All Building articles in 2007 Issue 35 – Page 5
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NewsTube Lines gears up for Metronet contracts
Tube Lines is preparing to take on some of Metronet’s contracts, following last month’s news that its fellow tube maintenance company had gone into administration.
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The lesser-spotted contract
Last month, Tony Bingham said construction lawyers would agree with the Court of Appeal’s ruling in SWI vs P&I. Well, Stuart Pemble doesn’t, and that is because he doesn’t really believe in fixed-price deals
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Main contractors in firing line from payments campaign
Specialist contractors get behind government’s new Fair Payment Charter in bid to cut disputes
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Bucknall wins wildlife project
Rider Levett Bucknall has won contracts on two conservation and regeneration projects valued at more than £67m.
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CommentDo you have breakdown cover?
Rolls-Royce didn’t take out joint-names insurance to cover construction of its new plant. When a leaking pipe caused £400,000 of damage, it insisted the policy wouldn’t have covered negligence. Not everyone agreed
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Boot buoyant
Henry Boot reported a 62% rise in pre-tax profit to £21.9m for the six months to 30 June.
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CommentAt full blast
A turbulent week as Richard McCarthy delivers a stormy press briefing, a furious homeowner takes his revenge on rogue builders, and abseilers are dropped in to lighten things up a bit …
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Barratt tops spenders list for second quarter
Barratt’s £2.2bn takeover of Wilson Bowden took it to the top of the acquisitions league for the second quarter of 2007, in a table dominated housebuilders.
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Balfour on framework
Balfour Beatty has been appointed to Barking and Dagenham council’s civil engineering and highways framework agreement.
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Gabem wins back right to provide tax services for workers
One of the biggest players in the labour agency field has won a key tax battle that will safeguard the operation of the agency system in the UK.
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Aylesbury station
John Laing has reached financial close on Aylesbury Vale Parkway, a train station that will provide a direct service for Chiltern Railways to London Marylebone station.
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Proposed EU law set to relax curbs on European architects
European architects may soon be able to work in the UK without formal registration.
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Tower wins approval
Proposals for a 144m tower on London’s South Bank, designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, have been given the go-ahead by planners.
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NewsFirms under fire as number of apprenticeships drops
50,000 applications expected for just 7,000 places - Demand for degree places also up
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British Land appoints Hopkins
Hopkins Architects is designing a major commercial development next to Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre.
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CommentFrankly, it was all a waste of energy
After watching two assessors make a right dog’s dinner of measuring the energy performance of his house, Jeff Howell suspects a little extra training may be in order
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CommentLet’s stop ignoring all this talent
The news that the industry has cut the number of apprenticeships by over a quarter this year should make every one of us hang our heads in shame (news, page 13).
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NewsACLA closes Window deal
Hyder Consulting’s Hong Kong division ACLA has been chosen to develop a masterplan for this scheme in Beijing.
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Willmotts 9m school
Willmott Dixon is to build a £9m special educational needs school in Coalville for Leicestershire council.