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Let's get this straight
The Court of Appeal decision in Parsons vs Purac does not offer the losing party to an adjudication a way out of paying – whatever it said in Building
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Legal letters
Handle with careGillian Birkby ("The ASP with a sting in its tail", 10 May, pages 50-51) identified some areas in which those using application service providers (ASP) to operate their extranets have to be wary. I am concerned that the honeyed words of the marketers have temporarily blinded her to ...
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NewsVictoria's secret
Victoria's secret: Construction has started on this eight-storey office scheme opposite Victoria station in London. Designed by Squire and Partners for client Grosvenor/JER, the £58m scheme includes a two-storey atrium with a wintergarden. The team working on the scheme, which is due for completion in spring 2004, includes contractor Sir ...
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£200m Temple Quay scheme gets go-ahead
A £200m mixed-use scheme for the centre of Bristol was given planning consent this week.
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Stack 'em up, says Falconer
Outgoing planning minister Lord Falconer has given a boost to the prospects of building above petrol stations and supermarkets.
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Audit office casts doubt on PFI financial case
Spending watchdog the National Audit Office has called into question the way government departments and local authorities justify PFI.
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… while Farrell plots Palace revolution
ARCHITECT SIR TERRY Farrell has explained his ideas to modernise Buckingham Palace in an article written for a centre-left think tank.
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NewsOpen for visitors
Open for visitors: The Palace of Westminster opened a visitors' centre in Westminster Hall this week. The centre will be used for exhibitions and includes a cafe. It is part of a scheme carried out by Willmott Dixon fit-out arm Insp@ce, which also includes the fit-out of MPs' offices in ...
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NewsKeeping up with the Jones
Keeping up with the Jones: The Centre Room is the first phase of the £100m five-year refurbishment of the Peter Jones department store in Sloane Square, west London. Construction manager Bovis Lend Lease completed the project four months ahead of schedule, and it will open this month. Executive architect is ...
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Weather is our worst enemy, says report
The weather is the most troublesome problem for construction firms, according to a Meteorological Office survey.
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HTA settles out of court
Architect HTA has settled its lawsuit against the developers of the Greenwich Millennium Village out of court. The settlement comes almost three years to the day since it was sacked from the £250m scheme.
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CIC to find total value of consultants fees
The Construction Industry Council is to launch a survey to determine to the total cost of consultants' services.
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NewsOn the market
On the market: Developer Ballymore Properties has lodged a planning application to revamp Old Spitalfields Market in east London and the listed Horner Buildings to secure the market's long-term future. The scheme, designed by Basingstoke architect Lyons + Sleeman + Hoare, will allow the market to operate on a permanent ...
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Contracts
Morgan wins £36m dealMorgan Sindall's civils arm Morgan Utilities has been awarded a seven-year £36m contract with Severn Trent to carry out repairs and maintenance across the Midlands.Natsa nabs Safeway contractContractor Natsa Building has won a £1.4m contract from Bovis Lend Lease to build a Safeway superstore in Elvetham Heath, ...
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LU studies new Bishopsgate arches solution
London Underground has bowed to pressure from English Heritage and agreed to consider a proposal to save the Victorian arches that are hampering an extension of the East London Line.
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RIBA sets up forum to push innovative product design
A forum is to be set up to develop prefabricated building components in line with the Egan agenda.
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FeaturesWe're saved! It's Utilityman
Computer-enhanced, radar-enabled, global-satellite-positioned, they can see through 3 m of tarmac and earth to find exactly what's hiding under innocent-looking roads. Andy Pearson reports on a new breed of superhero.
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Doing the Whitehall shuffle
With Cabinet reshuffles, it is always a case of dealer's choice. But no prime minister in living memory has scooped up the departmental deck and dealt it out again with quite the regularity of Tony Blair.
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Rebuilding a house of cards
Following the collapse of the fragile DTLR, there has been yet another major Cabinet reshuffle – but what does it mean for construction?