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Appointments
Contractor Bovis Lend Lease has appointed Edmund Obiala construction project director. He will be responsible for the Chapelfield development in Norwich.Housebuilders Paul Land, previously with the Sharman Group has joined regional housebuilder Wainhomes (South West) Holdings as technical director. Ken Lusk joins as development manager, Jason Walker as assistant ...
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NewsBerkeley eyes up potential purchases in strategy U-turn
Tony Pidgley drops organic growth strategy and announces that he is looking to join consolidation race
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FeaturesCherry on top
Alan Cherry is the ambassador of housebuilding – the multimillionaire chairman of Countryside Properties has the ear of a number of policymaking bodies. And as we find out, he’s not afraid to speak his mind.
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Grumpy? Van Morrison?
You may go to great lengths wording a contract to protect your interests but if you then go and wrongfully terminate it, you'll pay – even if you are a troubador
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FeaturesTales of Temple Bar
Sir Christopher Wren's Temple Bar marked the gateway to the City of London for 200 years. Then it retired to the country. And now, thanks to a £4m stone-by-stone removal job, the arch should see a few more centuries of capital life at Paternoster Square.
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The Ballast affair
Confidential documents reveal true extent of contractor's financial plight as it was reassuring subcontractors
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Features… and heave
Wembley Stadium's new arch will soon focus the pride of a football obsessed nation. But the construction team's pride depends on lifting 1650 tonnes without going to extra time and penalties, as we find out
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CommentCheck, please
In the JCT design-and-build form, an application for payment automatically becomes the sum due. So how can an employer avoid paying an inflated bill?
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NewsMitie plans memorial to founder
The board of support services group Mitie is planning to dedicate a memorial to David Telling, its founder, who died at the end of October
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Ballast boardroom: The desperate days
Leaked documents reveal how the Ballast board told senior personnel to 'show some sense of excitement and hope about the refreshed Ballast plc' while the company was falling apart around their ears
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Tendring goes into administration
Regional contractor Tendring Construction has been placed into administration.
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NewsPolice arrest John Aviss over collapse of Bickerton
Former owner of failed regional contractor is arrested, along with six others, by Serious Fraud Office
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NewsHousebuilders criticised by Barker report
A report by economist Kate Barker has blamed housebuilders and planners for Britain's undersupply of housing.
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NewsCSCS cards to be required for all Whitehall work
Government steps up pressure to train as Constructing Excellence predicts formation of construction university
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RTPI challenges planning targets
The Royal Town Planning Institute has launched a campaign to scrap targets imposed by government to speed up planning approval
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Electricians at Terminal 5 agree £50,000 pay deal
Electrical workers on Heathrow scheme finally strike a deal comparable to skilled building workers' agreement
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Strategic forum sets out six-point plan for industry
Strategic Forum chairman Peter Rogers has set out a six-point plan to improve the UK construction industry.
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NewsFancy a ziggurat?
Here are some present ideas for the architecture buffs in your life: everything from bendy, trendy biomorphics to the monuments of ancient Mesopotamia.
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Features
Minority report
We examine the implications of new laws introduced to tackle religious and sexual discrimination in the workplace
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FeaturesCost model: PFI hospitals
Capital investment is pouring into the NHS and the prognosis for improved performance is good. In this month’s cost model examine the aims of the hospital programme, probe design issues, and break down the price of adding a trauma unit to an existing hospital