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All things considered
Adjudicators have it drummed into them that they should decide the dispute in the notice of adjudication. Here’s a case that shows there is some room for flexibility
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CommentBSF is dead. So now what?
Regardless of who won the election, Building Schools for the Future was doomed. But it can adapt into something new – and so can the architects that do it
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Pay-when-paid: You know what I mean, guv?
Shepherd Construction tried to rely on a pay-when-paid clause to not pay its subcontractor, William Hare. Problem was, it wasn’t well drafted – so would the courts help it out?
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Commercial property: We can’t go on like this
Commercial development is inching its way towards a fragile recovery but the landscape has changed forever and we will need to rethink our way back to prosperity
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Religious discrimination laws: But I'm a shaman!
A recent case has extended the laws protecting employees from religious discrimination to those who hold any kind of ‘cogent and serious belief’
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Bam lands £250m BSF deal
Bam Construct UK has beaten Bouygues to clinch the £250m Camden Building Schools for the Future job in London
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CIPS: Industry growing at fastest rate since before slump
The latest figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply show the industry has experienced its fastest growth since before the recession, but the head of the body has warned that political uncertainty could spark “the jitters”.
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Pressing task: Glenn Howells in Elephant & Castle
Printworks is a nine-storey development in Elephant & Castle in south London, designed by Glenn Howells Architects
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Farrell wins 20-year Folkstone scheme
The firm replaces Foster + Partners, whose masterplan was put on hold in August 2008 owing to the downturn
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FeaturesThe big brother houses: monitoring residents' energy use
Housebuilders can specify all the green technology they want, but what happens when human beings get left in charge of the thermostat? Buro Happold installed sensors to find out, then told Thomas Lane what they discovered
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The tracker: On eggshells
Experian Business Strategies reports on a fragile recovery in the market
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Bioenergy Centre, Nottingham: Food for thought
Work started this week on a £25m Bioenergy Centre for the University of Nottingham at its Sutton Bonington campus.
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Our floating voters’ verdict on the coalition
Neil Dower of Conamar: Voted Tory“I don’t think the result is the best thing for the country or the industry. I wouldn’t be surprised if Cameron called another election in the next 18 months. Until then, I think decision-making will be slow. The cuts are something to keep an eye ...
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Mace lined up for £120m Shard neighbour
Mace is in exclusive talks over a deal to build London Bridge Place, the 17-storey companion tower to the Shard
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Balfour set for £600m NDA job
A consortium consisting of Amec, Arriva and Balfour Beatty has been tipped to win a £600m job to build a repository for high-level radioactive waste in Sellafield
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Regime change UK: Our new coalition government
Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken look at the consequences of a Lib–Con coalition
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CommentA fool and his client’s money
The last of Robert Adam’s seven deadly sins of architecture deals with profligacy – in other words, the tendency of big-name designers to put their artistic vision before their client’s wallet …
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Bpod: Prefab just got fabber
A concrete volumetric system for multistorey buildings with a unique loadbearing structure