All Building articles in 20 May 2011
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Comment
A quick guide to challenging the enforcement of an adjudicator's decision
Step-by-step tips on resisting an enforcement and challenging a decision
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OFT decides not to appeal construction recruitment case
Reduction of 64% of recruiter fines will stand
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Has cavity wall got a future in low energy building projects?
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 ...
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Architects required for Glasgow 2014 stadium design
Interested parties should submit expressions of interest before 17 June
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Defective Premises Act: Mr and Mrs Jenson vs Spencer Roy Faux
This case explains why ’buyer beware’ should be the first rule of thumb when buying a house
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Contractors sought for £54m solar framework
Work involves the installation of solar panels on 9,000 Welsh properties
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Quintain ramps up Greenwich build-out
Developer pushes ahead with Lend Lease despite £48.1m paper loss
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Lend Lease to build halted Olympic housing
Contractor given nod to finish Athlete’s Village block stopped after P Elliott administration
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Costain, Galliford and Atkins JV bags £200m water deal
Project involves the extension of Liverpool waste water treatment works
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Crossrail wins planning for station over-site development
Westminster council approves plans for Bond Street station scheme
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Great Portland Estates posts strong results
Developer’s profit up 78% on previous year, with portfolio valued at £1.1bn
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Buro Happold and NEX combine for Chelsea pavilion
Design of Chelsea Flower Show exhibit based on how plants grow
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CZWG and Holder Mathias unveil £70m Barnsley plan
Regeneration follows Will Alsop’s ’Tuscan hill-top’ vision
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Housebuilding must double to over 200,000 units
Study says 234,000 homes needed each year in England as opposed to the 103,000 built in 2010
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Comment
A quick guide to enforcing an adjudicator's decision
The steps you need to take to enforce an adjudicator’s decision ordering the payment of a sum of money
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Green Investment Bank to begin lending by next April
Nick Clegg moots the possibility of the Bank supporting the Green Deal
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City office block gets a makeover
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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Architects challenged to redesign the electricity pylon
Government and RIBA launch design competition to improve on 84-year old design