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CommentHansom: It's all very confusing
This week: a planning endorsement disguised as an objection, a pensions expert twinned with a pop singer, and a resolute Remainer exhorting everyone to vote leave…?
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Watford Museum
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch of Watford Museum is by John Puttick of John Puttick Associates
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NewsCarillion job loss total nears 1,000
But Official Receiver says more than 2,000 roles have been saved
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NewsCarillion collapse has cost taxpayer £150m so far
Cabinet minister says figure could go up further
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NewsKeltbray starts at site of 'Gotham City' scheme
Demolition to start next month at site of TH Real Estate’s delayed City skyscraper
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Features‘This was a house of cards that could fall down at any moment’
Invited by MPs this week to explain how the construction and FM giant collapsed so precipitously, the firm’s former bosses revealed something of the mess they got themselves into
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CommentCarillion: Who's delusional?
Carillion’s maligned boss made some valid points, even if MPs seemed not to listen
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NewsMexican Frida Escobedo chosen to design 2018 Serpentine Pavilion
Escobedo is the youngest ever architect to design the Serpentine Pavilion
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NewsBalfour hits back over Crossrail site pay dispute
Trade union Unite claims firm has deducted electricians’ bonus payments following strike action
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NewsLondon at risk of prime property oversupply, says Coutts
Queen’s bank believes prices for prime London homes will remain flat for the next couple of years
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NewsBam to get going on £100m Glasgow office scheme next month
HMRC will take the majority of the 284,000ft2 space
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CommentA new age for the performance bond
In the fallout of Carillion’s collapse, the use of performance bonds as a way of derisking a project has come to the fore
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CommentIt's all in the brief
PFI was meant to deliver improved cost certainty, efficiency and quality – so what went wrong? Mark Bew points the finger at poor project briefing
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CommentLegal blog: When things go phut
With the Construction Act up for review, it’s the perfect moment to add a key item from Latham’s wish list that got left out last time: compulsory project bank accounts. Tony Bingham explains
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CommentLegal blog: Cyber Security - building services
While building infrastructure and services can help improve security, they may also offer vulnerable points for cyber attack. By Paul Glass of Taylor Wessing’s cyber security team
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NewsChinese developer acquires land for first UK site
Poly Real Estate Group will deliver more than 700 homes and commercial space in London
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NewsQatari developer disputes Carillion's claim of £200m unpaid bill
Msheireb says it paid up but adds Carillion did not pass on funds to suppliers
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