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Contractors clash at Heathrow East
Plans for a £1.5bn terminal at Heathrow East have been thrown into disarray by a breakdown in relations between main contractors Ferrovial and Laing O´Rourke
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NewsBasildon to seek planning for multimillion-pound college scheme
Scheme unveiled at Thames Gateway Forum after getting go-ahead from education funding body
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NewsHi-vis kilts keep Scots builders safe
St Andrew's Day is celebrated with unusual safety kit by Connaught workers refurbishing Glasgow homes
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NewsForbidding Kingdom: working in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is planning nearly £150bn of development and looks set to be one of the few refuges from the global financial crisis. But is that enough to make westerners want to work there?
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CommentBrown’s chance for redemption
As chancellor, Gordon Brown mismanaged our pensions for 10 years. Now he must back them up with the same guarantees that he extended to bank savings
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CommentHell hath no fury: public sector frameworks
Scorned bidders are increasingly refusing to take rejection lying down, which means wrongly tendered public frameworks may be set aside
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CommentIt’s a lads thing: liquidated and ascertained damages
Even when liquidated and ascertained damages are totally fair, they may seem like a contractor’s worst enemy – here’s an example why …
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Get in early: the new JCT agreement
The new JCT preconstruction services agreements allow clients to employ contractors and specialists in a consultancy role before the final contract is awarded
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FeaturesCost model: Data centres
As IT power increases, so energy use has grown enormously. Simon Rawlinson and Nick Bending of Davis Langdon examine the design and cost implications of low-energy data centres
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FeaturesHot wheels: Abu Dhabi's Ferrari theme park
The Ferrari theme park in Abu Dhabi has all the sleek lines, smooth curves and visual impact of the Italian super car, just on a mind-boggling scale.
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NewsHomes and Communities Agency: Quite an entrance
Get out the champagne … On Monday, the long-awaited housing superagency finally opens for business. Joey Gardiner considers the bedraggled legacy of English Partnerships, an organisation Rouse fears will turn up to the new body’s opening night with ‘its clothes tattered and its lipstick smudged …’
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NewsThe recovery unit
The Homes and Communities Agency must invest in land and infrastructure in order to be in shape for an eventual upturn, says the former chief executive of the Housing Corporation
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NewsHousing Corporation boss Steve Douglas: Outgoing (to say the least)
Housing Corporation boss Steve Douglas thinks some housing associations will go to the wall, is sceptical about the affordable homes target, but is nevertheless brimming with optimism for the public sector. We spoke to him on the eve of his departure
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CommentMy digital life: Dominic Papa
This architect roams the bandwidth seeking out news, ancient books, cartoons and inspiring photography. But there’s nothing quite like a real-life Jammie Dodger and a nice cup of tea
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Rush to judgment
I was saddened to read your article concerning the fatality at the Bouygues UK site in Chelmsford (14 November, page 15), and would like to express sympathy from the GMB to friends and family of the victim.
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Take cover
I have just read the latest edition of Building and was dismayed by the comments contained in Rupert Choat’s article (31 October, page 72), which looked at the issues faced when the main contractor ceases to trade.
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Anybody fancy £1.5bn?
If the industry believes that sustainable building is going into hibernation, it is time for a wake-up call.
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CommentBad old days
The lack of cash in construction could usher in a return to mutual mistrust between contractors and clients
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Buro Happold
A Scotsman, a Welshman and an Irishwoman walk into a pub …