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Costs: Structural steel
If structural steel is your frame of choice, you need to think about fire protection. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans runs through the various options and what each one will cost
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Structures
Our structural special kicks off by examining the new thinking on tall buildings in the post-9/11 world, before offering tips on fine-tuning dealings with structural engineers and how to gauge costs of fire-protecting steel frames
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Bovis up for rival Multiplex’s £4bn Stratford City scheme
Bovis Lend Lease shortlisted to programme manage Stratford City, despite rivalry with one of its developers.
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Berkeley and Crest Nicholson vie for £850m estate revamp
Hackney council to make final decision next month over who will regenerate Woodberry Down estate
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Jarvis strives to keep bosses with 200% bonus offer
Company asks shareholders to approve plan to retain senior managers with target-related share options
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Out of time
This was a reclaiming motion from a decision of Lord Eassie of 14 April 2004. The pursuer was seeking to enforce an adjudicator’s decision. The enforcement was defended on the grounds that the adjudicator’s decision was “ultra vires” and should be set aside.A referral notice was given to the adjudicator ...
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A late call
The contractor carried out work in respect of the claimant’s property. The works were completed and a final certificate was issued on 11 March 2005. The contract was based on the JCT standard form 1998 edition private without quantity. On 6 April the defendant served a notice of adjudication. On ...
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A walk in the park
Mr and Mrs Wilkins own Morghew Park and claimed an injunction and damages for trespass against Mr Lewis who owned an adjoining property, the Morghew Park Estate. Mr Lewis, his employees and visitors used a road running through Morghew Park. Mr Lewis’ use of the roadway was granted ...
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Nuclear Survey
Where do you stand on the government's plans to build nuclear power stations? Complete our survey and win a £50 drinks voucher.
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Jarvis strives to keep bosses with 200% bonus offer
Firm asks shareholders to approve plan to retain senior staff with target-related share options.
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Under 30s locked out of housing market
Number of households owned by under 30s drops to 36% says ODPM.
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Gensler to revamp iconic Lloyd’s building
International architect Gensler has been appointed to develop “a blue-sky strategy” for one of Richard Rogers’ most controversial works, the Lloyd’s building in the City of London.
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Bovis up for rival Multiplex’s £4bn Stratford City scheme
Bovis Lend Lease shortlisted to programme manage Stratford City, despite rivalry with one of its developers
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Industry failing to implement flexible hours policies
Building survey finds that fewer than one in 10 staff made use of flexible hours.
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Gensler to revamp iconic Lloyd’s building
Architect is appointed to look at changing the interiors of building.
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End of the pier show
Back from the coast, a veteran conference-goer reflects on a season dogged by identity crises and wonders if the sun has set on the age of politics-by-the-sea
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What a man’s gotta do
Compromise and collaboration, those so-called feminine qualities, aren’t the only way to run projects. Consultants of both sexes must also fight for what they believe is right