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Blow the whistle on 'bad' gangmasters, urges UCATT
UCATT general secretary George Brumwell has called for members to report to the union any groups of migrant workers that may be being exploited by gangmasters.
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Strategic forum to quiz OGC over e-bidding
A delegation from the strategic forum is to meet officials from the Office of Government Commerce to voice concerns over online reverse auction bidding.
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NewsEven Greater Sutton Street
Planning consultant Hepher Dixon has obtained planning permission for the redevelopment of a hotel on Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, north-east London. Architect Horden Cherry Lee has redesigned the 1970s building, which is owned by Reuters. The building will be extended to provide space for shops and restaurants on the ...
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NewsUrban splashes
Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud has opened Aukett's Salam Park development, a 30 ha scheme in the centre of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Aukett masterplanned and provided the landscape concept and detail for the £10m project, which has redeveloped an area in the older quarter of Riyadh. The main feature of ...
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Housebuilders face extra costs over seller's packs
House Builders Federation says detailed surveys to protect buyers of homes under 10 years old are 'superfluous'
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NewsRelief for Oxfam
Moss Construction has won two projects totalling £20.4m at Oxford Business Park, on behalf of Arlington Business Parks. The first project, due to start in this month, comprises the design and build of a three-storey headquarters for Oxfam (pictured). The £15.3m contract also includes fitting out work, external works and ...
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Playing fast and loose
The claimant, Galliford Try Construction Limited, was the contractor for the redevelopment of the Wellesley Hotel in Wellington Road, Leeds, into residential apartments. Michael Heal Associates Limited provided pre-tender structural engineering services to the original developer. The development was completed on a design-and-build basis, and the appointment of Michael ...
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Whitby slams Crossrail as misconceived waste of money
Government’s flagship rail link is castigated by leading engineer, who says it will turn central London into a ghetto
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A world where nothing works
As the industry prepares to hear Kate Barker’s review of the planning system, a Building investigation reveals the mess it is in, dogged by bureaucracy, delays and disputes.
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Cat, pigeons, pigeons, cat
Just when we thought we'd got a handle on how adjudication is supposed is to work, along comes Judge Wilcox and introduces a feline to the coop …
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NewsSouthwell back with £100m MoD contracts to hand out
Former Atkins boss pilots his aerospace consortium towards £13bn aircraft PFI contract
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FeaturesSimon Hughes
The Lib Dem mayoral candidate has plenty to say about key worker housing, the Olympics, his yellow cab and Steven Norris – as long as you can keep up with him. We jogged alongside
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HBF warns Barker not to 'rig the market' for land
Housebuilders fear commercial developers and quangos will get 'special treatment' to boost competition
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FeaturesNow even tougher
The new Part L is to come into force three years before we thought it was! Oh my God!! What are we going to do??? Well, why not pour yourself a drink, sit back in a large leather armchair and peruse the first part of Building's E-Z-Read® guide to what's ...
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NewsPFI attacked for lack of openness
The Institute for Public Policy Research, a think tank close to the Labour Party, has called for greater transparency in PFI deals
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CommentStakes and ladders
If you skip a square at the very beginning of an adjudication you may find that at the end of it – when there's most to lose – you have to start all over again
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NewsContractor braced for claims after theft of accident books
Concrete firm John Doyle believes two of its site documents have been sold on to personal injury lawyers
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Alfred McAlpine buys £5.2m firm
Contractor Alfred McAlpine has made the first of an expected double acquisition in the infrastructure market.
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Shortlist of three for top job at Mowlem
Headhunters have drawn up a list of potential successors to Sir John Gains as chief executive of Mowlem