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NewsThurrock plans step closer after landmark road deal
The government says it will fund infrastructure improvements vital to delivery of 18,500 homes
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RICS sets dates for eTendering breakfast seminars
Free seminars in December and January offer ways to manage tenders online
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Amusement park owners fined over site death
Maintenance accident could have been avoided, says HSE Inspector
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NewsDebate backs off-site renewables
House of Lords debate last night overwhelmingly urges Government to redefine zero carbon for housing
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APC Trainer: Ethics (M005)
In the first of our new series on Assessment of Professional Competence for QSs our APC Trainer tackles ethics
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NewsYour Code questions answered
In the first of a three-part series on complying with the Code for Sustainable Homes, Arup associate Katherine Holden, an expert on energy efficient and sustainable design, answers questions submitted at last month's Building code webinar
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NewsDavid Beckham academy planned next door to Man City
Fears that ex-United star's academy could become "the largest graffiti site in Europe’
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CommentAnn is in cloud-cuckoo-land
Ann Minogue wrote here that my criticism of Network Rail was unfair. But she is living in a fantasy world where there are still adversarial tools and penalties rather than teamworking and shared risk
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CommentA green gold mine
The Best Practice pages in Building’s sustainability channel have unearthed a rich seam of pioneering projects. Alex Smith sifts through the best
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Treasure & Son Ltd vs Martin Dawes: The end of our elaborate plans
This case has raised the question of when a contract is over and done with, which can affect practically every construction job that’s carried out
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Case summary: Treasure & Son Ltd vs Martin Dawes
The barrister who represented Treasure & Son in this important TCC case here sums up what happened
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NewsMiller attacks Ernst & Young and claims rebels are split
Keith Miller takes his fight to keep company in hands of family to dissident shareholders’ adviser
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Housebuilders to launch code of conduct by Easter
Industry bodies improve accountability to head off OFT inquiry into falling customer satisfaction
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Shortage of QSs throws Defence Estates into chaos
UK’s biggest client needs to double number of QSs to cope with upgrade of 18bn estate
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Quest 4 Finance Ltd vs John Maxfield, John Carter and Michael John Chesney
Quest 4 Finance Ltd claimed an indemnity from two of the directors of Hilmax Engineering Ltd; Maxfield and Carter, pursuant to a warranty document dated 18 July 2006. The third defendant, Chesney, had been adjudged bankrupt so the proceedings were discontinued against him. Hilmax had fallen into financial difficulty ...
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NewsThree contenders emerge for Glasgow Games village
Quintain, Kier Residential or Urban Splash line up for £245m Commonwealth scheme
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FeaturesThe nut cracker
Gary Lawrence, Arup’s urban strategy leader, has advised Bill Clinton on climate change and turned Seattle green. Now he’s taking on the world’s first eco-city project in Dongtan, China. He tells Olivia Boyd about his approach to sustainability – and explains why it begins by hitting moles over the head ...
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CommentTreasure & Son Ltd vs Martin Dawes: The riddle of existence
If you get into an adjudication based on a variation to a contract that is agreed but not signed, is the adjudication valid? The High Court has just given us a clear answer to that one …
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NewsTropus & Spicer becomes consultancy’s latest merger
Tropus and Spicer Partnership combine to create £4m-turnover practice
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NewsDevelopers warn bill gives councils too much power
Planning bill giving councils right to impose tougher eco standards ‘endangers housing delivery’