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CommentA quick pull of the plug: Terminating a contract
State your case If you intend to terminate, it’s no good hanging around for ages before you break the news, or you may find the decision is no longer yours
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NewsSenior director leaves Costain
Costain’s commercial director has left the company “by mutual agreement”
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NewsTate Modern to use Thames to heat and cool extension
Use of groundwater from gravel beds could help cut energy and carbon emissions by half
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NewsUAE site workers are slaves, says lobby group
Pressure grows on UK firms to push for improvements in conditions after Panorama investigation
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NewsIndustry holds its breath on Budget VAT cut
A cut in the rate of VAT levied on refurbishment is at the top of the construction industry’s wishlist for next week’s Budget
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NewsPartnerships for Schools exceeds targets
Delivery agency has built 54 schools and says it plans to open more than 200 a year by 2011
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NewsConstruction boss kidnaps bank manager
A debt-ridden building entrepreneur in Spain takes extreme measures to get loan
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A hat-trick of hospital wins takes BAM to the top in March
Business barometer: Dutch firm beats Vinci to first place as total volume of work falls 23% on 2008
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NewsSay your prayers
Architect Glyn Parkes points out that the gutter on this church in Hungary has already been removed so there is nothing to break these non-harnessed construction workers’ fall. Bet the view’s good, though
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CommentAmateur dramatics
While Ramboll plays the Fool, some builders get into dangerous liaisons, a Gleeds boss plays the tortured hero contemplating his own demise and the press are heckled from the wings
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Faithful + Gould
It’s day one of the G20 summit. Barack Obama is town and London is packed with protesters and police
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Short and tweet
Dispatches from the Twitter social networking site:Bryant Priest Newman, Birmingham-based architect
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FeaturesThe credit insurance drought
The trade insurance market is in deep trouble, and the firms that rely on it are having to turn away work just when they need it most. Katie Puckett reports on what’s gone wrong, and how it can be rectified
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FeaturesSustainability: Zero-carbon homes
The government has committed itself to making new homes zero carbon after 2016. But a lot depends on how you define zero … Isabel McAllister of Cyril Sweett reports
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NewsWill it ever take off? Hydrogen fuel cell technology
Hydrogen fuel cell technology has the potential to halve carbon emissions from our homes – if the price can be reduced to less than six figures
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NewsCombination boilers
Combiplus is a range of domestic combination boilers from Ravenheat which, according to the company, will outperform the best SEDBUK-listed band A boilers
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Cooling from a heat pump
Daikin has launched the Ururu Multi, a heat pump for supplying heating, cooling, ventilation and humidification to residential and light commercial buildings
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Mixer taps
Impulse Bathrooms has added the Eclipse range of mixers to its contemporary-styled bathroom fittings
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NewsStreamlined hobs
Whirlpool has launched its designer Filo gas hobs. Finished in stainless steel, the hobs have a one-piece base plate that fits flush into the worktop for a streamlined look