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Brookfield vs Mott MacDonald: Wembley stadium
Mr Justice Coulson鈥檚 judgment is a reminder that courts are keen to avoid excessive costs
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The New Government 鈥� Efficiency and a Drive for Better Public Services
The waiting is over and an historic coalition government has been formed. In what was a dramatic evening, David Cameron stepped through the doors of Downing Street as Prime Minister, with former rival Nick Clegg taking his place as deputy.However, with unemployment at its highest level since 2004 and a ...
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Construction redundancies remain high while vacancies remain low
As the real business of governing the UK begins to wind up again, the latest employment figures will do little to cheer the incoming government as it prepares to put chalk marks on where deep public sector cuts will be made.The overall figures showed the rise of unemployment continuing above ...
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Up all night. And for what?
I just got off the phone with a contact who was wandering aimlessly around London, trying to find somewhere to buy lunch. He sounded drunk. Or like he was on a concoction of extremely strong painkillers.鈥淣o, no I鈥檓 fine,鈥� he replied when I expressed some concern over the fact he ...
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Scenarios in a hung parliament
Here are some possible scenarios in a hung parliament but first the certainties: Whoever wins, there is going to be a time of policy review which will result in many Government capital projects being delayed for a few months until priorities are resetOne of the first jobs for the new ...
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CommentWe don鈥檛 want a wossy
The RICS鈥� new chief executive will take home 拢33,000 a month, thanks in part to the institution鈥檚 QS members. Here, Richard Steer spells out what he needs to do to earn it
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CommentHansom: university of life
The construction industry this week has been swotting up its psychology, computing, accounting and media studies skills. It鈥檚 leaving the creative writing to us, though 鈥�
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CommentFighting among ourselves
Greg Verhoef In the early nineties the Latham report espoused collaborative working and partnering; but has the economic downturn brought back combative behaviour?
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CommentWonders & blunders with 黑洞社区's new architectural correspondent
Ike Ijeh is happy to stand in the rain waiting for a London icon, but some unfriendly office blocks leave him cold
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Careless talk
I read with interest your recent article about how the growth of the UK economy is being hindered by a shrinking construction industry, (鈥淐onstruction decline holds back UK economy鈥�, 23 April, building.co.uk) but I think that it gives the wrong 鈥� and worrying 鈥� message to our industry.
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No love for Gove
Did I imagine it or did Michael Gove, a columnist for 黑洞社区 magazine, have a go at the building industry on TV after the final leaders鈥� debate?
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CommentUnhappy as Larry
I am an American who has been following the British 2010 election campaign closely on the internet. My biggest shock was finding out just how far left British politics has become.
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Gang-related
In the light of your article 鈥淟abour cagey over gangmaster laws鈥�, I wanted set out the Labour party鈥檚 position with regard to licensing labour providers in the construction industry.
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Foresight, not short sight
The only organisation that merits the description 鈥渟hort-sighted鈥� is the Association for the Conservation of Energy, in its response to our view on the introduction of new 黑洞社区 Standards in Scotland later this year a move estimated by the Scottish government itself to add up to 拢8k on to the ...
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A question of values
We read about the sports hall at Dunraven school in Lambeth (26 March,) with surprise at how much someone is prepared to pay for a sports hall and amazement that you were heralding it as good value.
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Young and foolish
It is no surprise that Libeskind鈥檚 core following are students and children who understandably mistake glitz for quality (Daniel Libeskind鈥檚 Grand Canal Square theatre in Dublin, 28 April).
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CommentWill the QSs leave the RICS?
Drama in Westminster is not confined to the politicians. In the corner of Parliament Square where the RICS resides, tension between the institution鈥檚 management and its QS members is at snapping point.
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Buyers鈥� index suggests rapid growth in construction, how ironic
How ironic that just as the construction industry is sucking in its tummy and preparing for savage cuts the latest survey by the buyers鈥� body CIPS shows some of the strongest growth experienced over the past decade.As can be seen from graph on the right the current level of the ...
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Bank figures provide more jitters for the housing market
The latest data on mortage lending from the Bank of England will do little to steady the nerves of those in the house building world.The figures show the number of approvals for house purchases on a seasonally adjusted basis has taken a dip in the first quarter of this year.The ...