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Playing golf with Superman: Multiple adjudications
If you had to decide a dispute involving 51,000 job orders in 28 days, would you need to wear your underpants outside your clothes? Well, the following case put this to the test
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Lip service won't do: Discrimination in construction
Now there’s even more reason to make clear your commitment to equality and diversity: if you don’t, you won’t secure those multimillion-pound public sector contracts
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Mini cost model update: Small projects
Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon revisits industrial units, primary schools and primary healthcare centres to investigate how recent dramatic falls in tender prices have affected building costs
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On air: BSkyB's naturally ventilated studios
Bent on building Europe’s most sustainable broadcasting facility, BSkyB opted for natural ventilation for its new television studios. But how to stop outside noise from ruining the latest episode of Gladiators?
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Injured worker sues Vinci UK for £250,000 in compensation
A construction worker who was seriously injured when he was knocked into a trench by an excavator has launched a legal battle for up to £250,000 in compensation
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Orwell's latest: £15m RMJM scheme at University Campus Suffolk
Willmott Dixon has been appointed preferred bidder on this £15m college development in Ipswich for University Campus Suffolk
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I beg to differ: Response to Rupert Choat on the Construction Act
Rupert Choat has many useful things to say about the proposed amendments to the Construction Act. But in his criticism of payment security, he’s just plain wrong
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Profit up 39% at social housing group Connaught
Social housing group Connaught boosted pre-tax profit by 39% from £9.7m to £13.5m in the year ended 28 February 2009
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Brick firm Michelmersh loses £2.9m
Brick manufacturer Michelmersh fell £2.9m into the red in 2008 as a result of the housing slump and higher energy costs
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Telford buoyed by refinancing deal and housing agency grant
London housebuilder Telford Homes has struck a refinancing deal with its lenders to secure its future
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Stoke regeneration
A group of regeneration agencies is looking for developers for an £85m project in Stoke-on-Trent
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First-time buyer woes
Greater restrictions on mortgage lending mean that first-time buyers are still shut out of the housing market, despite price falls, a housing charity has found
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Right on Time
The £80m Time Square regeneration site in the centre of Warrington has been purchased by the North West Development Agency
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Shrubhill branches out
Plans for a development of 121 luxury serviced apartments in Shrubhill, Edinburgh, were submitted for planning this week by developer Frasers Property
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The foundations are laid for council homes
… but they won’t be built without reform of public finance
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in March 2009
Housing associations surpass private registrations for the first time since 1986
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Apprenticeships: has the system collapsed?
Apprentices are one of the main victims of the recession, but if they suffer today, it’s a sure thing that the rest of the industry will suffer tomorrow. So how can they be saved?
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Government ups skills pressure
The government is moving towards making training policies a factor in whether firms win public work
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Gimme five
Foster + Partners’ designs for the first five-star hotel near Heathrow have been approved by the mayor of London