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CommentWe鈥檝e never had it so good
You can鈥檛 see much when you鈥檙e in a hole, but the truth is that the noughties were in many ways a wonderful decade
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Residential planning activity bounces back
The latest Government planning data on the face of it supports the view that there has been a bounce in activity within the house building sector.The topline data, released today, for residential planning decision show a fall in the September quarter compared with both the previous quarter and on the ...
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CommentHansom: I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true. But until then, you鈥檒l have to make do with more stories about disgruntled surveyors, Olympic cash and out-of-work architects
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CommentThe decade from hell: Legal review
It ended badly and, to be honest, it didn鈥檛 start that auspiciously either, but at least it also contained some reforms that may well stand the test of time
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CommentRemember 1666?
Isn鈥檛 it about time that building control officers stood up against the green brigade and used some common sense?
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Low conduct
A major point overlooked by Richard Steer in his article Buyer Beware (13 November) is that all partners and directors in consultancies have a duty under their professional indemnity (PI) insurance policy to take all reasonable precautions to prevent losses or liabilities arising in connection with the insured risks
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Why the long bill?
The prices of labour and materials in the construction industry have fallen and tender prices have plummeted
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Are you ready to commit?
The Carbon Reduction Commitment energy trading scheme comes into force in April, but building owners should be preparing for it now if they want to avoid a hefty bill
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Grim outlook for jobs in UK construction
The official figures show construction lost 67,000 jobs in the third quarter of this year. This is more than 1,000 jobs each working day and half the jobs lost to the UK economy over that period.So while there may be suggestions of more stability in the wider economy, construction is ...
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Housing recovery is resting on happier family homes market
The latest swathe of housing data continues to suggest a pick up both in prices and activity and the RICS November house price survey, released today, adds further weight to the case for a housing recovery.Its measures for sales, expected sales, new inquiries, new instructions, prices and expected prices are ...
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CommentAfter copenhagen
We still have little idea of how low-energy designs perform, which means we鈥檙e like scientists conducting endless experiments without ever seeing how they come out
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CommentEnd this crisis by Christmas: Richard Steer on the RICS
The RICS has to sort out the mess it鈥檚 made, or rumours of a breakaway group are bound to resurface
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After Copenhagen
Whatever happens in Copenhagen this week, the UK has already committed itself to some of the most ambitious targets for reducing carbon emissions in the world. It鈥檚 worth reminding ourselves of that. It鈥檚 also worth asking ourselves what this means and how on earth we might, well, get there.The average ...
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CommentHansom: Dangerous liaisons
Construction has come over all drama and intrigue, it seems. We therefore invite you, ladies and gentlemen, to a cloak and dagger meeting, a masked party and a duelling lesson. Don鈥檛 forget your wigs
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CommentShould we blame the big boys?
On 13 November you published an article by Richard Steer complaining about uneconomic bidding by QSs
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Or blame all QSs?
I read with interest the article in which Richard Steer was having a whinge about how the prevalence of low bidding was having a dramatic impact upon levels of professional QS fees