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CommentDoing what it takes
The Olympics will only truly succeed if the powers-that-be overcome their intellectual timidity and attack the problem with passion, imagination and a whole lot of money
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CommentA modest proposal
Tony Bingham Rather than trying to sort out disputes when they occur, wouldn’t it be easier to just write clear and fair contracts so that rows don’t occur in the first place?
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Cabe reveals worst housing designers
Out of Britain’s top 10 volume housebuilders, Bellway Homes is the company with the poorest designed schemes and Berkeley Group is the company with the best, according to an audit by Cabe
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NewsWilson James brings in army chief to boost firepower
Site services firm enlists former combat support head and Axima boss to lead new divisions
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Procurement change sinks Blair’s academy ambitions
Merging of frameworks likely to scupper prime minister’s plan to build 400 academies by 2010
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NewsBalfour Beatty plans more US acquisitions
Ian Tyler, chief executive of Balfour Beatty, has said the company will look to acquire more US firms after buying Texas-based Centex Construction.
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Procurement change sinks Blair’s academy ambitions
Merging of frameworks likely to scupper prime minister’s plan to build 400 academies by 2010
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CommentThe one with two buckets
State your case Is a settlement deal subject to adjudication? Mr Justice Jackson’s answer will stick in the memory. He says it depends on what’s in your bucket.
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NewsMystery firms close in on Foster
The architect met four private equity firms this week ahead of a senior management meeting
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NewsBarratt uses £2.2bn deal to reinvent its brand
Company becomes Britain’s biggest housebuilder after Britain’s biggest housebuilding takeover, and in the process moves upmarket and enters the FTSE 100
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NewsMuck, brass and building
COMPANY FOCUS Venerable family contractor Seddon is embracing recycling and regeneration
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Cabe reveals worst housing designers
Bellway comes bottom of Cabe's list which judges the quality of housing designs among the top ten housebuilders
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What the Barratt deal means for the sector
Barratt’s purchase of Wilson Bowden enables it to regain the crown of Britain’s biggest housebuilder, which it lost last year to Persimmon.
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NewsMystery firms close in on Foster
Four private equity firms are circling Lord Foster’s practice, the second round of bids for which are due in by the end of the month.
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Make replaces URBED at 90 acre west London site
Urban planner is dropped after council objects to number of homes and lack of public transport
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NewsSuperstar architects unveil cultural vision for Abu Dhabi
Hadid, Gehry, Nouvel and Ando plan district of theatres and museums in Arab emirate
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Alfred McAlpine buys environmental consultant Enviros
Contractor and support services company Alfred McAlpine has bought UK environmental consultant Enviros Group for £30m.
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Bellway completions up 10%
Housebuilder Bellway has achieved 10% more completions in the past six months than in the same period last year.
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Former Morrison boss to lead Skanska strategic review
Skanska UK has appointed an executive vice president to its board to lead a strategic review of the business.
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Buy-to-let investors nab 70% of London homes
More than two-thirds of the capital’s new homes are being snapped up by investors, a Greater London Authority (GLA) study has revealed.