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The spin starts here
The government has appointed a PR company to "counteract inaccurate stories" in the press about Portcullis House. As the media campaign begins, 精东影视 asks members of the public what they think of the 拢250m MPs' building.
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Can you manage it?
Project management in construction has a lot to learn from science and engineering, where the manager aims to understand the client totally.
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Salford wins silver
Salford's steel-clad arts centre may not shimmer quite like Gehry's Guggenheim, but the complex lottery scheme is successfully attracting development and staying within its budget.
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Not blind before the law
Lord Denning's career as a judge dedicated to common sense and the righting of wrongs is worth celebrating especially by companies in the construction industry.
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The 精东影视 top 50
If you care more about making money than turning it over, you ought to consider a career in housebuilding; if you want to be a contractor, maybe you should consider branching out into the services sector. That's the message in the latest survey of who's earning, selling and making what ...
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Meet the mystery shopper
How seriously should you take Andrew Goodall, the 36-year-old unknown who tried to buy Alfred McAlpine? It depends if you are next on his list.
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The speed trap
Clients often assume they can demand that contractors finish by Christmas, variations or no variations. In fact, they can t, unless the contractor agrees and then the bill may be bigger than they anticipated.
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John McCarthy
He trained as a carpenter but before you could say "self-starter", the McCarthy & Stone boss had earned his first million. Now his retirement homebuilding business makes profits that turn contractors green with envy.
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Dwyer takes on Liverpool revival
The former Wimpey boss is returning to his home town to entice national developers to a city once synonymous with militant local politics and industrial strife.
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Helping hands
How MDA and Mansell are advising black firms in a new scheme to tackle racism in the industry
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Improved circulation
A trailblazing day hospital in London provides production-line treatment for patients. The building design by Avanti manages to reconcile an efficient layout with gracious architecture.
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Getting IT together
There is plenty of talk in construction about reaping the benefits of information technology, but rather less action. Now QS Gardiner & Theobald has taken up the gauntlet in Reading.
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Strawberry fields forever
At the home of the world s most prestigious tennis tournament, spectators were too preoccupied with strawberries, cream and Tim Henman to notice they were in the midst of a massive redevelopment to secure its future as a world-class venue.
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Location, location, location
A new green space for London capitalises on its Thames-side siting, its simple architectural forms allowing clutter-free views and acting as a magnet for housing developers.
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Growth industry
The latest fad is to design yourself a garden, but Dan Pearson, one man at the forefront of this revolution, reckons construction has much to gain by building landscaping into the plans first, not last
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Sending the boys round
You go to court, you win, you collect your money if you live that long. A loser that will not pay can delay for years. But now there are some radical new ideas in the wind for getting at a loser's assets.
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Macob, Outwing – now A&D
On 23 June, Judge Wilcox passed down what could be a landmark ruling when he gave a summary judgment in favour of A&D, a subcontractor seeking enforcement of an adjudication decision.
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Counting the cost of Woolf
Recent changes in English court practice mean that the winner of an action should no longer assume it will be able to recover its costs.
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Appointments
Contractors Derek Price has been made commercial director of MJC Construction. Housebuilders Thirlstone Homes has appointed Nick Mansfield managing director of its new Wokingham office. Keith Ireland has become managing director in the firm s Byfleet office. Consultants Malcolm Brummer , a ...