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Who’s suing whom
A round up of the writs at the Technology and Construction Court, including a row over a smart Chelsea pad, landlords in dispute with tenants and two attempts to enforce adjudicators’ awards
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Nowhere to go
As a designer who prepares schemes for several small developers in Sefton, Merseyside, I find it almost impossible to get applications for anything even considered.
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Wigs and muddy boots
Reading Tony Bingham’s article (22 April, page 58) regarding the quandary of a judge faced with the equally compelling opinions of two opposing experts, I was reminded of my very earliest lessons in arbitration.
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A very precise view
Motivated by wishing to balance your rather negative report on the London mayor’s draft supplementary planning guidance the London View Management Framework (22 April, page 16), I should like to point out that the approach is not generally protectionist but informative.
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Just a thought …
In an article relating to the National Audit Office’s report on the government’s construction record (24 March, page 25), Rudi Klein, chief executive of the Specialist Engineering Contractors Group, suggested “using single project bank accounts for the entire construction project”.To overcome the issue of up-front payment would this not be ...
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Features‘If our neighbours have people around for a dinner party we go out – I would rather sleep on a friend’s floor for the night’
A block of flats in the Greenwich Millennium Village is at the centre of a bitter dispute about noise transmission. Although the building originally passed an acoustic test, the residents claim the problem is so bad they cannot sleep.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Tony Whitehead of Defence Estates salutes the functional, effective Walsall Art Gallery but finds the Sainsbury Wing spineless
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Department of Health tops £18bn client spending league
NHS Estates spends almost £3bn on construction projects – £1bn more than second-placed Ministry of Defence
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Clients call for more off-site
Construction needs to increase its use of off-site construction methods to compensate for its skills shortage, clients warned at the client convention. Off-site manufacture was recommended by Sir Michael Latham and Sir John Egan in their reviews as a way of increasing efficiency. But take-up of the method has been ...
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NewsElectronic tendering slammed
Controversial electronic tendering measures were slammed by the industry’s leading clients at the client convention, with many saying they would not use the method to procure services.
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Crest wins battle as Heron walks away from takeover
Property tycoon Gerald Ronson concedes defeat – for now – in £480m bid to buy Crest Nicholson
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Willmott Dixon arm Inspace to float on AIM
Contractor Willmott Dixon is set to float its support services arm Inspace on the alternative investment market later this month, valuing the business at about £85m.
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Universities join forces for Procure21-style framework
Group led by Cambridge University to launch joint procurement strategy to save millions in construction costs
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What’s your angle?
Surface Architects’ design for a £660,000 graduate centre for Queen Mary, University of London kinks around a classical lock-keeper’s cottage. The building’s first-floor seminar room looks out over the Regent’s Canal and the new Mile End Park. It was built by Chartered Construction with Mitchell-Horton as structural engineer, TGA Consulting ...
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Relocation row erupts over Olympic site
Legal advisers for Stratford-based construction company PA Findlay are locked in talks with the London Development Agency over the future of their headquarters should London win the 2012 Olympics
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Construction capacity review to be published this month
The results of the delayed government review into the capacity of the construction sector will finally be unveiled on 17 May.
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Industry training criticised
More than three-quarters of construction companies fail to train apprentices according to a report to be published next week.
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EC Harris set to sign major consultancy deal with Shell
Contract with oil giant to manage production systems worldwide would give EC Harris an international presence
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Wembley test to pit England against old rivals
The client behind Wembley stadium is planning to test the finished ground by organising matches with England’s greatest football rivals: Germany and Argentina. Wembley National Stadium Limited is understood to have begun talks with the Argentinian and German football associations.
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Lancashire’s fashionable future
Former mill towns in the east Lancashire region could become hotspots for the fashion industry, according to a report due to be published in the next few weeks