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CommentMaking this country grate
How can we beat Beijing at hosting Olympic Games and improve our place in the medal table? Well, we can make the most of our Britishness. Chris Addison explains how
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NewsIndustry lobbies for tougher regulation of short-selling
Senior figures call for checks on the practice after spectacular falls in housebuilders’ shares
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Berkeley Group mothballs large regeneration schemes
Pidgley buys smaller sites from distressed housebuilders for a quarter of asking price
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CommentEnterprise Managed Services Limited v East Midland Contracting Limited
The CaseThe Claimant sought to reverse the decision of an adjudicator, by which the adjudicator had decided that the Claimant was obliged to pay the Defendant the sum of £1,131,668.29 as damages for breach of contract. The parties to the Sub-Contract continued to place orders and undertake work under the ...
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NewsMinerva shares plummet as Dubai group pulls out of takeover talks
Rescue bid from Limitless falls through, causing developer's shares to plunge 40%
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NewsAcademies framework to expand to £4bn worth of contracts
Expansion set to double size of framework deal, opening up opportunities for contractors seeking public sector work
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CommentConstruction Act payment rules: Unspeakable
One problem that has bedevilled the Construction Act’s payment rules is finding a few simple sentences that explain what they actually are …
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CommentSustainable? They’re having you on
Much of what passes for sustainable architecture is nothing of the sort; it’s PR masquerading as environmental engineering. Robert Adam tells us what green building really means
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NewsKier: we’re not bailing out of housebuilding
Kier has dismissed reports that it is planning to abandon the private housebuilding market, writes Tom Bill.
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NewsOutgoing Lend Lease chair plans buy-to-let scheme
Nigel Hugill considers converting swaths of unsold city-centre flats into student accommodation
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NewsOFT clears housebuilders – but raises zero-carbon fears
Year-long inquiry finds ‘little evidence’ of malpractice, but says eco targets could affect competition
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NewsZaha Hadid’s Abu Dhabi bridge reaches construction milestone
Project manager HPR has now installed central piers of £113m bridge
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NewsGlasgow M&S store nails record eco score
Design by 3D Reid and Faber Maunsell achieves highest ever BREEAM retail fit-out rating
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Lianakis AE v Alexandroupolis: Ability don't enter into it
The European Court of Justice has made it clear that public bodies cannot take account of a bidder’s capacity to do the job at the award stage
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CommentThe camera sometimes lies
Open mike Thermal imaging is an invaluable tool, but beware: in the wrong hands, those pretty pictures don’t always tell the full story, says Rod Appleyard
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NewsDownturn sparks Gulf exodus for UK consultants
Ambitious engineers and QSs join housebuilding specialists in search for Middle Eastern work
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NewsFlint: We have a plan to help housebuilders through crisis
Housing minister floats land-buying scheme as Labour surveys wreckage of financial system
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NewsCabe and RIBA plan review of 20,000 schemes a year
Design and planning bodies join forces to crack down on maverick design decisions by councils
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NewsDubai residents complain about construction work at night
Extended working hours on construction sites to midnight during Ramadan has led to complaints from locals
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NewsFunding worries threaten Olympic media centre
Doubts over contractor Carillion Igloo's ability to secure funding in present climate