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CommentA lesson in subeconomics
Cost consultants whisper in their client鈥檚 ear, 鈥檛ake the lowest bid鈥�. But by the time they鈥檝e paid for poor quality products and claims and variations, it just doesn鈥檛 stack up
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CommentWhy new build is such old hat
If you want a new building but don鈥檛 want to contend with planning permission and delays, consider refurbishment. It鈥檚 quick, low risk, cheaper and loads greener
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CommentSustainability on a shoestring
The Budget didn鈥檛 do much to raise Pascale Scheurer鈥檚 hopes for the future of the industry. Here she considers what has changed and what you can do to mitigate the effects
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FeaturesOxford Street redevelopment: designing our way out of shopping hell
Oxford Street is famous as a shopping destination but nobody really likes it there. We look at how the redevelopment will change this world renowned location, and also why now is the perfect time to give Oxford Street a makeover
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CommentThe Budget: Time to deliver
Last week鈥檚 Budget made it clear that the construction industry needs to be more responsive if it is to play an influential role in the UK鈥檚 growth strategy
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FeaturesStep 1: Standardise your public building
Efficiency has long eluded the construction industry - but now the government is demanding cuts in costs of up to 20%. So any company wanting public sector work had better think up some pretty clever ways to help make that happen
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CommentUnderstanding nature
The Japanese earthquake and tsunami have reminded us that the environment is core to contemporary architecture. The pity is, we needed reminding
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CommentGrowing pains
It鈥檚 Budget week so we have up to the minute analysis of what this year鈥檚 Budget means for the construction industry. We also look at the effect the recent events in Japan will have on the nuclear industry and the UK鈥檚 new build programme.
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CommentHow clients can protect themselves from contractors that underbid
A legal view on tightening up contract terms and using two-stage procurement to route out unrealistically low bids
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CommentOnce upon a time in the West
We live in turbulent times with the ascendency of the East our most direct challenge. But reports of the death of the West have been greatly exaggerated
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CommentOFT could pay for being over-keen
According to directives from Europe, the OFT鈥檚 fines are levied on the basis of companies鈥� global turnover, not profit
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CommentBusiness planning: home and away
How do you plan ahead and formulate business strategies amid all the uncertainty of political uprisings - and the upcoming Budget?
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CITB levy: For and against
We hear two opposing viewpoints over whether the CITB construction levy should be axed
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CommentOFT reduced fines: A vindication for construction?
The Competition Appeal Tribunal described the fines as 鈥檈xcessive鈥� but that doesn鈥檛 mean cover pricing is suddenly okay
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FeaturesWho wants to be in social housing?
Six months on from the collapse of Rok and Connaught, their competitors are scrambling to take their places against a backdrop of cuts and jittery clients. And now the big players are looking to muscle in on the social housing market
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CommentAsking for the moon
A lot of offices designed pre-recession and waiting to be built won鈥檛 meet the toughest environmental standards. Once we start building again, we have to aim higher
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CommentIs anybody listening? Architect's future under the coalition
In its scorched earth policy of slashing costs, the government thinks architects and design are almost entirely dispensible. It鈥檚 our job to convince them otherwise
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CommentValue discount payments are counterproductive
Passing pain down the supply chain is harming the whole industry
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Reading, writing and 鈥� building
锘緼head of next week鈥檚 BSEC event, Pascale Scheurer redefines the future of education building before