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CommentACE agreements: Altogether now
The recent streamlining of the two design agreements for consultants into one brings simplicity and flexibility as well as a new take on liability
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CommentPayment rules: Financial mechanics
The new Construction Act may be but a distant prospect, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a few educated guesses as to how its payment rules will work
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On-demand guarantees: At the mercy of the client
The most powerful weapon at a client’s disposal – the on-demand guarantee – leaves contractors open to claims at the drop of a hat
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FeaturesThe colleges debacle: a lack of progress report
The full scale of the Learning and Skills Council funding fiasco is only now becoming clear, as many colleges face up to a long and dismal future in temporary accommodation. Sarah Richardson reveals the full story
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Latest construction appointments - 4 December 2009
Jane Watson has become business development and marketing manager at Letchworth Roofing
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Stalled Foster hotel to restart
Construction work on the stalled Silken hotel in London, designed by Foster + Partners, is expected to restart in January after bank BBVA decided to develop the scheme rather than sell it
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Year-on-year build costs in historic fall
The year-on-year costs of building materials and labour fell for the first time in 40 years in the third quarter of 2009, according to exclusive research for Building
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NewsSpa quality: North Leamington school
The £29m North Leamington school, designed by Robothams Architects, has opened
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Interserve sues Bovis for £3m in sweet factory dispute
Details have emerged of a legal row between Bovis Lend Lease and Interserve over M&E work carried out by the latter on a £49m sweet factory in Yorkshire
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NewsCroythorn reborn: Edinburgh apartments
Contractor YOR has completed a £12m project to transform the Croythorn House office block in Edinburgh into apartments
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FeaturesLearning fast
Ahead of February’s BSEC 2010 event, Ty Goddard of the British Council of School Environments explains why we have to get smarter at explaining to the public the importance of investing in school building
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NewsCyril Sweett may sue over ditched PFI project
Consultant is threatening to sue Norfolk council over an abandoned waste facility that left a £400,000 hole in its balance sheet, in the latest dispute in the PFI market
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NewsMorrell’s low-carbon team meets
The low-carbon construction innovation and growth team, led by new chief construction adviser Paul Morrell, met for the first time on Tuesday
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Galliford Try buys Cornwall housebuilder for £200,000
Galliford Try has bought Cornwall-based housebuilder Rosemullion Homes for £200,000
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NewsGoggle-box: Ron Arad's shopping centre in Belgium
Ron Arad Associates’ Médiacité shopping and entertainment centre in Liège, Belgium, has opened to the public
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Pidgley: Housebuilders don’t know what the elderly need
Tony Pidgley, chair of Berkeley Homes, delivered a damning critique this week of the quality of retirement housing in the UK and lent his support to the idea of councils building the homes as part of section 106 agreements
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NewsCitywatch: Crossing the red sea
Trading screens became a sea of red last Thursday when the news first broke that Dubai was going wobbly on its £35bn debt pile
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CommentParty politics: Gus Alexander on overpriced party wall surveyors
Gus Alexander doesn’t like to get involved in spats over party walls. Scumbag neighbours he can deal with, but overpriced surveyors who think they’re auditioning for Boston Legal? Never
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Bellway bosses rake in £240k in bonuses despite protests
Three Bellway bosses have taken home a total of £240,099 in bonuses in 2009, despite a shareholder revolt over their awards last year