we didn’t have to print 25,000 copies for you lot ...
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NewsWillmott Dixon snatches key Costain manager for North
Commercial star Anthony Dillon lured to join contractor’s new Manchester office
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NewsGateway design crackdown
Housing Corporation threatens to cut grants if higher standards are not met in Thames Gateway
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NewsGovernment risks green backlash, industry warns
‘Over-ambitious’ targets could lead housebuilders to turn their back on sustainability
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NewsFire report throws future of timber-frame into doubt
As flames engulf another timber development, fire agencies publish Colindale blaze findings
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CommentIan McGlinn vs everybody else
You build your multimillion-pound dream home, but there are some defects. So you leave it empty for five years, then tear it down and sue everyone in sight, apart from the builder, which has gone bust. Do you win?
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NewsBalfour Beatty tops buyers’ table with £184m US deal
Group strengthens its US presence with biggest deal of the quarter by a listed company
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NewsBellway finally gets the OK on £1.2bn Leeds scheme
After a year of talks, EASEL, the biggest ever regeneration scheme in the city, gets green light
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NewsODA courts cycling guru for velodrome
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is set to sign up the world’s leading track specialist to design the velodrome for the 2012 Games.
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CIS suffers computer glitch in first week
Contractors unable to use system after computers at the HM Revenue and Customs were turned off because air conditioning was not working
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On your marks, get set ...
The NEC suite of contracts, as used by the London Olympics, contain some highly specific requirements concerning compensation events. It’s worthwhile paying attention to them now
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NewsTalks gather pace over sale of Amec’s construction arm
Morgan Sindall thought to be frontrunner; deal could include PPP and regeneration divisions
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Dangerous dust ignored by workers
Workers are ignoring the dangers inhaling work-related dust according to a new survey
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NewsAspirational ISG buys Cathedral for £11.8m
Acqusition of Kent-based Cathedral Contracts will double the size of ISG's retail fit-out operation
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RICS to lure back former QSs
Refresher courses to be launched this autumn as surveying body tries to tackle skills shortage
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CommentConstruction’s movable feast
Fraud, theft and vandalism cost the industry more than £1m a day, with some of the stolen plant surfacing as far away as Australia. What can you do about it?