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NewsJohn Lewis considers direct payment for subcontractors
Exclusive: Waitrose owner proposes contract clauses to bypass main contractors that delay supply chain payments
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NewsBerkeley Homes submits Crossrail station development plans
Residential developer submits planning application for 219 homes above Woolwich Crossrail station
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CommentTackling the energy performance challenge
Neil Jefferson, director of the NHBC and chief executive of the Zero Carbon Hub
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NewsBalfour Beatty predicts revenue will fall by 20%
Construction giant announces it is to withdraw from bidding on ‘uneconomic’ work and switch focus to restricted markets
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NewsPlanning stats: Residential projects and approvals in February
Data for last month reveals a slight drop in the number of projects for all regions compared with January
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CommentNavigating mixed-use developments
The changing environment of work and planning will result in a lot more mixed-use developments - and there are many ways to make these pay
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FeaturesBudget submission: Dear George …
Ahead of this week’s Budget, Building wrote to the chancellor to put the case for the green economy. Let’s hope he listens
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CommentHansom: Each to their own
Ken Shuttleworth’s imagination runs wild, Ecobuild punters condemn Eric Pickles to an Orwellian nightmare, Ian Tyler bows out in style and Otto the dachshund is deselected
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CommentCentres of excellence to work with industry
How we can develop the future of sustainable construction through university education
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FeaturesBIM: A modelling masterclass
What lessons can be learned from a client-driven Building Information Modelling (BIM) project? A webinar from Building and Excitech points the way forward
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CommentDisputes about dispute resolution
Dispute resolution processes can be written into contracts to guard high value projects. But what if the parties can’t even agree on how the process should be conducted?
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CommentIdentifying owner occupiers
The part of Section 106 of the Construction Act designed to safeguard residential occupiers is only applicable if they can prove they intend to move into the property as their residence
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CommentZennestrom's house
Here is a recent judgment that highlights the proper application of the 1972 Defective Premises Act, in a charming Bauhaus setting with a marina view
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FeaturesThe ICE Awards 2013
In 2012 London took on the huge logistical challenge of hosting the Olympics, but its ambitions did not stop there. Thomas Lane highlights the feats of engineering that are changing the face of the capital and that are this year’s winners of the ICE Awards
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CommentKier results: Bellwether sounds the alarm
Kier’s results for the last six months of 2012 were more robust than many of its competitors’, but in fact they show what dire trouble the industry is in
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NewsGreen light for Feilden Clegg Bradley's Belfast campus
Project for University of Ulster to accommodate up to 15,000 students and staff
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NewsRICS urges government to simplify procurement
Exclusive: RICS unveils construciton policy which calls for government to increase transparency in its construction contracts and simplify the procurement process
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NewsMore than a dozen mega-towers to be built by 2020
Lift giant Kone expects as many as 15 mega-towers over 600 metres tall around the world by 2020