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    When is a judge not a judge?

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Can a judgment be valid if the judge had no jurisdiction? Well, Edward IV found a neat fix to this problem – and it may apply to adjudications today

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    Linden to launch expansion drive

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Private housebuilder Linden Homes aims to set up divisions in Lancashire and Berkshire as part of expansion plans

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    Use Olympic bid to recruit young talent, says CIC boss

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Former Olympian Graham Watts warns skills shortage could scupper UK's chances of hosting 2012 Games

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    Moayedi made Jarvis chairman

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Jarvis chief executive Paris Moayedi has been appointed as the PFI contractor's chairman after the death of Lord McGowan earlier this month

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    McAlpine leads utilities race

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Alfred McAlpine has emerged as favourite to buy £100m-turnover utilities group Subterra, an arm of Thames Water

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    Big three to bid for £500m PFI hospital bundle

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Carillion, Bovis Lend Lease and Laing expected to bid for ground-breaking scheme intended to cut PFI bid costs

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    Security 'top priority' at animal testing lab

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    An animal testing facility is under construction as part of a £95m extension to the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus near Cambridge

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    RICS members strike back against 32% fee increase

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Rebels call for fresh vote in autumn to overturn last week's decision to increase annual membership costs

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    BAA revamps framework deals

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Airports operator BAA has revised its framework agreements with contractors and consultants to make them less bureaucratic

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    £100m Kent development gets relaunched

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    The £100m redevelopment of Rochester Riverside in Kent has been formally relaunched, as predicted in Building last year

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    Move it!

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Our future is gridlocked cities, scarred countrysides, suffocating pollution and a bunch of architects racing to find ways of making sure it doesn't happen. Building found out how at the Rotterdam biennale

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    In the shadow of the gun

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Suicide bombings, aggressive security, rising tension, paranoia … Just how tempting does the money have to be to persuade British firms to work in the Middle East? Building examines the risks and rewards

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    Let's not go to Austria!

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Want to avoid adjudication by inserting a clause into your contract that any dispute must be settled in another country? Don't pack the passport quite yet...

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    The end of the lines

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    The government's promise to plug broadband pipes into every new home in the UK looked like forward thinking a few years ago. Now it seems hopelessly out of date. Building keeps pace with the wireless revolution

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    The ice queen

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid has broken free from restraints of architecture with this sinuous, arctic installation in a Viennese gallery

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    David Curry

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    The government is thinking of awarding social housing grants to private builders. Cue gasps of disbelief from housing associations

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    Hansom

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    This week, surveyors bewail their lack of social esteem, the witches from Macbeth get a makeover and cladding gives way to icing as the finish of choice

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    Construction firms top the great unloved

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Construction companies are among the most undervalued on the stock exchange, according to a report by business adviser RSM Robson Rhodes

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    Just the job

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Barbara Irwin of Turner & Townsend explains how she went from PA to project manager

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    Kier scores eight to take first place in April

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Contracts worth £55m help Kier to the number one spot, but Bovis Lend Lease dominates the yearly results