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NewsNew standards could add £10k to new homes
Home Builders' Federation hits out at HCA's proposed rules on quality and space
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NewsLancsville sell-off begins, but creditors face long wait
Cash has started flowing in from collapsed contractor Lancsville, after an auction was completed this month that saw nearly 500 items of plant sold
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NewsWates boss demands clarity on spending cuts
Paul Drechsler, chairman and chief executive of Wates, has called for rapid clarity on the extent of public spending cuts after the general election
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NewsBalfour Beatty lined up for 10-year Lincolnshire contract
Deal will include work on road and construction of 3,500 new homes
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NewsCrossrail signs up to project bank accounts
Crossrail will use project bank accounts on all its major contracts in a bid to keep payment times down
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Hamiltons loses £120m Land Secs job
A former director of architect Hamiltons has taken the design job for Land Securities £120m Park House scheme from the firm
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NewsMorgan Est water contract extended five years
Welsh Water work will include designing and building works for clean and waste water programmes
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NewsMorrison and Aecom bag £150m water contract
Two framework streams comprise treatment works and installation projects
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VT takeover spares Mouchel
City analysts have said consultant Mouchel can breathe a temporary sigh of relief following Babcock’s £1.33bn takeover of VT Group this week
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Comment
Good news on the planning front – rejections fall and applications for new homes rise
The data published today on planning applications on the face of it should provide house builders and their suppliers with some comfort.The figures show that in the final quarter of last year the number of planning decisions for major residential developments – those with 10 or more homes – rose ...
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NewsA game of trust
Matt Bromley of Davis Langdon was in Turkey when he spotted this daredevil plasterer
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NewsLast frontier: Paul Morrell's carbon cutting roadmap
Carbon cutting. We know where we have to be, and when we have to arrive, but nobody is sure how we get there. Paul Morrell has the job of prospecting a route
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Features
Sports flooring system
An innovative high-performance sports floor system, developed through a partnership between Gerflor and InstaCoustic, has been installed for the first time in the UK at the Moat House leisure and neighbourhood centre in Coventry
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Features
Textured floor covers
Altro has provided a complete floors and walls package for the Ennerdale leisure centre in Hull
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Laing O’Rourke overhauls board as finance chief quits
Commercial head Anna Stewart expands her power base as firm plots move into Brazil and Canada
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CommentCML certificate: But you said it was fine!
In April 2007 the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) produced a standard form certificate that consultants can be asked to sign concerning the condition of a newly built residential property
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CommentGosh, is that really the time?
Adjudication is not litigation (lawyers please note) and an adjudicator is not obliged to consider in detail new information that comes in at the eleventh hour
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Comment
The witness protection scheme
Expert witnesses may be protected from lawsuits for now, but the Supreme Court may be on the brink of overturning that rule
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Comment
Dishing the dirt
Whatever else we run out of, there will always be more than enough rubbish to go round. So what should a contractor looking to get its fair share watch out for?
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FeaturesAshley Primary School: Any colour as long as it’s green
Ashley Primary School is run with such zeal for the environment that when an expansion became necessary, it grabbed the chance to increase its sustainability credentials