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Construction News digital edition – 20 April 2018
Exclusive: Carillion Construction had £6.9bn of liabilities: Official receiver estimates the firm’s construction division had liabilities of almost £7bn when it collapsed in January; Interview: Lakesmere founder Mark Davey salvaged much of his former business to start again with Kaicer. In the final part of our exclusive interview, he explains why it deserves a chance following Lakesmere’s collapse; Project Report: In Liverpool, ISG’s student housing scheme – sat between two historic ...
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20Jan94 UK: MCALPINE ISSUES BATTERSEA WRIT - SEMISQUARE.
McAlpine has fired another shot in its legal battle to claw back losses of up to £20 million on the failed Battersea power station redevelopment by issuing a writ against Battersea's current owner, Semisquare.In a bid to recover more than £1 million of structural steelwork, the writ seeks a declaration from the court that the contractor owns the steel, which was installed as temporary shoring to support the east wall of the power station.With the court's backing, Sir Robert ...