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200-mile-high club
An orbital hotel sounds like science fiction, but it might soon be construction fact. If one international design firm has its way, you could be checking in to space in less than 20 years.
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Whose pocket are you in?
Two recent cases have demonstrated how important impartiality is to judges, arbitrators and expert witnesses. Even a very remote connection can be enough to get them thrown off a case.
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Danger – slippery law
If an adjudicator makes a decision that contains an obvious mistake, then tough. It’s supposed to be a rough-and-ready system for settling disputes … But then again, surely that’s too ridiculous to be true?
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Putting E-topia on the map
“We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.” Not in E-topia, where you may be signing contracts that oblige you to deal with virtual design flaws in a not-yet-existent bridge.
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Clash points
In the post-Construction-Act industry, main contractors and the firms that work for them should not be talking about clash points, but about how to work together to achieve their mutual objectives.
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Tube bidders may shut down stations
Underground stations in central London and suburbs at risk under public-private partnership contracts.
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DEGW founder Duffy to follow global clients to USA
Space planning expert to head New York office for three years as international client base grows.
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PFI body Partnerships UK names chief
Partnerships UK, the government’s advisory body for private finance initiative clients, has named its chief executive designate.James Stewart, formerly head of project finance, Europe at Newcourt Capital, the European investment-banking arm of CIT Group, will take up the post within the next four weeks.The announcement comes as two high-profile PFI ...
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Parliament to debate the future of construction
Opposition expected to attack government’s “pathetic” cowboy initiative at special session next Thursday.
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Green lobby slams housebuilders’ snub
AN environmental group has attacked housebuilders for ignoring green issues.Business in the Environment, whose members include Slough Estates and Laing, said none of the top 10 housebuilders (ranked by capitalisation) had submitted data for its index of environmental good behaviour.The index, in its fourth year, assesses the impact that companies ...
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Wembley: it’s a result
The new national stadium at Wembley looks certain to go ahead after the developer offered £17m to improve the surrounding area.As Building revealed last week, Brent council is recommending planning approval for the scheme, following talks between developer Wembley National Stadium and the government taskforce set up to regenerate the ...
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Flagship brownfield project almost doubles in value
Project Vauxhall in south London now worth extra £190m as housing density rises and facilities are increased.
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HBF talks to supermarkets over sites guide
The House Builders’ Federation is in talks with Tesco and J Sainsbury to improve co-operation between housebuilders and retailers on mixed-use developments.The HBF said it wants to produce a good practice manual, complete with case studies, to show how retailers, housebuilders and employers can work together to create viable communities.It ...
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Brindleyplace office wins ‘Best of Best’ award
An office designed by Stanton Williams in Birmingham’s Brindleyplace development has won this year’s British Council for Offices’ “Best of the Best” award. The judges found the speculative building “more innovative in the field and civically responsible than any of the other new projects”. Its environmental control system combines displacement ...
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Construction Act to stay as it is – at least until 2001
DETR reviews the act but rules out the immediate primary legislation demanded by specialist contractors.
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London housebuilder hit by warranty row
Southwark homeowners claim Greenwich House Properties sold them houses without warranties.
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Laing loses third director in six months
New business director Tony Aitkenhead quits, but construction chairman denies brain drain.
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Snook turns down Mowlem for rival
Mowlem has had the plug pulled on its plan to make Garvis Snook director of its southern building operations in a surprise coup by listed contractor EBC. Snook, who was due to start at Mowlem this month, took over as chief executive of £80m-turnover EBC this Monday. Snook, formerly managing ...
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Bovis Lelliott bosses quit
The managing director and surveying director of Bovis Lend Lease’s fit-out business, Bovis Lelliott, have resigned to take a controlling stake in a smaller London-based contractor. David Brewin, 43, is to become managing director of Eugena, a £15m-turnover local authority housing specialist based in Walthamstow, north-east London. Ian Weatherburn, 42, ...
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Jarvis headhunts troubleshooter
As shares continue to flounder and rumours of a stalker spread, Jarvis appoints Scot with reputation as city operator to post of financial director.