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It's a side issue
Judges are getting to like adjudication. But they're going to like it a whole lot more when adjudicators can demonstrate a judicial fairness when deciding cases
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Silence isn't golden
You might not be in agreement with someone, but are you in dispute? It's an old issue, and the precedents are confusing – just make sure you speak up
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European antifreeze
Karl vs Palisade showed that if you freeze a debtor's assets, the human rights lawyers get you. Now it seems they'll pounce even if you just freeze the money
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FeaturesEuro film star
No, not a muscular Belgian named Jean-Claude, but an ingenious system of glazing protection that is solving a shattering problem at Waterloo International Terminal. Andy Pearson found out how to protect 2.5 acres of failing glass
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Tender price forecast: Hope amid uncertainty
A mood of uncertainty prevails, with modest rises in tender prices and new orders, lower housing starts and a decline in infrastructure work. But the Budget, reports Davis Langdon & Everest, has strengthened hopes for robust recovery
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The art of induction
What should do you do with a group of new recruits who know nothing about your company? Sue Neumeister, HR manager at QS Cyril Sweett, tells all
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FeaturesAppointments
ContractorsConstruction group Osborne has appointed Rob Guest as group procurement director. Wrekin Construction has appointed David Blount manager of its utilities division.Gleeson's northern construction division has appointed Stephen Marshall, previously with Omni Construction, commercial manager. Simon Dolan has been appointed contracts manager. John McCredie rejoins the firm as contracts manager.Gary ...
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English Heritage's Part L coup
The heritage lobby will be delighted with a new Guidance Note to Part L, which will exempt many historic buildings from the new thermal performance requirements. But it won't please building control officers trying to impose the tough new standards.
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EDAW plans Lincolnshire revamp
Masterplanner EDAW and Latham Architects yesterday presented strategic proposals for the future of north-east Lincolnshire, which is part of the Yorkshire and Humber urban renaissance programme.
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NewsThe next stage
The next stage: Contractor Killby & Gayford has completed this £3m refurbishment of the Embassy Theatre for the Central College of Speech and Drama. The project, in Swiss Cottage, north London, includes a remodelled auditorium for 227 people, a stage and control room and extended rehearsal and workshop areas. The ...
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Contracts
Consortium wins £311m jobA consortium of Costain, O’Rourke Civil Engineering, Bachy Soletanche and Emcor Drake & Scull has won a £311m civil engineering contract from Union Railways (North) for the St Pancras section of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Wiggins Gee nabs £1.8m schoolWiggins Gee Construction has secured a £1.8m ...
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NewsPooling resources
Pooling resources: Educational development consortium FocusEducation has been selected as preferred bidder for the £36m public–private partnership contract for the National Maritime College of Ireland in Ringaskiddy, County Cork. The college is designed to accommodate up to 750 students and is due for completion by the end of 2003. The ...
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Prowting looks for boss
Prowting has started the search for a chief executive and finance director – three months after the previous executives resigned after a profit warning.
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Skanska’s results fail to impress the City
Global construction company Skanska has posted better results for the first three months of 2002, but they have failed to deflect criticism from the City.
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Industry firms among 100 most profitable
The improving fortunes of the construction market over recent years has enabled 15 firms from the sector to make it into The Sunday Times’ Profit Track 100, which ranks the UK’s most profitable privately run firms over the last three years.
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Strength in perversity
These days, a building's quality is defined by whether it works as an advertisement for itself – a fact brought home by one wilful masterpiece that doesn't
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FeaturesStack attack
As city-centre sites get scarcer, developers are getting ideas above their stations, putting offices on the market – literally – and giving a whole new meaning to living on the river. Victoria Madine looks at the rise of the stack development
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FeaturesSound bytes
If TV execs ever want a charismatic consultant to style as an IT doctor, they might call on Microsoft's Mark Dodds. He's studied how major industries have adopted and adapted IT, and he spoke to Marcus Fairs about how construction is faring.