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NewsConstruction firms 'undervalued'
Study finds investors don’t believe contractors’ claims of forward order books
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NewsAHMM's Blackfriars scheme to go ahead
Construction to commence this month after Building publisher UBM signs lease
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NewsOcado sues Carillion for £1.2m in High Court
Firm claims that Carillion was liable for defects on its distribution centre
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CommentLeander vs Mulalley: In your own time, gentlemen, please
A contractor tries to claim loss because the subcontractor isn’t ‘getting on with it’. But what if the subbie is working hard - only to a different clock?
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Leander vs Mulalley: Getting contracts right first time
Tony Bingham outlines the mess that Mulalley got in over a badly drafted contract - here’s how to avoid these pitfalls and side-step costly adjudication
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence Q3 2011
Against all expectations, construction output seems to have grown in 2011. Which means that it’s this year that the public spending cuts are really going to start hurting … Experian Economics reports
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Inbox: A numbers game
Readers note that a decision not to invest can be a wise one, that the big helping the small could amount to fewer accidents and that some calculations about the Green Deal could be flawed
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CommentThe Green Deal: Sustainability suspended
The government’s half-hearted approach to the Green Construction Board and now the Green Deal suggests a worrying lack of commitment to the eco agenda, says Richard Steer
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CommentWonders & blunders with Jeremy Till
Jeremy Till celebrates the democratic, contested space of Tent City outside St Paul’s but decries the increasing privatisation of our cities, symbolised by the gate to Paternoster Square
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CommentBrian Green on … construction output
The sectors the industry are looking to for growth are stagnating - and the government needs to respond quickly
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CommentRetail index: Contract awards fall sharply from November high
CPA forecasts 3% growth in 2012 despite weakening consumer spending
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NewsAFR open to acquisitions despite £1.2m pre-tax loss
Chief executive says firm would consider buying another architectural practice despite loss
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NewsConstruction firms fly out to Libya
Ten firms belonging to trade body British Expertise will fly to Tripoli to meet key government contacts
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NewsCameron intervenes over Olympic marketing rights
Olympic minister asked to examine complaints that 2012 firms prevented from taking ‘due credit’
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NewsOlympic village is completed
The £1.1bn Olympic village is the last major building to be completed
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CommentMy digital life … Fiona Frost
This iPhone convert gets easily lost in blogs and rates WhatsApp, allowing her to stay in touch with friends and family abroad
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FeaturesAndrew McNaughton: A Brit abroad
As chief operating officer of the biggest UK-based European contractor with a £15bn order book and profit north of £300m, Balfour Beatty’s Andrew McNaughton has more reason than most to be bullish. But, as he tells Building, there’s work out there for smaller firms too - if they know where ...
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FeaturesMoD work: Private sector-led plan of attack
The Ministry of Defence’s announcement that it won’t let any new construction contracts this year has left bidders in limbo, but could the imminent appointment of a private sector partner boost morale in the ranks?
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NewsHansom: There are limits
This week the elusive Ray O’Rourke breaks cover but not on the internet, the NHBC discovers that housebuilders and X Factor winners don’t mix and the Chinese push boundaries with speedy building