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NewsHundreds of tower blocks not fire checked
BBC investigation after Lakanal House tragedy reveals councils committing criminal offence of failing to carry out fire risk assessments
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NewsMabey & Johnson guilty of overseas corruption
Bridge contractor pleads guilty to charges of corruption in Jamaica, Ghana and Iraq
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CommentTake the fifth: Liability for design mistakes
If you鈥檙e an architect, and you suddenly realise that you鈥檝e made a mistake, do you have a duty to tell your client about it? Well, that all depends
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CommentSo crazy it might be true
We鈥檙e so conditioned to looking at the world in a particular way we stop thinking about it. But what if it is, in fact, quite wrong? And what could prompt us to realise it is?
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NewsOFT: councils can sue guilty contractors
Watchdog says legal action and blacklisting would be 'understandable'
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NewsClients set to blacklist cover-pricing contractors
拢1.2bn consortium could drop OFT firms from deals as councils plan compensation claims
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NewsLocals launch Wigan BSF legal challenge
Opponents to new 'super school' scheme want land to be ringfenced for community use
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NewsIs it still cover pricing without the phone call?
The OFT has outlawed cover pricing, but that won鈥檛 stop firms putting in high bids so they lose contracts they can鈥檛 cope with
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NewsOFT: 'Councils are free to sue'
Director in charge of competition body's bid-rigging inquiry says local authorities should feel free to take legal action against guilty firms
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NewsDurkan vows to fight OFT over subdivision's 拢3.1m fine
Contractor disputes liability for cover-pricing at Concentra, which it sold off in 2007
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NewsOFT says six firms paid or received compensation payments
Fines imposed on Bowmer and Kirkland, Durkan, Herbert Baggaley, Mansell, Thomas Fish and Wildgoose Construction
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NewsWillmott Dixon may appeal against 拢4.5m OFT fine
Contractor will 'carefully consider' details of decision over cover pricing and grounds for appeal
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NewsGalliford Try set to appeal against OFT fine
Contractor says it did not gain financially from practice of cover pricing
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NewsKier suffers 拢18m OFT fine
Contractor slapped with largest bid rigging fine while nine more are hit by penalties of over 拢5m
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NewsBid rigging firms hit by massive OFT fines
Contractors found guilty of cover pricing ordered to pay severe fines totalling 拢130m
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NewsOFT press release: Construction firms fined for illegal bid-rigging
Over 100 firms have been fined a total of 拢129.5m for bid rigging by the OFT
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NewsFormer Alfred McAlpine directors jailed for fraud
Senior construction executives made up about 拢10m of expected payments, and deceived auditors by showing them stockpiles of slate with the other crates empty
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NewsEU complaint delays water regs by six months
The implementation of water-saving regulations has been delayed for six months after a last-minute EU intervention
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Unlimited liability time on cards
Contractors could be left with huge bills and no insurance, if a proposed law is passed
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CommentWestfield fit-out dispute: An everyday story of building folk
This shopfitting dispute sounds hair-raising, but it is really nothing out of the ordinary. That鈥檚 because people who work in construction are like everyone else: they mess up