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FeaturesUcatt: Out for the count?
In 2009 Alan Ritchie was voted leader of Ucatt - put there by 5.3% of its membership. But now the ballot has been ruled void and the union is having to spend its time appealing the decision and salvaging its reputation. How did it get into this mess?
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Latest construction appointments: 6 May 2011
This week NG Bailey, MJP Architects, Fireco and Bilco have made new appointnments and a new planning consultancy is founded
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NewsMott MacDonald offsets UK decline with overseas growth
Engineering giant cuts staff by 10% in two years but American business thrives
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CommentTeCSA rules! OK?
With a new Construction Act on the way, adjudicators are going to have to up their game. Luckily, one nominating body has updated its rules in anticipation
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Comment
The Defective Premises Act: What hole?
Hole? What hole? Ben Worthington, who acted for the project manager on Jenson vs Faux, discussed by Tony Bingham, says the Defective Premises Act has been properly restricted to new dwellings
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FeaturesCost model: City of London offices
With uncertain prospects for finance, recovery in office development is likely to remain cautious. Refurbishment and reuse will remain alternatives but the low-carbon agenda will transform both these and new build, say Iain Parker and Graham Jones of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company
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NewsConstruction experts: ‘We don’t trust ONS output data’
Leading industry figures believe statistics from the ONS are inaccurate
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NewsCyril Sweett shifts focus from UK
The firm has said 57% of its order book is from outside Europe
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NewsWolverton Park: urban retreat
A £35m residential development in Milton Keynes has been selected as the sole UK entry in an international shortlist of nominees for the Urban Land Institute’s Awards for Excellence
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CommentWonders and Blunders
Billy Reading applauds the Barbican for stitching together old and new elements in a historic setting, but boos the unsustainable Palm Jumeirah for assaulting its surroundings
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NewsMears' chairman to have pay reduced after PwC review
The firm was told it needed to be more transparent about senior staff’s pay
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Comment
The small print
Readers are concerned with the nitty gritty this week. Did completion mean practical completion or not? Was it a bank or a public holiday? More importantly, to pay or not to pay?
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Sir Robert McAlpine profit slumps by almost a quarter
This was despite the firm landing some significant contract awards
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NewsPhase one of Masdar complete
The $1.4bn first phase of one of the world’s most sustainable cities, Masdar in Abu Dhabi, has been completed.
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CommentMy digital life: Kent Gardner
BlackBerry, Android or iPhone?BlackBerry for business but the iPhone for fun.What is your worst digital habit?I’m always checking my BlackBerry, even when I’m in a no coverage area!What did you last buy online?Olympics tickets for the opening ceremony, cycling, beach volleyball and athletics. Fingers crossed I’ll get some of my ...
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NewsGalliford Try: 'Spring selling season is back'
Contractor also sees slight improvement in construction order book
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NewsTender prices 'have passed lowest point'
Yet slight increase in prices in Q4 2010 offset by spike in materials costs