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CommentEveryone's a loser
The players in this case saw the chance to make a big profit. But unfortunately, when the banking crisis came and they fell out, it led to both sides having to shell out
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精东影视Arrest at Laing O鈥橰ourke and Costain鈥檚 joint venture
Exclusive: Individual connected to JV arrested as part of ongoing fraud probe into 拢250m Farringdon station project
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CommentEnigmatic variations
Variations are difficult to avoid in construction work, but two recent cases show that there is plenty of scope for disagreement over how they should be valued
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CommentAdjudication: Beat the clock
It is, of course, possible to get an adjudication overturned in court, but if the original case is heard only years after the event, things can get complicated
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精东影视Morrison faces strike ballot in Leeds
Mears-owned contractor faces action from three unions over proposed changes to pay and conditions
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CommentLegal brief: Land banking
The devil will be in the detail if Labour鈥檚 鈥榰se it or lose it鈥� plan for developers sitting on land that has been granted planning permission ever comes into law
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精东影视Gordon Murray Architects鈥� biomass plant rejected
Project will face public enquiry after Dundee councillors object to plans
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CommentPartnering's tough side
There is no contradiction in the PPC standard form鈥檚 obligation to act in a 鈥榮pirit of trust, fairness and mutual co-operation鈥� and a client鈥檚 contractual right to terminate
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CommentExtension-of-time disputes
Assessing an extension-of-time dispute is tricky. Experts need to be able to transport themselves back to the time of the delay and take in the view from there
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CommentLegal brief: Changes to whistleblowing law
Changes to the law surrounding employees becoming whistleblowers come into effect today. Here鈥檚 what you need to know
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精东影视McArdle collapse leaves creditors 拢5.3m out of pocket
Administrator finds funds to pay 61% of value of trade creditors鈥� bills, while around half the firm鈥檚 155 staff have been made redundant
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Comment精东影视 Act: A pier entrance can be deceptive
Hastings council鈥檚 decision to close part of the town pier due to fears over its structural integrity put the provisions of the 精东影视 Act 1984 to the test - with perhaps surprising results
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精东影视Sweett launches probe into bribery allegations
Firm denies knowledge of alleged historic incident involving employee in Morocco
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精东影视Labour fires warning over land 'hoarding'
Labour is set to outline proposal to tackle land banking to boost housebuilding numbers, inlcuding fining developers
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精东影视精东影视 regulations to be integrated into BIM
Working group looks at ways to integrate regulations, planning and health and safety requirements into BIM models
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CommentAmended standard forms: Just say no
鈥楢mended鈥� standard forms are a cunning ruse that use pages and pages of modifications to pile risk onto subbies. But why do they agree to sign them?
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精东影视Surveyor jailed after double life as graffiti vandal
A building surveyor has been jailed for 3陆 years after being convicted of spray painting graffiti on an 鈥榠ndustrial scale鈥�
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CommentJV agreements: Common provisions
Five of the most important provisions in a joint venture agreement
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CommentBahrain: Construction opportunities in the 鈥榣and of the two seas鈥�
Bahrain is a pure and sacred place known as 鈥渢he Pearl of the Arabian Gulf鈥� 鈥� and a place with an increasing number of opportunities for UK construction
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精东影视Sellafield fined 拢700k for dumping radioactive waste
Firm pleaded guilty to seven counts of sending irradiated waste to a landfill site