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The comeback kid
For 10 years, negligence claims have been subdued but a new ruling suggests that there are still many cases where the law will impose a duty of care for economic and physical loss.
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Bah, humbug!
William Wiles talks to Ebenezer Scrooge about how a little Christmas spirit transformed his company.
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Appointments
ContractorsIan Lawson (right), previously with Bickerton Group, has joined Kier Group as managing director of its PFI division, Kier Project Investment.George Shields has been promoted to director, projects unit, at Balfour Kilpatrick, the multiservices and power systems business of Balfour Beatty. He will be supported by Gerry Black who has ...
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Safety crisis: now five die in nine days
Employers under increased pressure as unions renew call for roving safety representatives to vet sites.
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Multiplex headhunts stadium specialists
Australian contractor sounding out specialist staff to work on Wembley as client meets banks today to remove doubts over funding.
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Simms: Change at top not influenced by City
Carillion appoints new chief executive as group plans move into facilities management market.
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UK firms chase £60bn in India
The Indian government is understood to be seeking UK contractors to work on its massive new hospital building programme.
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Picketts Lock shortlist announced
A shortlist of six designers has been chosen for the £95m Picketts Lock athletics stadium.
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Rivals swoop for disgruntled Laing staff
Contractors bid to poach construction employees as uncertainty continues over sale.
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CIB role in doubt as clients' body wavers on joining
Industry umbrella group is getting "mixed signals" from the new Confederation of Construction Clients.
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Audit anger over Scottish parliament
Scottish civil servants have been slammed for deliberately misleading the public over the cost of the Scottish parliament building.
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CITB levy case dismissed
A civil engineering firm's bid to challenge the Construction Industry Training Board's levy has been thrown out by the High Court.
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Crafting the arts
This art gallery in Oldham, Lancashire, is the first phase in a four-stage Cultural Quarter development. The £6.5m scheme is expected to open in about a year. Architect is Pringle Richards Sharratt, consulting engineer is Arup and management contractor is Mowlem Management.
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Bridge works
Construction has just started on The Bridge, Queenstown Road, south London. The Arup-designed 10-storey Battersea block will house 98 luxury apartments. The contractor is YJL Construction. The £19m block will be project-managed and have interiors designed by Jonathan Alexander. The developer is London Town. EC Harris is the quantity surveyor, ...
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More delays to new Building Regs, says DETR
Review of structural, acoustic and energy efficiency regulations hit by new focus on climate change.
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Building journalists sweep IBP awards
Building's chief reporter Hannah Baldock was named journalist of the year at the International Building Press awards last Thursday – the third year running that the magazine won the accolade.
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Chetwood lands Sainsbury brownfield schemes
Architect to work on four mixed-use regeneration projects as part of retailer's new development strategy.
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Gutter sniping
An architect designed a shed but omitted to include overflows in the gutter, which flooded and ruined goods stored inside. Was it negligent, and therefore liable for the damage?
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Cities for a Small Planet
Cities for a Small PlanetRichard Rogers and Anne PowerFaber and Faber£15310 pagesCoinciding with the publication of the government's long-awaited urban white paper Our Towns and Cities: The Future (subtitled Delivering an Urban Renaissance), comes a popular version of the urban taskforce report written by its chairman, Lord Rogers, and one ...