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NewsMultiplex picked for £50m Crossrail office job at Bond Street
The contractor has been signed up under an early engagement contract
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CommentWe're not collaborating enough because our contracts are too confrontational
A more collaborative way of working makes for better-run, more efficient projects – and it all starts with how you word the contract, says Mark Castle
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: In your own words
People wonder why a well-known Australian has taken charge of the Crown’s jewels, and the London Assembly is losing several blame games
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NewsBirmingham council starts search for £70m Commonwealth Games stadium contractor
Redevelopment will see capacity more than double for 2022 games
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NewsLondon in 10 most expensive cities in the world for construction, Arcadis reveals
But UK capital is less expensive than New York, San Francisco and Hong Kong
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NewsHackitt 'concerned' key reforms will never happen
Government said it would fully implement proposals Hackitt made in 2018 report
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NewsCITB predicts half of industry will think it’s ‘credible and reputable’ by 2020
The government-sponsored board has promised to improve training and the pool of qualified staff
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CommentCrossrail: Regrets, it has a few
Today’s NAO report shows a litany of very costly programming mistakes, can the new bosses get it back on track?
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NewsCrossrail overspend on stations tops £2bn
National Audit Office report also reveals Crossrail has spent £936m on ‘compensation events’
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FeaturesProjects: Guédelon Castle, France
It may resemble a restoration project, but this 13th-century castle in France is being built from scratch entirely by hand
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CommentLegal: What happens when an architect changes your design without telling you
Steven Carey reviews a recent case about an architect found negligent for changing a design without the clients’ consent
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CommentThe space race: can legacy buildings meet our future challenges?
With a growing population, we must look to refurbish our existing building stock to suit our future needs
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NewsScheme’s boss reveals tunnelling to blame for Bond Street Crossrail delays
Mark Wild told the London Assembly that tunnelling had held up the station by a year
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CommentAre we building the kinds of homes we want to live in?
“The homes we are building today will be the homes that you will live in in 30 years”. So are we building the right homes?
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CommentLegal: When it's over, it's over
Clarity on liquidated damages claims for delay after termination
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NewsTransport Scotland says Galliford Try job cuts 'not our fault'
Contractor winding up Scottish infrastructure arm after poor weather saw it lose millions on bridge and bypass scheme
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NewsAtkins' UK chief exec named new global boss
Consultant is on the search for new UK and Europe chief
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2005 - And you think YOU’VE got project delays…
It’s not easy to build a castle, but some seem to have even more than the usual trouble…