All Building articles in 13 April 2012
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CommentEconomic duress: Progress Bulk Carriers Ltd vs Tube City IMS LLC
Parties are free to negotiate a hard bargain, but if your behaviour is deemed unethical or unconscionable, then you risk short shrift from the courts
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FeaturesThe Titanic Belfast: The ship comes home
The Titanic museum in Belfast is a striking and poignant memorial to a vessel whose history is intrisically intertwined with that of the city. Ike Ijeh reports
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CommentDouble fault
What happens when you can’t find a hammer? You use a digger instead if you’re on this site
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NewsRetailers still coy on Green Deal
Sainsbury’s, Tesco and M&S don’t rule out Green Deal involvement, but are not on provider list
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NewsLeeds eyes £1bn transport fund in next 'city deal'
Council expects progress on city region plans in May
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NewsArcadis still shopping after Davis Langdon & Seah buy
Boss Neil McArthur says Davis Langdon name will go from £79m turnover Asian consultant
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NewsHinkley nuclear plan faces fresh legal test
November date set for Court of Appeal challenge to EDF’s £10bn Hinkley nuclear project
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CommentInterview: Peter Lauener - the man with the answers
If it takes 20 years and £55bn to renew every secondary school in England, what can the government do to address the crumbling school estate with an annual budget of just £4bn? The man trying to work this one out is Peter Lauener, head of the newly formed Education Funding ...
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NewsProsperity after the crash for London’s 8build
Bulging order book and 10% increase in pre-tax profit demonstrate fit-out specialist’s got talent
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence Q4 2011
The private sector is showing tentative improvements and infrastructure is going strong, but with little public money available the outlook for the sector still looks downbeat. Experian Economics reports
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NewsExclusive: Galliford Try faces legal action from Olympic subbies
Specialists seek more than £11m over athletes’ village delays
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CommentMy digital life … David Adams
This head of retrofit has plenty of time for apps and when he’s not shuffling his iTunes he’s in the seventies or eighties
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FeaturesBob Pell: Aecom's interrogator faces the questions
In his first interview since taking charge of Davis Langdon, Bob Pell explains why it pays to be direct
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NewsBrands may go in Balfour shake-up
Major restructure focused on “three main pillars” of business - as many as 1,500 jobs could go
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NewsNew energy efficiency body to tackle market barriers
Partnership will co-ordinate Green Deal advisory groups and advise on microgeneration strategy
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CommentWonders & blunders with Oliver Richards
Dream holiday home in the New Forest the Watson House is a delight, while the interior of the Renaissance Hotel St Pancras is a missed opportunity, says Oliver Richards
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NewsSchools delivery body hit by senior departure
EFA’s head of programme advice and support ‘will leave by May’
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FeaturesFeature: Colombia is open for business
Poor, dangerous and corrupt is the image many of us have of Colombia, so why would anyone want to go and work there? Because the country is changing fast and needs UK firms as badly as UK firms need the work it can offer.
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CommentCareful who you trust
Your dealings with a consultant are only secret if that consultant is a solicitor or barrister - whether you like it or not