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Abbey profit drops 18%
Irish contractor reports pre-tax profit of £32.6m for the year to 30 April 2006.
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NewsDead workman's family compensated £104,000
Robertson Construction ordered to pay compensation to family of roofer killed on Scottish school site
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Encon appoints Gerry Fallon as managing director
Fallon will succeed Douglas McKerracher who is set to retire at the end of July
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NewsCM Parker Browne wins £130m academy deal
Consultant CM Parker Browne wins £130m contract for five United Learning Trust academy projects
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NewsGreen light for nuclear power
Government energy review says nuclear power stations would reduce carbon emissions and reduce reliance on imported energy
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NewsInterior Services Group buys ISG Asia for £4.6m
British-based ISG currently has a 22% share in ISG Asia, the FM and project management business
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NewsTaywood announces 10% growth in landbank
Housebuilder's trading update reveals landbank of 38,498 plots in the UK.
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NewsBovis boss Johnston brings in Aussie to run UK arm
Shocked staff complain of ‘personality-less firm’ as British boss Jason Millett takes his leave
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CommentStuff happens
Here’s an immutable fact: the world is changing faster than we can put buildings up. So, when it comes to big construction schemes, it’s naive to expect a precise specification and no changes mid-project
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CommentSorry, its not a runner
The CIC says its consultants’ contract is aimed at experienced clients, but they’ll be the last to abandon bespoke forms for an agreement that includes an aggregate cap on liabilities
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FeaturesGetting well sooner
West London’s BECAD hospital takes traditional healthcare and repackages it into one seamless facility that offers more patients better services for a fraction of the usual effort, space and cost … Martin Spring explains how it was done
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CommentThrills and spills
Put an angry man at the wheel of a mini-digger and the results will be dramatic. Give him some dynamite and the fun can really start. Nick Jones hunts down the web’s wildest demolition stories
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NewsHaste plans Laing O’Rourke expansion in Middle East
Division’s new chief operating officer targets Qatar in five-year business strategy
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NewsBovis boss Johnston brings in Aussie to run UK arm
Shocked staff complain of ‘personality-less firm’ as British boss Jason Millett takes his leave
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Disputing the dispute
The applicant charterers Exfin applied to set aside an arbitration award in favour of the respondent ship-owners, Tolani for some US$130,000. Exfin argued that there was no “dispute” between the parties pursuant to the arbitration clause in the parties’ contract because Exfin had admitted the liability, the amount of the ...
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NewsWembley woes continue as seating firm collapses
Pel Group goes into administration as Multiplex claims extension of time until October
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CommentTrump that!
Everyone knows that a final certificate trumps an interim one – that’s the way a client ensures it pays the correct sum. But when an adjudicator is parachuted in to decide the interim account, that situation is reversed – as Camden council was surprised to discover
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NewsAussie giant set to buy UK infrastructure firms
Downer EDI prepares for expansion drive after ‘test’ purchase of rail contractor
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Barker out of line with Brown over planning
Tensions have emerged between chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown and Kate Barker, adviser to the Bank of England, over the pace of planning reform after this week’s publication of Barker’s interim report into the UK planning system.