All Building articles in 17 April 2009 – Page 7
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Contractor is thrown off Viñoly’s visual arts centre
Colchester council removes Banner Holdings from £26m project, but faces law suit for contract breach
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Puzzling arithmetic: Joint liability
If two parties are jointly responsible for damage, who pays, and how much? The answer to this question is often surprising (and dismaying) for one of the parties …
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Iconic architecture
Building (13 March, page 38) says the era of the icon is over and predicts more modest buildings post-recession. But you interview only architects. Why not some of the clients?
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Amateur dramatics
While Ramboll plays the Fool, some builders get into dangerous liaisons, a Gleeds boss plays the tortured hero contemplating his own demise and the press are heckled from the wings
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Adjaye triumphs in Washington
An architectural team led by David Adjaye has won a competition to design the National Museum of African American History in Washington DC
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Watch out for the tentacles: Defective Premises Act
Are you familiar with the Defective Premises Act? You’re not? Oh dear … well before you do any work on a house, you really ought to read the following horror story
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Features
The guts of the UAE: developer Gurjit Singh on Abu Dhabi
As Abu Dhabi prepares for next week’s Cityscape conference, top developer Gurjit Singh tells David Rogers why the emirate’s grand plans are still going swimmingly when so many in the world are dead in the water
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Wyllie gets 9% raise
Andrew Wyllie, the chief executive of Costain, took home a total of £723,634 last year – a 9% rise on last year’s figure of £663,679
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Housing starts on HCA land plummet by 72%
Numbers drop to 3,144 despite housing agency bringing forward £650m from future budgets
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Threats of legal action rise by 70%
Law firms have noticed a sharp rise in threats of legal action as construction firms struggle to recover debts
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McAlpine drops 7%
Turnover at contractor Sir Robert McAlpine fell 7% from £1.34bn to £1.25bn in the year to 31 October 2008.
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Latest construction appointments - 17 April 2009
NG Bailey names new director of business development for its managed services businesses
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Senior director joins T&T in Cape Town
Consultant employs ex-Gleeds senior vice president in the US
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Communal creativity: Redundant architect forms design collective
The redundant architect has formed a design collective to inspire creativity and free thinking
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Stuart Barnett vs Inventec Bank: Personal guarantees
Property developer Stuart Barnett is facing a legal battle after guaranteeing to personally pay back money lent to his company.Barnett is a director at developer Wherry Road Developments (Norwich). In September 2006, when Investec Bank provided a loan to the company, he agreed to guarantee the obligations - including ...
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RICS calls on surveyors to help charities
Organisation launches Charity Property Help to provide free support and guidance to voluntary organisations
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Cyril Sweett annouces breakfast seminar
Seminar aims to clear up confusion surrounding time within construction contracts
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Awe inspiring: Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque
Conceived in the 1980s, this beautiful building is nearing completion, and several British firms helped create it