More news – Page 1973
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NewsRIBA membership fees frozen for third year in a row
Brady says move is intended to ‘help architects through challenging times’
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NewsLibyan authorities seek UK rebuild help
The National Transition Council is seeking firms to rebuild Tripoli airport and Misrata hospital
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NewsBerkeley buys up 52-storey Beetham tower site
Housebuilder poaches site of Ian Simpson-designed scheme from administrator
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NewsTurner & Townsend buys US project manager
Consultant swoops on $5m-turnover New York firm Ferzan Robbins & Associates
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CommentU is for unliquidated, V is for variation
In the latest of our jargon-busting series, Michael Conroy Harris explains unliquidated damages and variations, for when a project doesn’t go to plan (or contract)
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CommentWhat is it that I apparently know that the Bank of England economists do not?
The Bank of England’s low interest rate approach may lead to a deeper repression and slower growth
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CommentThe economy: Plan B or no Plan B, that is the question
What will the government announce its strategy to tackle the faltering economy to be in its autumn statement?
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NewsCPA/Barbour ABI Index: Construction outlook is ominous
The new Index reveals more contracts wins in retail and private housing but other sectors see work dry up
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NewsPublic Health Index: PFI work dries up
Growth in the public health sector will only happen with a new pfi model
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CPA/Barbour ABI launch new index
Monthly measure of construction orders sees big fall off in PFI health work
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CommentImpartial arbitration: Tapping into the unconscious
Arbitrators and adjudicators promise to be impartial, but can they be unknowingly biased towards one side?
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CommentThe trouble with letters of intent and the law
Here’s a case where a ‘side letter’ was relied upon to clarify the key terms under negotiation. The problem is that such documents may not be deemed legally enforceable
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FeaturesTom Haughey: Man of steel
The structural steel sector has been knocked for six by the recession. No one knows this better than Severfield-Rowen boss Tom Haughey - not that he’s going to let that stop him expanding the business. The sheer nerve is admirable
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CommentMy Digital Life: Martin Carroll
From clothes, to drinks, to timely annecdotes in 140 characters or less, this director likes to roam the web
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CommentHansom: I dare you
This week, contractors go the full monty for a charity calendar, a boss is not amused by the ‘Lunch Atop Heron Tower’ photo and the hot seat at Mouchel proves too much for two chairmen