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  • News

    Broker's notes: Adios, pie army

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Oh dear. It seems that I opened a can of worms with my rather provocative column last week.

  • Comment

    Shadows and doubt

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    An adjudicator's decision can be thrown out over the merest hint of unfairness. Good news for the system's integrity, bad news for parties left in limbo

  • News

    Hochtief snaps up ex-Ballast boss to lead PFI charge in UK

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Phillip Cooper is expected to bring in former employees of Ballast Services, PFI arm of the failed contractor

  • News

    Judges reject Laing race case appeal

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Laing this week lost a landmark ruling over a racial discrimination case that dates back to its work on the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, writes a court reporter.

  • News

    Five contractors in frame for £45m City office scheme

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Speculative HQ building for client Prudential raises hopes that sluggish commercial market is reviving

  • News

    Five contractors in frame for £45m City office scheme

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Speculative HQ building for client Prudential raises hopes that sluggish commercial market is reviving

  • News

    Contractor gets £1m bill for DLR tunnel explosion

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Japanese firm Nishimatsu is fined £700,000 after admitting serious safety breaches on light rail extension

  • News

    London can cope with Olympics, says Arup

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    An Arup report into accommodation needs for London's 2012 Olympic bid claims that the capital will be able to cope with the hundreds of thousands of visitors expected at the games.

  • Features

    Careers: Ask Edward

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Having problems at work? Not sure about your legal position? In the first of a regular series our expert Edward Goodwyn, a partner at solicitor Masons, answers your questions

  • Features

    Feeling the winter chill

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    The first Tracker of the year from Experian Business Strategies forecasts that construction growth will cool off over the next three months, but offers a sunnier outlook for 2004 as a whole

  • News

    Further and better particulars of … Tom Dengenis, Chief executive of Asite

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Our monthly series on the construction people in the news targets the chief executive officer of loss-making internet portal Asite. Here he tells us how he plans to make it pay

  • Comment

    A turn for the worse

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    A decade of revolutionary culture change seems to have culminated in the triumph of a class of supervisor bureaucrats. The real workers are back where they started

  • Comment

    Hansom

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    This week, internet translation engines. On the one hand they are free and easily accessible, on the other they make you sound like a twerp. Hmm …

  • News

    Living in the past

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Concept homes are supposed to lead the way to the future. The only problem is, the housebuilding industry never wants to follow. As David Wilson Homes launches a fresh mission, we wonder whether the industry will ever boldly go anywhere

  • News

    David Curry

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    The chronic housing shortage has spurred Whitehall into commissioning a host of well meaning reports, but the tricky policy decisions may take a good while longer to emerge

  • Comment

    You’ll pay for this

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Why are construction leaders so reluctant to join the political fray over tuition fees?

  • Comment

    Scotland is freezing

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    The Human Rights Act limited Scottish claimants' rights to freeze defendants' assets before judgment. But a recent case may encourage this tool to be used more

  • Comment

    I've put the bomb there

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    If a project manager supervises the installation of a fire risk, then warns its client that it has installed a fire risk, does the warning absolve it of blame after the inevitable fire?

  • Comment

    Thanks, partner!

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    From my experience of working in Holland, the way in which Ballast Nedam has treated staff and subcontractors at Ballast UK comes as no surprise.

  • Comment

    Under guarantee

    2004-01-23T00:00:00Z

    I would like to offer some support and consolation to those subcontrators owed money by Ballast.