Opinion – Page 308
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What you need to know about the Equality Act
Measures that came into force on 1 October will take some construction employers by surprise, here’s why…
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Claiming liquidated damages: Azimut-Benetti vs Darrell Marcus Healey
This row about a €38m yacht has some interesting lessons for parties entering into construction contracts too…
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George Osborne's got good and bad news
The chancellor raised a laugh at conference today, but when it comes to cuts he’s deadly serious
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Zaha's big night
She’s 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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Sacred cow burgers
Whatever you think of the coalition, it’s 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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Hello, Ed …
Ed Miliband took to the Labour party conference stage this week and declared himself firmly on your side. “You see, when you cancel thousands of new school buildings at a stroke, it isn’t just bad for our kids, it’s bad for construction companies at a time when their order books ...
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Wonders & blunders
Baritone Sir Thomas Allen sings the praises of Kent’s maritime history but reckons Putney Wharf sends the Thames skyline distinctly off-key
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Hansom: 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’t be called a contractor and a ferocious fight for a full stop
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What the pooping man told us
Engineers’ 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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Ed, the thoughtful radical
Ed Miliband was not my first choice as leader of the Labour party
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Must-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 …
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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 “fat cat” pay
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In the steps of Duncan Wallace
Rudi Klein asserted that “traditional procurement methods are so needlessly wasteful that a consultant or solicitor who advises a client to adopt them may be guilty of negligence”
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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 “greenest government ever” 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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Falling mortgage approvals indicate gloomier times
House price indices are less helpful for forecasters when housing transactions are low
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Great Danes
Learning from Copenhagen: Denmark presents an alluring example of holistic sustainability, dynamic design and civic debate that could hold lessons for us here.