Opinion – Page 294
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West Ham finally wins its Spurs
West Ham have beaten Tottenham in the race for post-Games tenancy of the Olympic stadium. What does the future for the stadium hold and what lessons can be learned from the bidding process?
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2010 saw fastest growth since the 1980s boom – but we are on the way down again
With public sector spending set to dive, there is little sign that the private sector is picking up
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Nervy investors put brakes on office market
It's a good time to build offices at the moment - if only you can get the finance
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Family contractors: Adapt or die
Willmott Dixon shows it’s not good enough just to sit still
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Eaga looks good for Carillion
Carillion looks to have bought the right firm, at the right time, for the right price.
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1.2 million more dwellings than households – is that right?
There are sound reasons why we need more dwellings than households
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Spurs' lost chance?
Tottentham Hotspur’s plans for the Olympic stadium may come to naught today
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Parallel universe
The Construction Act should have been the death of pay when paid, but here’s a wheeze that tries to get round it. It goes like this: you lend me the money I owe you until I get paid
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Hansom: The right angle
According to the PRs it’s been another brilliant week for the construction industry - so please ignore the hints of commercial bias, the whiffs of pub quiz favouritism and accusations of slanted journalism
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Open mike: Stop the world – I want to get off
Most architects find new work through word of mouth. So the more circles you move in, the more people will talk – and the dizzier you’ll become
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ڶ buys a pint … for DouglasWood
This week, ڶ’s pint buying is over-shadowed by a football match
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Legal dispute
It is interesting to read Ann Minogue’s “Can we be of any assistance?” (21 January, page 49). Minogue picks up on the point that adjudicators rarely appoint lawyers to advise on the law.
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Bad behaviour
It’s stories like the one about Apollo undercutting its rivals (28 January, page 10) that have the clients running to secure partnering frameworks with contractors instead
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Designed to fail
Rudi Klein (28 January, page 53) writes about the problems caused by a lack of risk management during the design process. Could such problems have also been compounded by the apparent demise of the bill of quantities?
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February 2011: Analysis
Right now, the economy appears on a knife edge, with the Bank of England seemingly stuck between a rock and a hard place
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Kelly Forrest on ... The 2011 outlook
Data released in 2011 calls into question the undelying strength of the economy
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RICS housing market survey provides more worries over build rate for homes
Housebuilders are refusing to reduce prices which means fewer buyers
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Arbitration: Martin Dawes vs Treasure and Son
This case raised issues about the point or stage at which an arbitrator’s mandate expires or ceases to have jurisdiction and the extent, ambit or scope of a settlement of an arbitration.
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London 2012: The Final Hurdle
London 2012 is less than eighteen months away. But how are the Olympic venues and park shaping up now they're almost complete?