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Speedy Hire appoints executive director
Michael McGrath will join from Seedy Hire's law firm Pinsent Masons.
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NewsChina hires Atkins to plan 48 cities the size of London
Consultant to work with Chinese government on cities the size of European capitals, each housing up to 6 million.
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ODPM finance director appointed Olympic tsar
Andrew Lean becomes Olympic co-ordinator for the civil service, as ODPM undergoes wide-ranging shake-up.
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CommentThe shadow of death
This is the story of how a case of ordinary back pain turned into a long, slow wait to learn the awful truth about a chest X-ray …
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CommentListen, this is important
Delay analysis is too pivotal to disputes to remain shrouded in mystery or to be left to the experts. Here’s what you must understand about the four main techniques …
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FeaturesThis season’s trends
It may sound paradoxical, but falling consumer spending is triggering a retail boom, as shop owners employ upgraded design and the latest thinking from the States to stimulate shoppers’ spending reflex.
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Report backs roof tax to pay for Milton Keynes rail link
Levy imposed on developers could fund the £200m construction of a Milton Keynes-to-Oxford rail line
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Dodgy DIY
The respondent had agreed to erect a conservatory for the appellant. During the works the respondent had climbed a stepladder and had rested the inner end of a rafter on a lip or flange, which ran round the spider. The respondent inserted a fixing screw, which was supposed to secure ...
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Welsh government accused of carelessness with grants for £43m Botanic Garden
Assembly members allege "breathtaking" lack of diligience over European money.
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Government decision on rail crash enquiry delayed
Announcement on Potters Bar put off for a week
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NewsT5 workers vote for strike
GMB members at Laing O'Rouke are to walk out in bonus row at Terminal 5.
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NewsCabinet split over Treasury’s planning gain supplement
Chancellor Gordon Brown set to announce further consultation in pre-Budget report, despite ODPM opposition.
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CommentArchitects of our downfall
Colin Harding CABE acts for an architectural elite and against the interests of the construction industry in general. The result is an approach to building that you might call Blairist …
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CommentA fat lot of good
Adjudication is failing the very people it was designed to help – the small contractor with a low-value claim that needs a quick and cheap decision. So what’s to be done?
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Shopping centre closed after car park safety problem
Bournemouth's Castlepoint Centre shut in run-up to Christmas.
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Construction industry heading for recession, trade body warns
Construction Products Association fears first annual decline since 1994.
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Sort out your papers
The laws on illegal workers are set to get tougher, so make sure your procedures are watertight now
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CommentYou’re mistaken, m’lud
In Carillion vs Devonport, the Court of Appeal was right to back an adjudicator’s decision to award interest, but in doing so it made some unhelpful comments …
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FeaturesZaha’s strange logic
It’s the disorientating combination of counter-intuitive form and formal rigour that gives Zaha Hadid’s Wolfsburg Science Centre its architectural kick. Here’s the thinking behind it …