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Adjudicator's jurisdiction
The CaseEuro Construction Scaffolding (“Euro”) was engaged by SSLB Construction Limited (“SSLB”) to provide scaffolding in relation to a swimming pool. Euro had provided a written quotation for scaffolding in December 2007. The parties disagreed as to what occurred next: SLLB asserted that it called Euro to confirm that it ...
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NewsFormer Skanska UK boss joins ODA board
David Fison joins Olympic body, as former Amec chief executive Sir Peter Mason steps down
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Homes agency eases funding logjam
A six-month funding logjam for English Partnerships’ schemes appears to be easing since the creation of the Homes and Communities Agency in December
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NewsEU to give £300m lifeline to school building programme
European Investment Bank agrees in principle to funding package for Building Schools for the Future
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NewsFoster + Partners dragged into £253m Wembley case
Multiplex has dragged architects Foster + Partners and HOK into its £253m legal row with Mott MacDonald over Wembley stadium
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NewsWork on Olympic Village progresses without developer
Current construction work shown in pictures is being funded by £95m from the Olympic contingency fund
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NewsRadon in homes 'responsible for 1,000 deaths a year'
Oxford University researchers say current building guidelines fail to prevent seepage of natural carcogenic gas
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NewsGalliford Try JV wins £60m Scottish water contract
JV with Black & Veatch is named as preferred contractor on storm overflow transfer scheme
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UK housing starts sink to lowest ever level
NHBC figures show private home starts have plummeted to about half the level of the last recession
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NewsBrookfield to build Pinnacle for £575m in City…
Australian contractor Brookfield has signed a deal to build the Pinnacle – the tallest building in the City of London – for about £575m
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NewsWelsh builder named as UK’s worst penny-pincher
Tightest Briton cleans house with tiny toy dustpan and uses each teabag three times
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NewsTower Hamlets council fined £15,000 after worker badly burned
HSE slams council and lighting contractor for ‘dreadful’ safety practice on lamppost installation
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Unions threaten legal action as firms aim to slash pay
Contractors rush to reduce payroll costs as recession puts pressure on wage agreements
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NewsRoyal Haskoning JV to design Qatar port
Consultant teams up with Worley Parsons Qatar for 20km2 New Doha Port scheme
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UK Contractors Group to fight for skills overhaul
New trade body chairman warns of ‘dire skills shortage’ in face of slashed training budgets
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Construction shunned in New Year’s Honours list
Paul Morrell one of few industry leaders recognised as architects, developers and housebuilders miss out
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Taylor Wimpey and the drug-crazed marsupials
The leaked email from Taylor Wimpey boss Pete Redfern to his staff caused quite a stir in the City before Christmas.The housebuilding boss talked up the chances of a refinancing deal by the end of February - a claim backed up by other sources in the know.But the email ...
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FeaturesCountry focus: Poland
Poland has been enjoying a construction boom over the past three years, and although it’s not immune to the financial pandemic, it’s still going to record 6% growth. Marcin Klammer of EC Harris reports
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FeaturesIdentity crisis: Construction's corporate rebrander Steve Edge
He’s worked with George Lucas, Cartier and Dior, but is a corporate rebrand from Steve Edge really what construction companies need to survive the recession? Well, Wates, Kier and Skanska seem to think so