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CommentException to the rule
If you win a case against a limited company that goes bust usually you can’t pursue the owners for costs. But in this case that’s exactly what did happen …
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Biting back
The Latham review into payment provisions under the Construction Act recommends removing the need for a payer’s notice. In fact, what it really needs is more teeth
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CommentNo more party games
The interface agreement is a neat device that PFI special purpose vehicles can use to avoid ‘pass the parcel’ between subcontractors. However, the rules are getting complicated
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Not so disastrous?
After Building put its foot in it with the 10 ‘disastrous’ building projects, our readers kick back
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Behind the statistics
I was disappointed that your magazine chose to publish the PPP Forum’s inaccurate and misleading account of the evidence for PFI.
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Features… and a treehouse in the classroom
A new exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum shows that children make some of the most inspiring, imaginative and brutally honest clients.
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NewsTerminal 5 tightens security as Met raises IRA terror alert
Leaked memo from head of security at Heathrow shows that Metropolitan Police fear Irish terrorist attack
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NewsDTI backs out of Sri Lankan hospital deal
Contractor Edmund Nuttall may have to cancel a £21m hospital building scheme in Sri Lanka after the UK government had second thoughts about the project
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Morgan Sindall thrives in weakened fit-out sector
Morgan Sindall said on Tuesday that the firm’s fit-out business was a key element in its success, despite a fall in demand in the sector.
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Plans for vocational diploma
Students in secondary education will be offered a diploma in construction and the built environment under government proposals announced this week.
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NewsUnions set to take CITB to court over skills card scheme
Relations between training body and construction unions reach all-time low as row continues over CSCS card
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British architect plans second Moscow suburb
Architect John Thompson & Partners is to design a suburban settlement on the banks of the Moskva River in Moscow.
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NewsSafety lobby focuses on design
An initiative to use design teams in the management of health and safety was due to be announced at the health and safety summit on Thursday
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Solihull regeneration adopts LIFT method
A £1.5bn regeneration project in Solihull, Birmingham, is the first to adopt the LIFT funding method – normally used for healthcare and education schemes.
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NewsHelp the non-aged
Architect van Heyningen and Haward has started on site with its CABE competition-winning design for a centre for children and young people in Lewisham, south-east London.
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NewsColchester PFI garrison racks up £50m costs in nine years
Documents obtained under Freedom of Information Act reveal costs of getting troubled scheme off the ground
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NewsPrince blames planners for urban health troubles
Prince Charles has again weighed in on the subject of British cities by blaming “sick building syndrome” and poor urban planning for social and health problems.
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No framework for 2012 Olympics
The London 2012 bid team has ruled out appointing a framework of contractors and consultants – the method used at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 – to deliver the facilities for the 2012 Olympic Games
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NewsAdditional runways on course for take-off
Plans for additional runways at Stansted and Heathrow airports have been given the go-ahead after the High Court ruled the proposals lawful.
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NewsAn almost full recovery
CABE has come out in support of architect HOK’s revised planning application for the 905-bed Royal London Hospital redevelopment in east London, after it slated the earlier design.