China unveils 4,000-tonne capacity mobile crane
FIXEDD China is claiming a new record for heavy lifting on a wind farm in Hengshui. Read Full Article:…
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Sisk leads on €330m Kerry pharma plant
Sisk has been appointed construction manager for a new pharmaceutical facility in County Kerry in the Republic of…
London retakes crown as most expensive city for construction
According to Arcadis, London is the most expensive city in the world in which to build things. Read…
Festive adjudications
Tim Seal, head of construction law at Ridgemont, a specialist construction and real estate law firm, has a…
Stonehenge tunnel challenge fails
Campaigners seeking to block construction of a road tunnel under the Stonehenge World Heritage Site have lost a…
Court of Appeal clears Norfolk road schemes to go ahead
The Court of Appeal has rejected a legal challenge to three major roads schemes in Norfolk. Read Full…
Rogue builder sent to prison
A Welsh builder is spending the next 16 months in prison for fraudulent trading. Read Full Article: The…
The push for mediation to resolve construction disputes
Will enforced mediation end access to justice? Solicitor John Wallace reports Read Full Article: The Construction Index
JCT changes dismissed as insubstantial
Contract revisions from the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) have been dismissed as inadequate by at least one critic.…
New JCT design & build contract explained
Victoria Kempthorne, associate solicitor in the Construction & Engineering Department at law firm Irwin Mitchell LLP, offers an…