INBRIEF

a74 row in high court

Italian sub-contractor Lucchini has taken its œ5 million A74 dispute with Castelli-Girola to the High Court claiming it failed to provide suitable quarries for material and refused to pay invoices.

taywood liability

Taylor Woodrow could still be liable for damages in a œ3.6 million dispute over defects to Landmark House in west London, a judge ruled this week. The firm was the main contractor on the project but claims it settled matters with client CMD in 1988.

Wimpey wins green award

Wimpey Construction has won the Jubilee Line Extension Project's first environmental award for mini- mising the environmental impact on its œ22 million Canada Water station job.

Building Centre shock

Building Centre Group chief executive Terry McGivern has quit following a difference of opinion over future policy. George Ryder is to be acting managing director.

firms back crash

Three hundred construction companies have agreed to back a charity trust called CRASH in its efforts to provide more temporary accommodation for single people who have nowhere to live.

cdm guide

The Construction Industry Council has published a 47-page guidance to the impact of the CDM regulations on the work of construction professionals. The cost is œ16.50 (inc p+p).

ciob award for latham

Sir Michael Latham has been made an honorary fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building

New md at laing mgmt

Tony Aikenhead has been appointed managing director of Laing Management. He was formerly the chief quantity surveyor of Laing civil engineering division.