All 黑洞社区 articles in 17 December 2010 鈥� Page 4
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Features
Make That Christmas single out now
Construction鈥檚 first celebrity supergroup record first single - download now and help us raise money for two charity
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CommentQuentin Shears: Secret Santa
Quentin Shears is a senior partner at quantity surveyor Newt UK, the Hertfordshire outpost of US multinational GatorCorp. As the year grinds to an end, Quentin usually finds himself undergoing intensive anger management therapy merely to make it through the Christmas party season. This year, however, has found him in ...
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CommentOnce upon a year ...
For many of you, 2010 has been a year of little comfort and even less joy
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CommentRulers were made for鈥�
You can鈥檛 measure the value of design with any kind of measuring stick - and anyone who suggests you can deserves a rap on the knuckles
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NewsGovernment plans to make PFI less onerous
The government is to announce a reform of the way PFI works in the new year to avoid the current 鈥渙ver-legalised鈥� approach to deals
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The sharks gather聽around Mouchel
For all the turmoil surrounding consultant Mouchel over the past fortnight, the City has dumped its share price just a touch above where it was before it heard that Deloitte had been called in to conduct a 鈥渓imited business review鈥� on 2 December
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Turner & Townsend wins second tranche of free schools
Consultant wins the second tranche of 12 contracts to design the government鈥檚 flagship free schools
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CommentA few of my favourite things
There are some good ideas coming out of the axe-wielding new management. One of the best is speeding up payments in the construction supply chain
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Skanska targets UK housing market in global expansion
Skanska has opened a UK housing division as part of a global expansion strategy
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Information errors are putting lives at risk, survey finds
Two thirds of information professionals in the construction industry have seen builders鈥� lives put at risk by information mismanagement, according to a survey by the Institute of Document Control
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Hub posts on-site energy levels
An industry advisory body has delivered its recommendations to government on how much on-site energy must be produced on new housing developments from 2016
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NewsSavills and DMA's Deptford digs
Savills London Planning Team and DMA Architects have won planning approval for a 199-unit residential development in Deptford, south-east London.
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CommentPublic Procurement: Exel Europe vs University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Here we look in detail at Regulation 47 of the Public Contracts Regulation, concerning the award of a public contract; a reworking of American Cyanamid Co vs Ethican
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CommentYou couldn鈥檛 make it up
Throughout 2010 readers shared their favourite health and safety horrors from around the world
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Consortiums gear up for Crossrail station contracts
Now that 拢1.25bn tunnelling jobs are confirmed, focus turns to main works on four major stations
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CommentHow clients impose unreasonable terms on consultants
In austere times, clients are trying to transfer more of the risk onto desperate contractors. But to say consultants get off scot-free doesn鈥檛 tally with reality
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CommentLegal review of the year: Negotiating the chaos
The legal year was dominated by cuts, judicial reviews of cuts, and contractual squabbles. The prospect of chaos was never far away
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NewsKings of the castle
London mayor Boris Johnson and developer James Sellar were present to celebrate the Shard becoming the highest UK building, at 244m, or 72 storeys
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NewsGLA calls for new rules for timber frame
Greater London Assembly wants new measures to reduce the risk of fire in timber framed developments under construction in the capital