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Tate modernised
Tate Britain's £32m redevelopment is a textbook example of current thinking on gallery and historic building refurbishment
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Be reasonable
Clients should be wary of loading contracts with terms like 'highest standards' and 'best endeavours'. Sometimes you can get more by asking for less
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Independence daze
How do arbitrators square their duty not to be swayed by outside pressure with their fear of being given the boot by the High Court? With difficulty, alas
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The name's bond – adjudication bond
If on-demand bonds are too onerous and conditional bonds too slow, could adjudication bonds provide the answer?
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Tales of the unexpected
Ever since the Construction Act was passed, judges have been wrestling with the question of what constitutes a construction contract. Their answers have been surprising
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PFI goes global
Despite the mass of controversy around PFIs in the UK, other countries all over the world are keen to get in on the act. We investigate how British firms are exporting their PFI experience
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Planning's chink of light
The British planning system is in a terrible state – but Lord Falconer's reforms could mean there is light at the end of the tunnel
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Analyst predicts collapse in house price inflation
Merrill Lynch says house price rises will fall to 3% next spring, as UK job losses sink in.
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Kier buys into Beazer buyout
Kier has bought a 49% stake in Beazer's social housing and prefabrication divisions after a management buyout
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HLM cuts staff by 10% as PFI work ends
Architect HLM has cut 10% of its workforce in the past month because it has completed most of its PFI work.
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Spie increases telecoms holdings
Spie, the French electrical engineering and construction firm part-owned by Amec, has acquired a majority stake in telecoms company Matra Nortel Communications Distribution.
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Airport schemes on hold after terror attacks
Two schemes worth £29m at Birmingham Airport have been put back because of a sharp decline in business after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on 11 September.
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Square deal
Multidisciplinary practice Arup has submitted a planning application for the £32m mixed-use redevelopment of Bermondsey Square, south of London's Tower Bridge, on behalf of developer Urban Catalyst.
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Inland Revenue pledges to get tough on bogus self-employed – at last
The Inland Revenue is at last set to crack down on contractors exploiting bogus self-employment within the construction industry.
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Balfour Beatty buys utilities engineer for £43m
Contractor Balfour Beatty is to acquire civil engineering firm John Kennedy Holdings for £43m.
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Railtrack's end will not affect Tube PPP
The preferred bidders for work on the London Underground have received assurances from the government that their public-private partnership deals will not be affected by the collapse of Railtrack.
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CBI lobby over threat to PFI
The CBI is leading a lobby to change a proposed European Union directive that it believes could pose a serious threat to the PFI.
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Banks seek emergency offices
British banks intend to fit out and equip premises outside London where they can move staff if there is a terrorist attack or other emergency.
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Hotel firm may bring forward refurb plans
Hotel operator Six Continents is considering bringing forward and beefing up its hotel refurbishment programme following the terrorist attacks in the USA.