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Features
Spirit level
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose explains how spending a few days shivering in a forest will work wonders for your team’s morale.
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Arbitration: The problem of free will
If the act does give ammunition to disgruntled losing parties, arbitration is in big trouble. But does it?
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Planning: More complications
Will carrying out a human rights audit become a standard part of planning procedures?
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ADR: Pressure points
It’s a good bet that any whiff of coercion in an ADR procedure will give rise to a human rights defence.
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An adjudicator is not a judge
The Human Rights Act has jurisdiction over those whose work is of a public nature. But an adjudicator is a private person performing a private function, so he must remain outside the scope of the act.
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Fuel crisis paralyses construction industry
Work suspended, sites closed and lay-offs threatened as fuel blockade chaos severs supply lines.
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Industry furious as tax plea ignored
Construction Confederation and Federation of Master Builders launch blistering attacks on Treasury for “riding roughshod over builders’ needs”.
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Architects defend dome work
Richard Rogers Partnership has reiterated its pride in designing the Millennium Dome despite the threat of it being demolished at the start of next year. Landowner English Partnerships said this week that knocking the dome down was a possibility. However, a Richard Rogers Partnership spokesperson said: “Knocking it down was ...
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Bovis may sue Multiplex over Wembley deal
Bovis Lend Lease seeks legal advice as former joint-venture partner grabs redevelopment contract.
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Nightingale sets up NHS-focused group
Architect Nightingale Associates has set up a specialist health planning group to advise NHS trusts on their procurement strategies.The team, headed by partner David Clarke, will offer consultancy services to health trusts. This will involve analysing property needs and developing strategies to supply them.The group has been set up to ...
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UK firms to win quake jobs
British firms are expected to win the lion’s share of construction contracts awarded by the Turkish government in the aftermath of last year’s earthquake. Koray Aydin, Turkey’s minister for public works and settlement, said his government intended to use British construction firms where possible. Rebuilding work is expected to take ...
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£40m PFI housing scheme set to regenerate Newham
Eight consortia line up to win control over trail-blazing renewal scheme in East London.
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LU blamed for two-year JLE delay
A report commissioned by the government has slammed London Underground’s management of the Jubilee Line Extension. The author, Ove Arup & Partners, condemns LU for failing to appoint a contractor responsible for managing and delivering the scheme, for using sophisticated untested technology and for not creating a clear separation between ...
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Berkeley hits Medway snag
Medway Council and Berkeley Homes have run into delays in finalising the details of their partnering deal for the £100m regeneration of the riverside area of Rochester in Kent.The two parties failed to sign the development agreement to formalise the relationship as planned in the summer. The aim now is ...
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GMB union quits New Deal venture after funding probe
Union severs ties with training firm Build On Skills as CITB investigates financial irregularities at Galostar.
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Sainsbury to move into property development
Property division of supermarket giant plans to develop leisure, commercial and residential projects.
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Armstrong: Laing may seek merger partner
Chairman says industry consolidation is positive and Laing will join in once construction makes a profit.
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Redrow’s Morgan bows out
Steve Morgan is stepping down as chairman of housebuilder Redrow and plans to sell most of his 34.5% stake to shareholders.Morgan, who set up the company in 1974, aims to sell 67 million Redrow shares valued at 170p each. He said the sale, which would net him £115m and leave ...
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Peterhouse pursues major acquisition
Construction and support services group Peterhouse is thought to be on the brink of completing an acquisition that will take it into the private finance initiative sector.Analysts said they thought the group, which plans to increase its market capitalisation to £400m by 2002, had been pursuing a major target.One analyst ...
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Wates powers up interiors business
New division aiming for £100m turnover by 2003 in bid to take on market leaders Interior, Overbury and Churchfield.