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A lovely bit of judging
What is a judge to do when an adjudicator has clearly made a mistake but there are no grounds to rectify it? Judge Thornton took an unusual route to get the right result
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CommentMurphy’s law in action
What do you do if you find that life on site cruelly punctures the naive hopes in your tender? Well, you try to get the client to pay more, don’t you? Yes, but how?
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The shadow of Hatfield
Faced with the prospect of a tough new corporate killing bill in the autumn, Norton Rose has done some research into how the construction industry expects to be affected
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Lucky mistakes
If your client happens to benefit from your negligence, can you offset that benefit from any damages you owe? This is what the court had to say
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No beautiful swan
The government should accept that the Quality Mark is a dead duck and let it sink without trace (2 July, page 15). This may well have been a manifesto commitment, but it will be a manifesto embarrassment at the election if taxpayers’ money continues to be squandered.The original intention was ...
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Troubleshooters
Being involved in a fledgling association of project neutrals, I read with interest Simon Lewis’ article on their potential use (2 July, page 52).
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NewsJarvis boss: Break-up of PFI arm is ‘absolute nonsense’
Robert Wallace, new head of Jarvis Accommodation Services, says he is here to save struggling firm, not sell it
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NewsVoyage of discovery
A consortium led by architect Austin Smith:Lord has beaten five other shortlisted teams to design the Ashford Discovery Centre in Kent. The £10m building celebrates the importance of Ashford International Station to the town centre. The building, which is bounded by a ring road and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, ...
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Multiplex top favourite for 50-storey tower
Contractor Multiplex is tipped to build one of the tallest residential towers in Europe after winning the preconstruction services contract
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NewsOlympic bid team considers T5-style framework deals
London 2012 report to examine BAA’s procurement method – and plans emerge for post-games cultural legacy
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NewsPrivate housebuilders hail ‘great opportunities’ in spending review
Gordon Brown announces extra £1bn for housing over next three years, some of which goes to private
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Industrys number crunchers chew over the details
Chancellor Gordon Brown has raised the government’s capital expenditure in public services over the next three years by 7.5% in real terms.
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Network Rail to hire top QSs
Consultancy firms face a battle to hang on to their top quantity surveyors after Network Rail was allocated more money to employ more of its own staff
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Rogers’ tall ambitions in China
Architect Richard Rogers Partnership is pitching for a series of skyscrapers in the Chinese city of Guangzhou
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Cost of hazardous waste disposal to rocket
The cost of disposing hazardous waste could triple when the European Landfill Directive is brought in this month, industry experts have warned.
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NewsBeyond beer
Architect ESA has received planning consent for a mixed-use leisure and retail centre in Cheltenham for developer Salmon Harvester. The 23,000 m2 project will integrate two existing buildings on the site of the former Whitbread brewery. The solution satisfied the local planners, who were keen to ensure the developer was ...
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News£800m health campus may be saved by land transplant
St Mary’s NHS Trust looks at using developer Chelsfield’s land for ailing PFI scheme in Paddington, London
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Concrete group defends House of Commons barriers
A concrete lobby group has hit out over a call by security service MI5 to replace the concrete blocks protecting the Houses of Parliament with steel barriers.
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Clergy sue over tower damage
Angry clergy at a Kent church are suing contractor RMD Kwikform for £355,000 after its scaffolding damaged the church tower.