All Building articles in 14 May 2010 – Page 5

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    The new austerity begins now

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    One of the side effects of spending five days in limbo after the general election is that some of the construction industry might have got the funny idea that nothing much had changed

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    All things considered

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Adjudicators have it drummed into them that they should decide the dispute in the notice of adjudication. Here’s a case that shows there is some room for flexibility

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    Gus Alexander: Prince Charles the wrecker

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    As if dealing with planners for months on end wasn’t painful enough, we now have to calculate a last-minute intervention from a prince addicted to retro architecture

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    My digital life: Jamie Adam

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    What was the last thing you bought online?

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    Balfour set for £600m NDA job

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    A consortium consisting of Amec, Arriva and Balfour Beatty has been tipped to win a £600m job to build a repository for high-level radioactive waste in Sellafield

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    John Sisk aims for £300m turnover

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    John Sisk & Son plans to almost double turnover to more than £300m this year after bagging £200m of work in the last six months of 2009

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    Bam lands £250m BSF deal

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Bam Construct UK has beaten Bouygues to clinch the £250m Camden Building Schools for the Future job in London

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    Farrell wins 20-year Folkstone scheme

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    The firm replaces Foster + Partners, whose masterplan was put on hold in August 2008 owing to the downturn

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    Latest construction appointments - 14 May 2010

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Capita Symonds has appointed Clifford Martin head of its architecture division, Capita Architecture. He joined the firm following Capita’s purchase of Percy Thomas architects in 2004 and now runs Capita Architecture’s defence sector team

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    Mace lined up for £120m Shard neighbour

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Mace is in exclusive talks over a deal to build London Bridge Place, the 17-storey companion tower to the Shard

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    Top pay at Rogers halves to £1.2m

    2010-05-14T00:00:00Z

    The highest paid director at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners had their remuneration cut by more than half last year as profit at the practice plunged

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    CPA: VAT rise could hurt recovery

    2010-05-13T16:44:00Z

    Construction Products Association warns that expected increase in VAT to 20% could damage UK’s fledgling economic return