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CommentVariation clauses: At your discretion
Variation clauses allow employers to alter works part way through a project. But they can lead to unfairness if a contractor has to act without waiting for instruction
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NewsHurley Palmer Flatt and Barclays in row over data centre
Engineer has fended off a possible adjudication with Barclays over alleged problems on a data centre project
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NewsHansom: Positively negative
No one defects to the Tories, a fringe event at Conservative conference fails to impress, the British Aviation Group stays grounded, and the EFA misses a mountain. Plus, construction gets ready to rock
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NewsRedrow chairman says lack of bricks is holding up work
Steve Morgan reveals housebuilder has had to put developments on hold due to a lack of bricks
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NewsSketch of the week: Holyport College
This week’s sketch comes from Matt Golds and Dan Smith of Hunters South Architects
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NewsDeveloper warns over viability of Ebbsfleet garden city
Developer of government-backed garden city says it is “struggling” to make 15,000-home scheme viable
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NewsLuxury housing markets creating ‘dystopian’ cities
Leading cities expert says emergence of super-prime residential markets in cities around the world for helping create “dystopian” urban environments
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NewsFaith in Balfour Beatty bosses at low ebb
Exclusive: Internal document shows less than half of staff in a recent survey have confidence in the leadership of senior management
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NewsBam to revamp Jamie Oliver's old college
Bam wins £11m job to redevelop Westminster Kingsway College’s Grade-II* listed Victoria Centre
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FeaturesFrom the archives in 2010
In 2010, Building profiled the prospective stadium designs of Qatar’s 2022 world cup bid
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CommentScotland: Another country
Scotland may still be part of the United Kingdom, but the extra devolution promised by all three main parties will have consequences for those contracting north of the border
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NewsBalfour: Three years to get profit on track
Troubled contractor warns it could face a two-to-three year fight to get profitability of its UK construction business at a comparable level to rivals
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FeaturesInterview: Steve Morgan
Steve Morgan left Redrow in 2000 but returned five years ago to save the housebuilder he founded, now it’s posting record results
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CommentWe need the government to be open about energy data
The data around energy generation capacity looks to be being presented in a way that obscures inconvenient facts
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NewsWorker dies at Heathrow construction site
A Laing O’Rourke worker has died at a construction site at Heathrow airport after being struck by a lorry
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NewsISG construction boss exits
ISG’s managing director of construction leaves the company after 18 months in the role
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CommentInside the Tory conference
There was more bravado than introspection but for those attending from the industry, a disappointing lack of content
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NewsPickles hails increase in planning permissions
Communities secretary uses party conference speech to hail an increase in residential planning applications submitted in the last year
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FeaturesImage of the week: ‘Behold the brick’
Boris Johnson wows the Conservative party conference using piece of building material
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NewsShortages of bricks and blocks may 'impede' construction growth
Latest PMI survey reports continuing growth across the industry but warns of increasing supply chain bottlenecks