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Profit leaps 40% at Severfield-Rowen
Steelwork contractor records pre-tax profit of £7.2m for six months to 30 June.
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NewsDoes Tesco have the planning system in its pocket?
Observer report suggests supermarket giant pushes the system to the limit. Plus, a round-up of the weekend's other stories.
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New American boss for Wolseley
Chip Hornsby appointed chief executive as fellow American Charlie Banks announces retirement.
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AMEC wins £200m gas contract
AMEC will work with Hawk International on 345km pipeline in Yemen.
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NewsMowlem calls in adviser Rothschild after £70m hit
Contractor’s fate hangs in the balance as chief executive Simon Vivian hints at selling off existing contracts.
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Comment
Pay your way
Mr Derek Vago engaged Wimbledon Construction to build an extension and refurbish his house in London. Disputes arose and they were referred to adjudication. The adjudicator awarded the contractor £122,923.34 inclusive of VAT. Mr Vago refused to pay, and commenced arbitration.
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Industrial perversity
Graduates are generally a motivated, intelligent and enthusiastic bunch, so why does the construction industry make it so difficult for them to join?
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CommentWar of the words
A letter of intent is meant to be a stop-gap before the contract kicks in, but all too often it sparks a dispute – in this case over the words ‘loss and expense’
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NewsMiller buys Fairclough Homes for £264m
Scottish construction group Miller has bought Fairclough Homes from its US owner Centex for £264m.
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NewsMiliband calls in EP to save new deal projects
Communities minister David Miliband has sent in English Partnerships to rescue the government’s failing flagship regeneration programme.
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PFI funders may take money abroad, Treasury warned …
Investors tell government that it could be cheaper and less risky to work on Continent as PFI markets open up.
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CommentHow to make a stand
Suzanne Reeves kicks off an occasional series on the contracts behind major projects with a look at the JCT contract used for the Oval’s new stand
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NewsGrowth areas must deliver or lose grants, declares Rouse
Funding will be restricted to regions that are pushing through housing provision, says boss of Housing Corporation
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Pearce Construction sues engineer WSP for £2.5m
Contractor brings High Court writ saying WSP failed to identify electrical defects in luxury London apartments.
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Comment
A tragedy, not a crime
The Hatfield defendants were innocent, and would have been under a reformed law. If you want a villain in this piece, look at past and present governments
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Spoilt for choice
At last we have a contract that caters for third-party rights, but this extra option in the new JCT design-and-build contract could pose a problem
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CommentThe unspeakable truth
One reason that specifications are so immensely long is because they are elaborate preparations for a fight. And the ironic thing is, they don’t even do that very well
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Recycling centre is rubbish
I was astonished to read in Specifier (9 September) that one of the North London Waste and Recycling Centres is described as “an absolute Rolls-Royce of a job”.
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Watching the defectives
Regarding your piece on defects in new homes (9 September): the research undertaken within the School of the Built & Natural Environment, at Glasgow Caledonian University, is based on more than 100,000 pieces of data relating to defects in a broad range of house types, constructed by more than 200 ...
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Why retentions must go
I read your article “Blood and money” (2 September) with great interest.