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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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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 拢1m was spent in pursuit of less than 拢13 000 damages.
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City slackers
Nick Raynsford is about to tell City fund managers that construction is a safe, sexy investment, but with shares in free-fall and hot money piling into the Internet, will they pay any attention?
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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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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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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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The North-east: Shirtsleeve weather
Geordies are renowned for their love of a good night out, and the construction market in the North-east reflects that, with a dazzling number of leisure developments in the pipeline.The Gateshead Quay regeneration has taken off. Foster and Partners’ 拢45m Gateshead Music Centre has planning consent and Laing is due ...
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Yorkshire: Warming up nicely
Leeds is seeing a surge in the housing and leisure sectors. About 3000 new-build flats are planned for the next few years, and a host of new bars, pubs and restaurants are springing up.Sheffield, once deep in the doldrums, is set to be revived. The city received 拢743m of European ...
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Scotland: Mixed temperatures
The new Scottish parliament building continues to be a source of controversy, with latest reports suggesting that the final bill will approach a staggering 拢200m. At the same time, the parliament is still the main driver of new building around the capital, as businesses jockey for position near the decision-makers.Contractors ...
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The minders
How 12 Galliford and Castle Cement staff spent a week looking after 30 10-year-olds, and learned all about teamwork.
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Sunshine in the West Midlands
Canary Wharf could soon be dwarfed by a proposed 900 ft tower in Birmingham as Britain’s second city grows in height and confidence to compete with the capital. Add to that the presence of a Selfridges department store in the new Bull Ring complex, and the word “sexy” may yet ...
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It's Sunny Up North
Forget those rumours of Britain’s north/south divide – at least as far as construction is concerned. Urban regeneration is under way in city centres from Edinburgh to Portsmouth, and the demand for leisure and retail development everywhere points to a national building boom. 星空传媒 takes the temperature across the UK.
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An international outcry
For the international contractor, the new FIDIC forms are an unholy mess, full of pitfalls. This article looks at what is wrong with the Silver Book's design-and-build terms.
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What the L is going on?
The government is to change Part L of the 星空传媒 Regulations to make buildings more energy efficient. The way it has done this has driven an angry industry to talk about a conspiracy against it. What’s the DETR playing at?
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Fiddlers on the hoof
Floating in from Europe is a piece of legislation that promises to bring an end to the little — and not so little — swindles that have been going on between competitors. And the penalties are draconian.
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East Midlands: Looking healthy
It’s boom time in Nottingham. The market is doing well in all sectors. Universities are spending money, commercial developers are investing in town-centre schemes and business parks such as the Riverside and Phoenix, and developers are building sheds along the M1 between junctions 20 and 28. Ken Carter, partner in ...
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Cost update
This quarterly analysis looks at materials prices, with a special focus on insulation, labour rates and works packages.
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The South-east and South coast: Scorchio!
Architects and contractors in the South-east are so busy they are pushed to find time to tell you about it. From Oxford to Winchester to Southampton, the story is the same: workloads are heavy, tender prices are up, and skilled, experienced staff are thin on the ground.Reflecting the current housebuying ...
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Cloudy in Northern Ireland
Sustained private investment and European Union funding have transformed the Republic’s economy, and although Northern Ireland has tended to lag behind, it has recently been enjoying its own mini-boom. Despite the political climate, most contractors think the peace process is helping deliver investment to the region.The retail boom precipitated by ...