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BREAKING NEWS
Boris seeks consultants for London design panel
Consultants sought for design and urbanism procurement panel
Government launches chief construction adviser search
Business department publicly begins hunt for replacement for Paul Morrell
Land Securities says some high streets ‘may never recover’
Developer’s profit halves but firm remains confident on London
Interserve pipeline pushes up to £1bn for 2013
Contractor has won £600m of contracts so far this year
British housing slammed as "cramped and poorly planned"
RIBA and Ipsos MORI report into public attitudes highlights dissatisfaction with space
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Case studies
Offshore wind farms: Winds of change
Tidal turbine technology is changing fast and offshore wind turbines are getting bigger, so the government-backed firm Narec is investing £80m into its testing facilities to simulate the harsh conditions at sea. Thomas Lane explains
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Clear line ahead for Northampton station scheme
Government pledges half of redevelopment’s £20m cost
Data
The tracker: Staying put
Construction activity stayed static last month, with increases in the non-residential and civil engineering sector indices failing to lift them from negative territory, according to Experian Economics
Building TV
David Tonkin on the Government Construction Summit
Atkins UK chief executive talks of ‘exciting’ shift in ministers’ approach
Legal
Best endeavours clauses: When your 'best' is put to the test
Best endeavours clauses sound fair enough until the contractor finds that sticking to them could leave it out of pocket
In defence of imperfect Design and Build
Points made in a recent attack on design and build could have been applied to any procurement route - and failed to recognise the many good things that D&B brings to the table
Broadgate owners apply for certificate of immunity from listing
British Land and Blackstone risk new heritage battle while unveiling new public realm plans for City complex
EPCM: Win-win procurement
Engineering procurement and construction management is widely used abroad. Is it time for UK companies to look at how they can benefit from this model?
Appointments
AFR appoints two bosses to turn around UK business
Architect promotes studio directors to joint UK managing directors to turn around domestic practice
CSCS hires former Balfour boss as chief
Former Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering managing director Graham Wren takes over at industry skills card scheme
Contracts
BAM details £51m in schools work
New projects include Bristol and Bucks academies plus primary school
Willmott Dixon bags London City & Guilds contract
Firm comes top of the class for Clerkenwell development
Balfour Beatty wins £143m of civils work
Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering wins mutiple civils contracts in first three months of 2012
8build bags second museum with Mary Rose project
Fit-out of Tudor warship museum follows Titanic anniversary attraction win
Case of the week
Crystallisation of disputes: Working Environments vs Greencoat Construction
In this case a Judge examined whether it was possible to severe an adjudicator’s decision to exclude issues that fell outside of a crystallised dispute
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What's next for consultants?
Find out what five consultancy chief execs think the future holds for quantity surveyors and engineers
Analysis
Resuscitating construction: Alternative medicine
Last week Building looked at the government’s failure to resuscitate construction. This week, Joey Gardiner looks at where treatment is most urgently needed for construction to make a swift recovery
BIM
Aecom and NBS join forces to launch new BIM service
New firm NBS Schumann Smith will add cost and carbon data to BIM models offered to architects
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Interviews
Interview with Dr Diana Montgomery, CPA: Welcome to our world
Dr Diana Montgomery has only been working in construction for four weeks and already she’s preparing to take on the government and the industry’s vested interests. In her first interview, the new chief executive of the CPA sets out her stall to Emily Wright
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Leader
You were warned
The double-dip is upon us so what can government, and companies themselves, do to help in this hour of need?
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Hansom
Hansom: Capital gains
The pricey apartments at the Shard have many USPs, but are transport links really the clincher? Meanwhile Sweett is sour over lifts and work of a kind begins at Blackfriars One, but don’t get too excited
Digital life
My digital life … with Andrew Pyke
You’re more likely to get an email rather than a phone call from this sporty design director and that’s not his only bad digital habit
APC tips: RICS rules of conduct update
It's vital to keep up with the RICS' frequent changes to its rules of conduct, as these form a key element in the APC process
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