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CommentAdjudication: All aboard
Once you start adjudication you are tied in to the end of the process, unlike court proceedings where more emphasis is put on settling and cutting the cost spend
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FeaturesInterview: Geeta Nanda
With government policies that cut rents and extend Right to Buy, housing associations are feeling the strain. But Geeta Nanda of Thames Valley Housing has an alternative approach
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CommentHansom: The right words
Plans are afoot to build Tolkien’s fictional city of Minas Tirith, to get children into construction via computer games, to impersonate owls, race yachts and then do a charity run. And after all that you’ll need a shower
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Newburgh Street, Soho
This week’s sketch is by artist and illustrator Nick Richards
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FeaturesImage of the week: Back to the Nest
The track is cleaned at the iconic Bird’s Nest National stadium in Beijing
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FeaturesClass of 2014: One year later
Building catches up with the class of 2014 to find out if, having made it through their first year, life in construction is all they’d hoped it would be
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NewsAdministrators reveal Longcross Construction owed £30m
Longcross Construction collapsed owing over £30m following ill-advised expansion
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NewsGreen Deal installations hit record level in June
Latest official data shows Green Deal financing was at its highest point before scheme was scrapped
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NewsBarbour ABI's August market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for August is now available to download
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NewsMace and Keltbray behind PC Harrington claims
Mace and Keltbray making total of £29.5m of claims against PC Harrington Contractors relating to works at Nova Victoria
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NewsCostain sees surge in revenue and orders
Revenue jumps 17% to £621m as order book rises to £3.7bn at half year
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NewsBAM's UK arm returns to profit
UK operations for Dutch engineering giant back in the black with £2.9m profit for first half of 2015
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NewsBuilding apprentice body panned by Ofsted
A body run by mechanical engineering trade association B ES has been slated by Ofsted
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NewsBumper month propels Willmott Dixon to top of table
Contractor leaps from fifth to first place with 44 contract wins totalling £171m
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CommentDelay and Disruption Protocol: Easy Rider
The Society of Construction Law has issued amended guidance to deal with the issue of time impact analysis. Has sense prevailed?
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NewsHansford to fill "gaps" following CLC revamp
Chief construction adviser to ensure slimmed down Constrction Leadership Council addresses all issues
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CommentOut of the frying pan, into a flat
Overheating in homes, particularly in city flats, is increasingly common
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NewsBallymore reveals floating swimming pool plan for Nine Elms
Arup Associates’-design pool to hang 35m in the air at Embassy Gardens scheme