20 May 2011
Building
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A quick guide to challenging the enforcement of an adjudicator's decision
21 Jun 11
Step-by-step tips on resisting an enforcement and challenging a decision
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A quick guide to enforcing an adjudicator's decision
23 May 11
The steps you need to take to enforce an adjudicator’s decision ordering the payment of a sum of money
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All government projects to use BIM within five years
20 May 2011
Construction chief Paul Morrell dismissed other ’unambitious’ plans at the London KBB conference
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Architect workload growth halts
24 May 11
Monthly RIBA survey shows falling confidence in new work
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Architects challenged to redesign the electricity pylon
23 May 11
Government and RIBA launch design competition to improve on 84-year old design
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Architects required for Glasgow 2014 stadium design
25 May 11
Interested parties should submit expressions of interest before 17 June
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Around the world in construction projects
20 May 2011
Moscow’s in a hell of a hurry, New York is a devil for speed; while Geneva and Montana take the slow lane. On a whistle-stop tour around the world, Jack Pringle relishes the comparisons
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Arup to move into Indonesia as market grows
20 May 2011
Move will make firm the second top ten UK consultant to enter the growing market
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Babcock revenues up 50%
20 May 2011
But the organic growth of the firm was more modest
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Balfour Beatty stays on top
20 May 2011
Big public sector job saves the firm from dropping out of the top 10 table altogether
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BAM's order book hit by austerity measures
20 May 11
Construction revenue down 7% in Q1 2011
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BDP low carbon flats
20 May 2011
BDP has revealed its design for a “very-low carbon” apartment building in Nanjing, China
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Birse Metro lands £75m TfL contract
20 May 11
Deal involves construction of the Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction line
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Brian Green on ... ONS statistics
20 May 2011
Even if there are problems with official figures, the real worry is how to drive recovery
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British Land profit falls 26%
23 May 11
Pre-tax profit down from £1.13bn to £830m but property values rise 6.9%
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Building buys a pint ... Scott White and Hookins
20 May 2011
This week, Building went to Covent Garden and found out how engineers do social media and DIY
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Buro Happold and NEX combine for Chelsea pavilion
24 May 11
Design of Chelsea Flower Show exhibit based on how plants grow
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C&G Concrete in administration
20 May 2011
Midlands aggregates firm C&G Concrete has fallen into administration after more than 50 years of trading.
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Call in the experts
20 May 2011
Readers offer their specialist knowledge on matters various: a QS stands up for QSs, a solicitor fills a gap in a legal piece and a commuter appreciates the view
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Capita Symonds to help Corrie move to Salford
3 May 11
Consultant to work with Mace to build new studio for Coronation Street on 7.7 acre site
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City office block gets a makeover
23 May 11
Fletcher Priest Architects and TIAA-CREF Asset Management UK have won planning permission for the refurbishment of a 25-storey office block in the City of London.
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Construction appointments: 20 May 2011
20 May 2011
This week Morgan Sindall, PFK, Miller Construction and Michelmersh Brick Holdings are among those who have made new appointments
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Construction trade survey puts further doubt on ONS figures
20 May 2011
The Construction Products Association’s survey shows activity in Q1 2011 has increased year on year
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Contractors back new Crossrail chief exec
20 May 2011
Andrew Wolstenholme joins from Balfour Beatty
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Contractors sought for £54m solar framework
25 May 11
Work involves the installation of solar panels on 9,000 Welsh properties
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Costain, Galliford and Atkins JV bags £200m water deal
25 May 11
Project involves the extension of Liverpool waste water treatment works
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Crossrail wins planning for station over-site development
24 May 11
Westminster council approves plans for Bond Street station scheme
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CZWG and Holder Mathias unveil £70m Barnsley plan
24 May 11
Regeneration follows Will Alsop’s ’Tuscan hill-top’ vision
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Defective Premises Act: Mr and Mrs Jenson vs Spencer Roy Faux
25 May 11
This case explains why ’buyer beware’ should be the first rule of thumb when buying a house
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Derwent: high demand, low supply for London office space
20 May 2011
Supply in central London has fallen for the seventh quarter
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Derwent's new Islington offices
20 May 2011
Derwent London has won planning permission for an £11m office development in Islington, London.
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Designs unveiled for Sea Containers House revamp
23 May 11
Imposing Thames-side building set for a facelift
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Draft planning framework 'not green enough'
20 May 11
Lobbyists round on “unofficial” national planning framework
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Driver Group to make "small loss"
28 Apr 11
Consultant says half year results will be loss making
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First annual Alan Cherry award presented at memorial debate
20 May 2011
Transport for London’s David Ubaka received the award
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Galliford Try: 'Spring selling season is back'
5 May 11
Contractor also sees slight improvement in construction order book
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Get practical guidance on delivering sustainable buildings for only £149
19 May 11
Delivering Sustainable Buildings will focus on the technical challenges of delivering low-carbon buildings cost-effectively
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Government appoints interim replacement for schools chief
20 May 11
Ruth Thompson will take over from Tim Byles at Partnerships for Schools
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Great Portland Estates posts strong results
24 May 11
Developer’s profit up 78% on previous year, with portfolio valued at £1.1bn
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Green Investment Bank to begin lending by next April
23 May 11
Nick Clegg moots the possibility of the Bank supporting the Green Deal
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Hammerson sells Three Spires shopping centre
28 Apr 11
£308m of acquisitions also announced by developer
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Hansom: is it safe?
20 May 2011
You might as well stay indoors this week – it’s a dangerous world out there: London cyclists are doomed, pirates on jet-skis are moving in and international conspiracies abound
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Has cavity wall got a future in low energy building projects?
26 May 11
One year on from the completion of the UK’s first cavity wall, the International Passivhaus conference takes place this Saturday (28 May 2011) in Innsbuck. Green Building Store’s Bill Butcher, project leader on the Denby Dale Passivhaus, will be speaking on the subject ’Passivhaus and cavity wall construction’. Here he looks at how cavity wall is playing a role in other low energy projects in the UK and ponders the future of the cavity wall in sustainable construction.
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Hill on the hunt for UK quantity surveyor
20 May 2011
Move comes as international firms look to target high-risk projects and infrastructure work
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HMRC targets tax dodging plumbers and builders
28 Apr 11
SME builders have until end of August to take advantage of lower penalty scheme
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Housebuilding must double to over 200,000 units
24 May 11
Study says 234,000 homes needed each year in England as opposed to the 103,000 built in 2010
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Industry calls for major redesign of offices at BCO
20 May 2011
Conference delegates say industry must consult today’s teenagers to work out impact of social media
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Industry must rise to McNulty's collaboration challenge
20 May 11
T&T’s Anooj Oodit gives his first take on Mcnulty’s 175-page tome to reform the railways
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It’ll all come out in the wash
20 May 2011
Ever since the Proceeds of Crime Act came into effect, construction has feared unwittingly getting caught up in money laundering. But recent cases should make us worry less
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Jones Lang LaSalle in talks to buy King Sturge for £160m
20 May 2011
The move would create the biggest agent in the country by turnover
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Kier cashes in on PFI school stakes
23 May 11
Contractor makes a £4.3m profit on Oldham and Norwich stakes
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Legal tax avoidance: No place to hide
20 May 2011
Legal tax avoidance is practised widely, but with mounting pressure from protest groups and the chancellor, is it still worth it? Here we weigh the financial benefits against the reputational risk
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Lend Lease to build halted Olympic housing
25 May 11
Contractor given nod to finish Athlete’s Village block stopped after P Elliott administration
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London commercial office construction up 137%
5 May 11
Boom in building in the capital in advance of a shortage of office space in 2012-13
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Malcolm McAlpine dies aged 93
20 May 2011
Benny Kelly leads tributes to grandson of Sir Robert McAlpine
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Mark Lacey latest to leave Davis Langdon for EC Harris
20 May 2011
Lacey will be responsible for growing the firm’s London commercial team
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McNulty report: Higgins responds
20 May 11
Network Rail chief executive confirms that train operators will be able to develop stations
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Morgan Sindall order book edges up
5 May 11
Contractor announces that trading is in line with expectataions although fit out work has fallen
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National Grid boss to head Lend Lease UK construction
20 May 2011
Michael Dyke appointed to head former Bovis business, filling position open since last summer
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NEP invites tenders for £480m housing framework
20 May 11
Housing framework agreement spans four year period
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Network Rail to ease crowding
20 May 2011
Work may be carried out at 12 major stations
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Nuclear report could raise costs of new build power plants
20 May 2011
Mike Weightman published an interim report this week
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OFT decides not to appeal construction recruitment case
26 May 11
Reduction of 64% of recruiter fines will stand
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Olympic housing blocks late
20 May 2011
Two housing blocks are up to eight weeks behind schedule
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PFIs: Do your paperwork
20 May 2011
A PFI acceptance certificate is a crucial document but you need to know how it differs from an acceptance certificate issued on a traditional construction project
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Pickles and Prescott go head to head on localism
20 May 2011
Eric Pickles, the communities secretary, defended reforms of the planning system after his labour predecessor, Lord Prescott, accused the changes of “dismantling” the institutions needed to ensure housing growth.
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Private sector boosts Mitie
23 May 11
Profit, turnover and staff all up for the year
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Public sector output in recession
20 May 2011
Latest figures indicate capital spending cuts are beginning to impact the market
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Q is for quantum, R is for repudiation
20 May 2011
Don’t like the terms of a contract? Michael Conroy Harris continues our jargon-busting series and explains how you can repudiate it or make a quantum claim
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Quintain ramps up Greenwich build-out
25 May 11
Developer pushes ahead with Lend Lease despite £48.1m paper loss
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Reasons to be cheerful
20 May 2011
This week we’re looking to the future and all its possibilities
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Robert Care: looking up
20 May 2011
Arup’s London office just got a much-needed burst of sunshine from Australia - Robert Care is here, with plans to steer the firm to success in the UK and abroad. David Matthews finds him characteristically optimistic
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Salmond creates post for Scottish infrastructure
20 May 11
Alex Neil appointed the first Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure
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Sculpting the Hepworth
19 May 11
Art meets industry in David Chipperfield’s Hepworth Wakefield gallery, reflecting two facets of its Yorkshire location’s heritage. But is this work of art devoid of humanity?
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Smile for the camera
20 May 2011
When soldering gets too close for comfort …
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Specialist costs: Curtain walling
20 May 2011
The London office market revival could be the boost that curtain walling contractors need. So what are the options in terms of cost, and meeting Part L requirements? Steve Mudie of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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Tata Steel to cut 1,500 jobs
20 May 11
Group cites market “weakness” and uncertainty over carbon cost rises
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Tender prices 'have passed lowest point'
5 May 11
Yet slight increase in prices in Q4 2010 offset by spike in materials costs
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Thames river walk
20 May 2011
Mace and Venus discuss planning permission for floating river walk
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The commercial sector: Tomorrow's world
20 May 2011
The commercial sector is recovering but don’t expect to see lots more Shards and Walkie Talkies. The way we do business has changed and what we build has to reflect this
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The Corinthia Hotel: Luxury living
20 May 2011
The former Metropole Hotel site is nearly completed. Ardmore is nearing completion on the £100m redevelopment of the former Metropole Hotel site at Northumberland Avenue in London.
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Tim Byles exits PfS
20 May 11
Chief executive’s departure adds to turmoil surrounding the future of government schools programme
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View from my office: Rhodri Meredith
20 May 11
The F+G senior QS recalls his favourite view of a sunset on Ao Chaopao Beach in Thailand from his Cardiff office
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Warehousing outlook is cautiously positive
20 May 2011
With investment, development around ports and supermarket projects, things could be looking up for warehousing
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What’s the returns policy?
20 May 2011
If you refer a case for adjudication but don’t like the look of the appointed adjudicator, can you send him packing and ask for another one?
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Willmott Dixon profit increases
20 May 2011
But group are still cautious
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WSP owed £5m in Libya
4 May 11
Engineer announces it is chasing debts in war-torn country
