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Keeping up standards
The Joint Contracts Tribunal has published JCT98, the successor to JCT80 and all its amendments and supplements. So, what difference will it make?
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Just the limit
How effective are clauses that limit a consultant s liability to less than his or her total insurance cover? Until now this has been a grey area, but a recent decision has cast some light on how the courts will assess them.
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Our friends in the North
The Pathfinder Group report on the Scottish construction sector sees the new parliament as a potential champion for the industry.
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Another fine mess?
The Inland Revenue s new tax scheme for the construction industry expands the definition of those deemed to be contractors and renders employers liable to penalties if there is non-compliance.
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Spotlight on steelwork
Lead times Lead times for steelwork have plummeted over the past six months. From the dizzy heights of 16 weeks in the fourth quarter of 1998 the highest in eight years lead times are now only 12 weeks. For projects of less than 100 tonnes, short ...
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Appointments
Contractors David Taylor has joined the Scottish construction division of MJ Gleeson to head its private finance initiative unit. Peter Warters has been appointed marketing manager at Alfred McAlpine Construction. Shepherd Construction has appointed Peter Horsburgh regional director for London and the South-east. Try Construction has appointed ...
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Aussie bank tipped to buy Kvaerner arm
But industry sources question propriety of selling division with PFI equity stakes before projects are complete.
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Electricians set to strike at Royal Opera House
New Balfour Kilpatrick offer close to being rejected on £220m project.New Balfour Kilpatrick offer close to being rejected on £220m project.
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100 estates staff to go at Boots
Boots the Chemists is expected to make 100 staff redundant after an overhaul of its in-house property and planning arm. The division, which employs 360 people, is being trimmed after a decision to buy in more services from outside. The 100 job losses will be made through redundancies, natural wastage ...
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Leaks put BT back two months
Facade and water ingress headaches at pioneering Essex office will mean delay in occupation and estimated extra costs of £3m.
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Consultants desperate to block procurement changes
Treasury stands firm over prime contracting, which CIC negotiating team denounces as laughably naïve .
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Ex-Mowlem chair Beck to head Railtrack
Ex-Mowlem chairman Sir Philip Beck is to become chairman of Railtrack from July. Sir Philip, who left Mowlem in 1995, has been a non-executive director of Railtrack since the same year and succeeds Sir Robert Horton. A Cambridge-educated engineer, Sir Philip became chairman of Mowlem in 1979 and oversaw a ...
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ABK wins £25m Manchester mixture
Ahrends Burton & Koralek to design Urban Space Management's Hulme High Street regeneration project.
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ACE fears cut in transport spend will harm engineering
Report voices concern that government policy to favour rail sector will create problems for road engineers.
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Top Ove Arup engineer Wise takes sabbatical
Ove Arup & partners director Chris Wise is to take a sabbatical to write, broadcast and teach. Wise, who became one of Britain s most highly rated engineers after working on the American Air Museum at Duxford, Frankfurt s Commerzbank and London s Millennium Bridge, will leave the firm in ...
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Howarth promises quality
Arts minister Alan Howarth last week heralded a new spirit in Whitehall that would drive government towards appropriate and creative high-quality modern architecture . Speaking at a Civic Trust dinner on 29 April, Howarth called on architects and planners to work with politicians to improve the built environment ...
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Cost model: Land remediation
Land remediation is becoming a growth sector as government targets for brownfield development have been increased. In this month s cost model, Davis Langdon Everest looks at new laws on contaminated land and details the cost of clean-up techniques
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Amec to land £90m Manchester stadium
Contractor edges out Bovis, with Laing heading for bronze after Cardiff débâcle.
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Stanhope clamps down on exploitation of Kosovars
But Health and Safety Executive refuses to launch inquiry into Building's exposé of refugees on UK sites.