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The adjudicator is always right
This was an appeal from an order made on 28 April 2005 by Mr Justice Jackson in the TCC. Mr Jackson upheld the adjudicator’s decision and ordered payment for £12,376,454.54 inclusive of interest and VAT.
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Directors of Wembley firm charged with kidnapping
Andrew and Lee Haygarth, directors of CBL Cable Contractors, accused of abducting man in Hartlepool
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NewsEDAW, Atkins and Arup set to win key 2012 contract
EDAW team told it is in line to win key job designing the Olympic park with Arup and Atkins acting as engineers.
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NewsMultiplex in fight for Cambridge new town
Developer Multiplex has appealed against the refusal of plans for a town north of Cambridge and challenged the government to demonstrate its commitment to raising it game over housing delivery in the M11 growth corridor.=
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Amec development boss tipped to run spin-off firm
John Early, chairman of Amec’s development arm, set to lead UK infrastructure business after company splits
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Kajima leaves Cambridge housing scheme
Troubles mounted for contractor Kajima this week as it emerged that it had left a PFI housing project in Cambridge after the completion of the first phase.
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Kajima leaves Cambridge housing scheme
Kajima leaves Accordia PFI housing project after first phase.
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NewsEDAW, Atkins and Arup set to win key 2012 contract
EDAW team told it is in line to win key job designing the Olympic park with Arup and Atkins acting as engineers
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Bovis settles dispute with Vegas casino
The dispute between Bovis Lend Lease and the owners of the Venetian Casino Resort in Las Vegas has finally been resolved after an out of court settlement was reached.
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NewsWembley sparks threaten walk-out over pay
BMS agency workers issue employers with 48-hour ultimatum over non-payment of new London rates
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Latham slams forum shake-up
Senior industry figures have warned that the new-look Strategic Forum for Construction risks jeopardising its relationship with the government and excluding a huge swathe of the industry following its recent shake-up.
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NewsFurther setback at hospital delayed by Jarvis troubles
Whittington hospital in north London, one of the contractor’s final PFI projects, is delayed for second time
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Future of Procure 21 assured after independent review
Health-building framework scheme gets clean bill of health as Department of Health takes control of it
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CommentStructural flaws
The Strategic Forum’s new structure has trimmed down its unwieldy membership, but some of the changes could damage its status
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CommentJoin the job queue
They say construction has an image problem. But the bigger issue is that young people who are attracted to the industry aren’t getting the help they need
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CommentWhat’s the damage?
Matthew Reed predicts a rise in professional indemnity insurance costs in 2006 and reveals what a professional with your risk profile should expect to cough up
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CommentInadmissable evidence
The answer to Tony Bingham’s ‘fuzzy edge disease’ is unambiguous contracts that do not rely on pre-contract transactions that will, rightly, be ruled inadmissable
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CommentWonders & blunders
Gill Taylor thinks the Scottish parliament is a playful masterpiece, but finds no fun in out-of-town toyshops
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FeaturesClass struggle
The government has £5bn to spend on its city academies programme over the next four years, but it’s finding it strangely difficult to get the construction industry to take its money … Eleanor Cochrane looks at what’s going wrong while Martin Spring considers the architecture