All Building articles in 2008 Issue 6 – Page 7
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Sharewatch — Analysts lost for words as ‘yo-yo effect’ causes havoc
Yet another week of share price volatility saw analysts struggling to find fresh ways to describe the market.
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More specialists face the axe amid insolvency fears
Subcontractors furious as Costain, Wates and Morgan Ashurst cut supplier lists
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More specialists face the axe amid insolvency fears
Subcontractors furious as Costain, Wates and Morgan Ashurst cut supplier lists
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Comment
JCT Framework Agreement: Umbrellas? Who needs ’em
A framework agreement is like an umbrella that sits above a contractual dinghy in which the elements of the Egan partnership await their fate like good little girls and boys. Until, of course, it starts getting wet
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Features
The tracker: Against all odds
You would think contractors would be feeling seasick given the current financial turmoil – but you would think wrong: things are still surprisingly upbeat, says Experian Business Strategies
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Features
The A-G of energy certificates
The government’s dithering over energy labelling has made understanding how it works seem like an arduous ascent. With just seven weeks until its introduction for non-housing, Thomas Lane helps you begin the climb
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Carillion faces mass exodus after McAlpine takeover
40-50 senior staff are expected to leave as £554m deal is finally done
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Carillion faces mass exodus after McAlpine takeover
40-50 senior staff are expected to leave as £554m deal is finally done
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Pinnacle contractor admits delays
Demolition on the site of the 300m Pinnacle tower in the City has been delayed by at least two months amid continuing legal wranglings.The work by subcontractor Keltbray was due to end in February, but will now continue while enabling works, which have also been put back, begin in April. ...
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Comment
Adjudication enforcement: Harris Calnan Construction Co Ltd vs Ridgewood (Kensington) Ltd
The claimant applied for summary judgment arising out of an adjudication decision and claimed for costs on an indemnity basis. In the course of the adjudication the adjudicator rejected the defendant’s challenge to his jurisdiction, finding that there was a contract in writing between the parties.The defendant challenged the enforcement ...
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The eve of Adamstown
The £300m mixed-use centre of Adamstown, Ireland's only independent new town, has been submitted for planning approval by London urban designer Metropolitan Workshop and Irish developer Castlethorne Construction.
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Ken Shuttleworth set to act as design champion on Crossrail
Crossrail has targeted Ken Shuttleworth to be a design champion for the £16bn project.
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… as NFB calls for £8bn budget to be released
The National Federation of Builders has urged the prime minister to sanction the early release some of the Housing Corporation’s £8bn budget as part of a rescue package for the housing market.
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Features
Lead times November 2007-February 2008
For the first time since the construction boom began, lead times seem to be returning to normal, says Brian Moone of Mace.
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Social housing plans face a £2.5bn shortfall
Pricewaterhouse Coopers says funding has failed to keep pace with development targets
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Tubelines fears ‘knock-on effects’ of £2bn Metronet bill
Tubelines has voiced concerns that funding for the tube upgrade will be cut after it emerged that the government will have to spend £2bn to bail out rival consortium Metronet.
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Social housing plans face a £2.5bn shortfall
Pricewaterhouse Coopers says funding has failed to keep pace with development targets
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F+A buys airports QS for £1m
Franklin + Andrews, Mott MacDonald’s quantity surveying arm, has bought QS Needlemans for an estimated £1m in shares.
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City sources put cost of delayed T&T flotation at £1m
Turner & Townsend’s shelved flotation cost the consultant £1m, City sources say.
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Features
APC Trainer: Killer moves: (A015: Conflict avoidance, dispute resolution)
Every week Building.co.uk features a handy guide to answering APC interview questions for trainee surveyors. For more, visit the website, but in the meantime here’s one of our experts, Alastair Bloore, with some high-flying ideas about dispute resolution. Steady on there, tiger …