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FeaturesAn oasis by the Elephant
Just around the corner from the Elephant & Castle shopping centre, a colourful housing scheme by de Rijke Marsh Morgan has replaced the drab greys of Southwark’s Heygate estate. Martin Spring explains how the project is just the beginning of a long-overdue £1.5bn regeneration plan
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Bovis and Costain part company with senior staff
Bovis’ commercial director and the managing director of Costain’s building division depart
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EU judges throw out aggregates tax case
British Aggregates Association loses its challenge on the legality of UK aggregates tax
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The adjudication must go on …
Hillview engaged Botes to carry out certain works under a contract that contained adjudication provisions compliant with the requirements of the Construction Act. A dispute arose in relation to Hillview’s entitlement to liquidated and ascertained damages as a consequence of delays in completion of certain sections of the works. Hillview ...
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NewsCarillion in row with Mowlem suppliers
Carillion issues ultimatum over controversial accreditation and payment terms
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FeaturesSpotlight on Southwark
After a series of planning blunders, the area around the Elephant & Castle is crying out for regeneration. With a £1.5bn masterplan in place, it looks like its time has finally come
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Planning levy won’t cover infrastructure bill
Treasury proposals for a development levy would not benefit the government financially but would hit smaller developers, a coalition of business and property groups will warn chancellor Gordon Brown next week.
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CommentCertifiable adjudicators
Like the umpires in last month’s ill-fated test match, adjudicators test the dispute against the rules and make a judgment – unfortunately some construction folk, and one or two lawyers, haven’t quite grasped that they can’t tamper with the ball either …
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RIBA reveals five shortlists for Special Awards
Fielden Clegg Bradley and Richard Rogers go head to head for sustainability award
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NewsBovis and Costain part company with senior staff
Bovis' commercial director and the managing director of Costain's building division depart
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NewsWilkinson Eyre to design £400m BBC Salford centre
Stirling prize-winning architect lands commission for four buildings in £400m media village
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NewsBalfour nuclear workers strike
M&E workers on a nuclear power project in the west of Scotland have launched a series of weekly strikes after contractor Balfour Kilpatrick cut their wages.
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Amec’s losses on A13 road contract put at £9m
… but it is confident of recovering £7m in bid costs on £167m Colchester hospital PFI
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Oops, what happened to Tony Bingham's article this week?
For those of you who spotted the mistake on page 68 in this Friday's edition of the magazine and are curious to have sight of the full text read on ...
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NewsDesigners learn the lessons of 9/11
Improved safety guidelines for tall buildings have been revealed on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York
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FeaturesOpen doors and open minds
British Land is happy to work with unknown contractors and architects – so long as they can meet one or two non-negotiable demands. Emily Wright asks development director Nigel Webb what they are
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CommentBe hands-on
Trade bodies can only do so much without their members’ input. To get real value out of them, industry leaders must get involved and drive the agenda forward
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CommentAn actor’s life
Garvis Snook takes to the stage with his all-singing, all-dancing troupe of Rok staff, while property developers pretend to know about wine and Ken Yeang reveals a movie-star influence