Opinion – Page 155
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Emirates Trading Agency LLC vs Prime Mineral Exports Private Ltd: Dispute resolution clause
Is an obligation requiring friendly discussions in good faith enforceable as a condition precedent to the dispute being referred to arbitration?
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Consultant consolidation is good news for SMEs
The recent splurge of M A leaves gaps in the market for SMEs to exploit
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The impact of a yes vote on the construction market
Scottish independence would be a large step into the unknown for Scotland and the rest of the UK
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Retrofit work looks set to bump along the bottom …
Is there still hope for the Green Deal?
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Hansom: Plastic bricks and mortar
Monaco plans to become home to the most expensive apartment in the world, we mark a posthumous birthday for an early pioneer of suspension bridges, and a Lego visitor centre is made out of… you guessed it
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Beware unconscious uncoupling
A vote for Scotland’s independence could mean big changes for the sector
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Growing pains
While the Monetary Policy Committee ponders a rise in interest rates, they’d be wise to take a closer look at what’s happening in construction - where lessons can be learned that have a bearing on the wider economy
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Dating, to engagement, to marriage
With demand for construction services now outstripping supply, firms are becoming more choosey when picking partners
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Why I'm still optimistic about retrofit
Lasting change is required to fulfil domestic retrofit’s huge potential
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Egan and BIM: Steady as she goes
In the last of this series, putting an Egan principle into practice with BIM
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Five - the magic number
The ultimate goal for achieving minimum energy performance standards is a ‘factor five’ improvement, while maintaining current growth projections
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Hansom: Fantasia
Create your own unique buildings using Lego bricks, see your dreams of a replica Eiffel Tower come true, watch as a dead monarch’s head comes back to life, be amazed as Battersea’s crumbling towers are resurrected …
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Beware the wrong acquisition
What can we learn from the month-long Balfour Beatty-Carillion kerfuffle?
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Seizing the middle gap in housing
Speller Metcalfe’s Matt Brown responds to one of our blogs on housebuilding
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How do we get GB to move from G to B?
If property investors are to improve the energy performance of their assets they need clarity on the government’s long-term aims
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Tentative times
The CPA/Barbour ABI Construction Index was 128 in July, slightly lower (4%) than in June
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Reaching pre-recession levels
One could be forgiven for not knowing whether to celebrate the banishing of the recession or worry about an unbalanced recovery
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What eighteenth century Rome can teach us about making places
Why generating ‘street life’ - in all its senses - is the key to building successful cities
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A suitable case for treatment
Medical advances, improved technology and increasing outpatient numbers have transformed the construction challenge - so the decade-old NHS estate guidance needs some radical updating
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Housing's on the up – but can we meet demand?
Planning, skills and finance barriers remain before we can meet the UK’s housing needs