All Legal articles – Page 43
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URS hits back at Costain in ongoing £10m High Court clash
Engineer lodges amended defence in dispute over south London £300m energy-from-waste project
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Keep the faith
‘Good faith’ obligations pop up everywhere – you might wonder why they need to be mentioned at all
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Only one in six building services firms set for BIM
ECA survey shows only 16% are fully prepared for mandatory use of Level 2 next year
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Network Rail approves £130m Heathrow link amid review
Direct rail link from Reading to Heathrow gets green light amid review into projects in CP5 spending plan
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Legal challenge to £85m Ordsall Chord thrown out
Top judge throws out legal challenge by engineer Mark Whitby, allowing project to go ahead
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Contracts: Smooth operators
We’ve improved the efficiency of actual building no end – yet when it comes to negotiating contracts we get bogged down. It’s time to oil the wheels of contracting
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Planning system grinding to a halt, survey finds
Major schemes in London taking 34 weeks to get to a decision
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Illegal immigration clampdown begins in construction
Week-long inspection drive targets ‘rogue employers’
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Gender pay gap: Between Mars and Venus
Companies with more than 250 employees will soon be required to publish their gender pay gap data
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Arbitration and adjudication: A tale of two acts
Statutory adjudication has emulated arbitration, including its mass of case law. Is it time for an Adjudication Act?
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Contractors make admissions of guilt in blacklisting super case
Eight firms make a ‘full and unreserved’ apology in effort to shorten High Court case
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Procurement: Prepare for the best
Successful procurement depends on whether the evaluation methodologies used are likely to produce the desired results. Here’s some advice
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In the right spirit
A High Court judge had to remind the parties in a recent case what adjudication was for - not a gladiatorial legal arena but a quick fix
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A 10 year stretch
Those working in the Middle East should be aware of ‘decennial liability’, which makes you liable for problems with a building for up to a decade after completion
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Stamp it out
The UK’s Modern Slavery Act can be a major supply chain issue for the construction sector
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Service with a smile
Disputes about PFI projects are likely to be about operational matters. A recent case centred around how service points were awarded
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John Sisk and Shangri-La settle £57m Shard hotel dispute
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV believes no money to change hands on either side
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A bit hit and MEES
The government may have done some serious pruning of legislation but not all energy-related legislation is up for change
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Costain lodges £10m-plus High Court claim against URS
Contractor alleges URS failed to alert it that steel structures had `inadequate resistance to fatigue’