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Consultants: caution advised
The purpose of the City of London Law Society novation agreement, according to Paul Cowan and Marc Hanson (18 March, page 54), is for the consultant to be regarded as always performing services for the benefit of the contractor.
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Free-range children
Delighted to see that Kingsmead Primary School has 50% lower running costs than a typical school (18 March, page 16). Pity it looks as though it is a farm building for rearing chickens.David Bevan, director, Troika Contracting
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FeaturesTeam captains
The Olympics are about training, dedication and beating the odds. The 2012 bid team need the same qualities as the athletes – and vision besides …
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FeaturesFast breeder
The nuclear power industry will spend at least £60bn over the next 30 years, and a lot more if, as seems increasingly likely, it starts building new reactors. So how can contractors join the new atomic age?
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FeaturesThe scottish experiment
Scotland’s Building Regulations have always been a bit different from the rest of the UK, but they’re about to become very different indeed. We report on the changes planned, and explains why Whitehall is taking an interest.
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HBF axes five staff to be ‘more responsive’ to members
The House Builders Federation has shed at least five staff in a major shake-up of its role.
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NewsSouth London estate votes ‘yes’ to housing transfer
Residents vote for £565m redevelopment of 1998 homes through community-led housing association
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Skills shortages in industry drop to a 29-month low
RICS report says workers from enlarged European Union in central and eastern Europe have eased the crisis
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Heron given five weeks to decide on Crest
The row between housebuilder Crest Nicholson and its biggest shareholder, Heron International, stepped up a gear this week as the London stock exchange’s takeover panel imposed a five-week deadline on Heron to state whether it was going to make a takeover bid.
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News10 Downing Street to host regeneration summit
Senior officials to discuss post-election policy with industry bosses, as government races to sign off pre-election PFIs
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Housebuilders’ warnings to Laing O’Rourke
Housebuilders this week warned against potential conflicts of interest after Laing O’Rourke signalled its entry into the sector with the purchase of a site in Kent
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Jarvis shares dive again after it borrows £17m
Shares in Jarvis plunged almost a third on Tuesday when it revealed it had been forced to borrow a further £17m to stay afloat.
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Report reveals gender bias
The apprenticeship system and poor careers advice are preventing girls from pursuing careers in construction, an Equal Opportunities Commission report has found.
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NewsLofty Liverpool living
Architect AFL has designed its second residential tower development at Princes Dock, Liverpool. Commissioned by Millennium Estates, the £22m project is at the southern corner of the original entrance to Princes Dock and Half Tide Dock.
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NewsJubilee Line six hope for fresh start after acquittals
Defendants in fraud case over Tube line extension must now rebuild their lives after a 21-month ordeal
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NewsCABE under fire for panning Cornish scheme
CABE’s design review process faced fresh criticism this week when a firm of architects fought back after a poor CABE report by saying its scheme had not been properly reviewed
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Iconic St Pancras hotel books £150m restoration
Planners in Camden, north London, have granted permission for the £150m restoration and refurbishment of the former Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station, now known as St Pancras Chambers.
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NewsGovernment must refund PFI bid costs, says RICS
Study says financial risks are putting firms off PFI, as RICS pre-election manifesto calls for standard cost reports