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Life in the fast lane
If the client is to blame for a project running late yet refuses to grant an extension, the contractor may still be able to recover the costs of acceleration
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Too much of a good thing
Human rights legislation seems to have complicated almost every area of public and private life – not least in planning and construction
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Target practice
The unique shape of the Greater London Authority building has called for some very special surveying skills. We met the man providing them.
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Switched on
Nothing ruins a good interior like bad light. If only designers and lighting engineers talked more
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Cost update
Changes to the cost of materials and labour in the ventilation and air-conditioning sector is the the focus of Davis Langdon & Everest's latest up-to-the-minute guide to the changing price of construction work
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Amec locked in £200m Hong Kong airport dispute
Hong Kong Airport Authority likely to go to arbitration this summer on claim over £1bn terminal.
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Laing set to take £10m hit on No 1 Poultry
Contractor loses arbitration over landmark City office development, but O'Rourke sale will not be affected.
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Allerton Bywater delayed for three more months
Developers investigate site before beginning first phase of Yorkshire's millennium village.
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DETR rebuffs Elephant plea
The DETR has refused to release £15m of funds to Southwark council to help it bring about a £1.5bn redevelopment of Elephant & Castle in south London.
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Wolseley signs £250m Canadian deal
Building materials group Wolseley has expanded into Canada and strengthened its US operations with a £250m deal to buy a plumbing and refrigeration merchant businesses.
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Raynsford's 'understatement of all time'
The Federation of Small Businesses has branded Nick Raynsford's admission that "more work was needed" on the construction industry tax scheme as the "understatement of all time".
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A hundred perforations
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and Swiss firm Herzog de Meuron have designed this hotel and park at Astor Place in New York.
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European law threatens Tube deals
A draft European law could be the latest threat to the government's part-privatisation of London Underground.
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MBO tipped for Beazer arm
the management team bidding for Beazer's social housing division and its two prefabrication factories is still favourite to buy them, despite 20 other groups showing an interest.
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Rogers unveils renewal plan for London
Lord Rogers this week revealed how he might use his role at the Greater London Authority to improve the urban environment in the capital.
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Mouthwatering
The £1m Tatu Restaurant in Belfast, which opened last year, has won the National Association of Shopfitters Design Partnership Award for 2001.
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'Labour can't spend £19bn,' say Lib Dems
Transport spokesman says target is based on far-fetched assumptions about raising private capital.
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Four in race to redevelop Leeds' Elland Road
FOUR CONTRACTORS are in the running to redevelop Leeds United's Elland Road stadium.
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Mace boss to join Land Securities
Mace's director of consultancy, Steve McGuckin, has resigned to join development giant Land Securities.