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The right image
Second opinion It’s time to start using building sites positively, as free advertising for the construction industry.
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Uphill struggle
The centrepiece of a £57m sports centre in Milton Keynes is a 170 m long indoor ski slope with real snow. Concreting the 15° slope was just one problem this multipurpose building presented.
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Reeling them in
IT: E-commerce Causeway Technologies boss Phil Brown has spent the past year pulling together all the different services he needs to lure customers to his e-marketplace, buildingworks.com.
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Stop right there!
If someone brings an adjudication against you when they have no right, do you have to go through the motions and hope to get it overturned later, or can you get a court to halt it?
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Conspiracy theory
This is the story of how a consulting engineer and a developer misled a client over practical completion, the role a collateral warranty played and how more than £1m was spent in pursuit of less than £13 000 damages.
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How to lose before you start
The Construction Act's payment rules have been overshadowed by adjudication. However, in tandem, they give contractors a super way to pole-axe an unwary client.
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Arbitration usurped
In the first of a new series on dispute resolution methods, we look at how arbitration has failed to achieve the objectives set out for it in the Arbitration Act 1996.
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Let’s get it together
Uncoordinated specifications can result in chaos and even claims. The architect (and its spec writer) could do something about it – if only they could get involved from the start.
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For your eyes only
Lawyer Charlotte Giller on how two new acts will affect an employee's rights to privacy at work.
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Appointments
ContractorsAndy Stoddart has been promoted to managing director of Morgan Sindall.David Thomas has been appointed marketing manager for Ballast Wiltshier’s South-west operation.Martin Doe has been appointed strategic sales and marketing director of Laing’s construction arm.HousebuildersBeazer Homes has appointed Bernard Evans construction director.David Bemister has been promoted to site manager at ...
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Raynsford to lead City charm offensive
Construction minister and Movement for Innovation chief to meet City to boost industry’s image.
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Revenue cuts tax rate for self-employed workers
Changes will cut paperwork, but unions say it will encourage “bogus self-employment”.
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Jubilee Line glass safety plan in place
London Underground has submitted proposals to the Health and Safety Executive for improving the safety of glass at stations on the Jubilee Line Extension.The proposals come after Building revealed that HSE officials had demanded action over toughened glass panels at all 11 JLE stations.Stan Hart, a principal at the HSE’s ...
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Swift Horsman stands alone
Joinery specialist Swift Horsman has distanced itself from troubled concrete-frame contractor Swift Structures by announcing that the Halligan brothers, former owners of Swift Structures, are to resign from the board.Swift Horsman directors have written to clients saying that the company, which is carrying out a £5m joinery contract at Portcullis ...
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Senior JLE staff charged with fraud and corruption
Directors of top QS accused of conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to corrupt and fraudulent trading.
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MOD stung into action over prime contracts
The Ministry of Defence is set to announce a tranche of prime contracts this week after criticism from main contractors that too few contracts had been released.The announcement, which was due to have been made yesterday at a Defence Estates conference, will coincide with the publication of details of the ...
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SNP slams Scots parliament as cost estimates hit £230m
Party leader Alex Salmond attacks Catalan architect Enric Miralles, Bovis Lend Lease and RMJM.
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District auditor slams £10m overspend on Hodder job
Redesigns and problems with concrete blamed for delays and added costs on east London leisure centre.
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Belfast Airport goes to court over rival plan
Belfast International Airport owner TBI has launched a High Court action to halt the construction of a £30m terminal at another airport in the city, which started on site last year.TBI has asked for a judicial review of the planning approval granted by the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment ...