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Doing the splits
Allocating responsibility for damage can stretch one's intellect at the best of times. But when there are four parties and their insurers involved, it's a question of…
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Sharewatch
Like a bungee jumper, housebuilding shares have bounced back from the Wilson Connolly-triggered falls of three weeks ago.All the major stocks were hit by jitters after Wilcon issued a profit warning and sacrificed chief executive John Tutte in a failed attempt to appease the City. Now Berkeley, whose share price ...
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Royal treatment
Prince Charles is expected to outline his agenda as the design champion of the NHS today. Stuart Black looks at the thinking behind his appointment, and what else is being done to make private finance compatible with a first-class health service
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Performance piece
An arched glass roof encasing Philadelphia's new performing arts centre, designed by American architect Rafael Viñoly and British engineer Dewhurst Macfarlane and Partners, is guaranteed to get rave reviews
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The hard part
Meet the actress who became a temp, set up a management consultant and took a degree in France. Now she wants to try something challenging: turning around ailing quantity surveyor MDA.
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London to get New York housing scheme
A London housing association will launch an architectural competition for a pioneering £30m mixed-use scheme next week.
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Hemingway struts his stuff in Gateshead
Wayne Hemingway showed what a difference a celebrity fashion designer could make to UK housebuilding when he unveiled proposals for a £70m Wimpey Homes scheme this week.
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SCIC-Mace wins first job
Mace and SCIC, its French joint venture partner, have won their first project since linking up.
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Firms wary over 'payment for passes' in PFI schools
Government proposals to link PFI bonuses to pupils' grades are met with scepticism by major players.
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Taskforce to examine London flooding risk
The Environment Agency has set up a taskforce to examine the likelihood of flooding in the Thames estuary over the next century.
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Getting defects right
If your brand new PFI facility contains a defect that means the client can't use it, you won't get paid. How can you deal with that risk?
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Kentish Crown
London architect A-EM Studio has been commissioned by developer GMS to design this housing scheme, known as the Crown Place, in Kentish Town Road, north London. A-EM proposes to demolish a series of abandoned garages and replace them with a mews and five three-bedroom houses. GMS has also appointed the ...
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Skills crisis worsening, says report
The skills crisis in the construction industry is deepening, according to a report published this week.
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Contracts
Amec wins BP support dealAmec has secured a support services contract for BP in Indonesia. Oil and gas platforms will be renovated using remote control technology from a base in Aberdeen.Wakemans gets £1.5m dealProject manager Wakemans has secured a £1.5m contract with hotel group Travelodge for a 67-room lodge in ...
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Contract working
Contracts are the lifeblood of client/contractor relationships. But to make the new types of deal work effectively, both parties have to buy into the philosophy
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DTI may merge quality mark and Constructionline
Industry gives qualified support for proposal to cut membership costs by offering two-for-one deal.
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Charles launches five ideal hospital schemes
The Prince of Wales' first move as NHS design champion will be to unveil five pilot PFI hospitals schemes today.
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New broom sweeps up at MDA
Top 15 QS MDA is beefing up its management ahead of the launch a new company strategy early next year.
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Broadway Malyan triples turnover
Broadway Malyan has tripled turnover in the past six years from £6.9m to £21.5m.