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CommentWhat you need to know about the Equality Act
Measures that came into force on 1 October will take some construction employers by surprise, here鈥檚 why鈥�
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CommentClaiming liquidated damages: Azimut-Benetti vs Darrell Marcus Healey
This row about a 鈧�38m yacht has some interesting lessons for parties entering into construction contracts too鈥�
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CommentGeorge Osborne's got good and bad news
The chancellor raised a laugh at conference today, but when it comes to cuts he鈥檚 deadly serious
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CommentZaha's big night
She鈥檚 waited a long time for it, and on Saturday night Zaha Hadid finally gave her acceptance speech for the Stirling Prize
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CommentSacred cow burgers
Whatever you think of the coalition, it鈥檚 pretty clear it needs help. Luckily construction is in a great position to provide it, but it needs to slaughter a few horned beasties first
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CommentHello, Ed 鈥�
Ed Miliband took to the Labour party conference stage this week and declared himself firmly on your side. 鈥淵ou see, when you cancel thousands of new school buildings at a stroke, it isn鈥檛 just bad for our kids, it鈥檚 bad for construction companies at a time when their order books ...
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CommentWonders & blunders
Baritone Sir Thomas Allen sings the praises of Kent鈥檚 maritime history but reckons Putney Wharf sends the Thames skyline distinctly off-key
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CommentHansom:聽Everything in its place
Sticklers for detail are thick on the ground this week: billionaire property owners insisting their wires are not crossed, the company that won鈥檛 be called a contractor and a ferocious fight for a full stop
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CommentWhat the pooping man told us
Engineers鈥� wizardry is beyond question, but they still suffer from a cultural cringe when it comes to the question of creativity. Luckily, Chris Wise met someone who explained the whole thing
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CommentEd, the thoughtful radical
Ed Miliband was not my first choice as leader of the Labour party
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CommentMust-see TV
Christopher Hare snapped these two committed couch potatoes trying to fit a TV aerial in a rainy London Bridge. Clearly the television schedules must have improved since we last looked 鈥�
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Because you're worth it
Chris Cheshire has hit the nail right on the head with his comments about low quotes (17 September, page 10)
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Long live RSLs
Oh dear Mr Shapps! What an ill-conceived comment about housing association 鈥渇at cat鈥� pay
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In the steps of Duncan Wallace
Rudi Klein asserted that 鈥渢raditional procurement methods are so needlessly wasteful that a consultant or solicitor who advises a client to adopt them may be guilty of negligence鈥�
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Green gauge
Exactly how the Green Investment Bank will be funded and managed continues to be up for debate but there is only so much longer this can go on before the 鈥済reenest government ever鈥� gets a reputation for being all talk and no action
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Sound advice
I read with interest your recent article on free schools (10 September, page 42) and agree wholeheartedly, in principle, that existing buildings should be considered for conversion into so-called free schools
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CommentFalling mortgage approvals indicate gloomier times
House price indices are less helpful for forecasters when housing transactions are low
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CommentGreat Danes
Learning from Copenhagen: Denmark presents an alluring example of holistic sustainability, dynamic design and civic debate that could hold lessons for us here.