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CommentThe antique road show
Nothing moves as slowly as the law - a dispute dating from 1991 is back in court and the arguments haven鈥檛 moved on an inch. Unlike the costs!
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CommentHansom: In it to win it
This week, Crossrail has some fighting talk for Bam Nuttall, West Ham鈥檚 owners get excited about their Olympic stadium bid and Foster鈥檚 team battles more opposition in its quest for a South-east airport
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CommentMy digital life 鈥� John McRae
For the director of this architecture practice, Linkedin and Twitter are useful tools for staying up-to-date while you can鈥檛 beat face to face communication for explaining design
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CommentPositive possibilities emerging from some very negative probabilities for construction
Brian Green explores the bad-news-would-be-good-news conundrum ahead of the next quarterly GDP figures
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CommentA summit to remember
黑洞社区 is proud to join forces with BIS and the Cabinet Office to host an event that brings together industry leaders and policy-makers
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CommentCareful who you trust
Your dealings with a consultant are only secret if that consultant is a solicitor or barrister - whether you like it or not
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CommentUK education standards: Move over Mr Gove
With the UK falling down the world rankings at an alarming rate, we can鈥檛 leave the education of our recruits to the government - it鈥檚 time for our industry to step in
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CommentHansom: Life's rich tapestry
This week, a construction site is stopped in its tracks by a shoal of fish, we expose the harsh realities of hotdesking, and gain an insight into the formative (target-driven) years of Davis Langdon鈥檚 Bob Pell
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CommentWhatever happened to RMJM?
Disastrous cash flow, unpaid staff, an exodus of talent and now under investigation by the Pensions Regulator, even RMJM鈥檚 chief executive is appalled by the scars the last few years have left. Will Hurst looks at what went wrong
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Inbox: Think tank
This week a reader has an idea to help Olympic firms get around the strict marketing rules, while others find fault with energy ratings for rented property and question Balfour Beatty鈥檚 recent UK restructure
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CommentSo much housing rhetoric, so little delivery
The housing minister can make 10 policy announcements before breakfast but nothing can disguise the fact that he is incapable of delivering on any of it, says Nick Raynsford
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CommentWonders & blunders with Oliver Richards
Dream holiday home in the New Forest the Watson House is a delight, while the interior of the Renaissance Hotel St Pancras is a missed opportunity, says Oliver Richards
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CommentMy digital life 鈥� David Adams
This head of retrofit has plenty of time for apps and when he鈥檚 not shuffling his iTunes he鈥檚 in the seventies or eighties
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CommentCut out the cowboys
Simple solutions, cut the rate of VAT payable on building repairs and improvements to 5%
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CommentInvest in local SMEs
Contribution to the local economy will be greater if the contractors and tradesman are local SMEs
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CommentThe latest construction forecasts may be more optimistic, but the risks haven鈥檛 gone away
Forecasters have tweaked their figures upwards but uncertainty remains over how much the private sector will boost construction output
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CommentInterview: Peter Lauener - the man with the answers
If it takes 20 years and 拢55bn to renew every secondary school in England, what can the government do to address the crumbling school estate with an annual budget of just 拢4bn? The man trying to work this one out is Peter Lauener, head of the newly formed Education Funding ...