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CommentA night to regret
What happened to my mate Trevor after the Christmas party? He seemed so chatty, so relaxed. And a few hours later he was banged up in a police cell …
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Studying the form
This year the JCT caused quite a stir when it decided to revamp its entire suite of contracts (see Building, 24 June), but it’s the changes to the design contracts – Design and Build Contract and the Intermediate Contract with Design – that have created most interest.
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FeaturesThe £6 House
If you think John Prescott’s £60,000 house was a tall order, how would you cope with a budget of £6? Not too badly, if the efforts of the three teams who attended Building’s housebuilding competition in London are anything to go by.
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CommentA Christmas dinner
When it comes to the economics of happiness, a guaranteed maximum price can entail unacceptable costs – as this festive tale demonstrates
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Coping with a cold snap
Can output growth continue as weather conditions worsen and demand takes a hit from rising tender prices? Experian Business Strategies runs down the key points of its contractors’ survey
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Focus on the regions
More ups and downs across the UK, as activity rockets in the East Midlands but plummets in Northern Ireland and East Anglia, and don’t even look at the West Midlands’ order books …
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FeaturesGoodbye, 2005
The year is gone, but not forgotten – or is it? Try our prize quiz to see what you remember …
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FeaturesWhatever happened to …2005
A year can be a long time in construction. From the devastation of the South-east Asian tsumani to the jubilation of the Olympic win, by way of the mindbending confusion of the Building Regulations, Mark Leftly charts the history of the good, bad and the straightforwardly weird
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Comment2005: A landmark year
Twelve months suddenly seems like a long time in contracting. There’s long been a theoretical debate within construction groups about what a contractor is, what it does – and whether that’s worth doing.
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Laing ends takeover talks
John Laing this week called a halt to talks with a mystery buyer that made a takeover approach two weeks ago.
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Industry figures queue up for roles on Olympic board
Key players in the construction industry are gearing up to battle for places on the Olympics Delivery Authority board.
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NewsNo Scrooges at Wembley this Christmas
Steelworkers at Wembley stadium will be paid £1700 a week over Christmas in a last-ditch attempt to get the stadium’s roof built in time for this season’s FA Cup.
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NewsEaling classic
A media institute has been developed in west London as part of the Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College.
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Fresh setback for Procure 21 as boss Woolliscroft leaves
The construction industry reacted with dismay this week at the surprise departure of Peter Woolliscroft, head of construction at Procure 21.
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NewsMorrison quits schools race as AWG gears up for sale
Contractor pulls out of bidding for Belfast schools as it emerges parent company may sell the business
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Bad weather delays Bovis tower
Contractor Bovis Lend Lease is to claim an extension of time for “extreme weather conditions” after the £80m Bridgewater Place tower in Leeds fell four months behind schedule.
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Consultant wins £100m work after buyout
Construction and property consultant DBK Back says it has won £100m of work since a management buyout in August.
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NewsHindu rush
Consultant Cyril Sweett has finished a £5m Jain temple in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, which, according to client the Oshwal Association UK, “set the world record for the construction of a Hindu temple”.
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Barker to lead second review of planning system
Economist Kate Barker has been asked to lead a second review of the UK’s planning system. The government responded to Barker’s first report on housing supply last week.