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CommentHoliday on death row
As those of you involved in running a construction firm will know, it鈥檚 never easy to enjoy your summer vacation untroubled by thoughts of what鈥檚 going on back in the office.
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It's time to get to know inflation again
For both consumers and construction firms inflation is becoming a real factor once again and maybe it is time to give much more consideration to how to deal with it.I was brought up with inflation. I recall being told time and again by my parents how few pennies things cost ...
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Are we seeing the bottom of the housing market collapse? Probably not
The broad message coming out of the latest housing market survey from the surveyors' body RICS is that transactions may be stabilising but prices still are falling and have a way to fall yet.The interview with RICS chief economist Simon Rubinsohn on Radio 4's Today programme suggested that sellers are ...
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CommentA step in the right direction
To help ensure a contractor gets paid for a project, it can ask a bank to step in to remedy a situation before it terminates. The pitfalls are many 鈥� but so are the benefits
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CommentI admit it all! I鈥檓 a conservative!
But when you compare the glories of traditional architecture to the stuff we build now, it鈥檚 hard not to be, says Michael Gove, our man in the bicycle clips with the neatly knotted tie
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Let it shine
Tom Lane鈥檚 article 鈥淗ow Vi帽oly鈥檚 Colchester arts facility lost its shine鈥� (25 July, page 24), requires clarification on a number of points.
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CommentBridget Jones鈥� diatribe
The pressure to conform causes singleton Tarek Merlin untold grief at his friends鈥� dinner parties. It also happens to be the single greatest blight on the built environment
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Unleash the OGC
The government cannot afford to fail to implement the Construction Commitments through its supply chain, particularly after publicly signing up to them (25 July, page 9). And why on earth would it want to?
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Prime location
Readers have been invited on your website to suggest suitable locations for the siting of Jack Pringle鈥檚 Skylon.
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CommentNon payment of fees
The CaseThis was an appeal from a County Court judgment dismissing Alan Auld Associates Ltd (鈥淎lan Auld鈥�)鈥檚 claim and giving judgment for Rick Pollard Associates (鈥淩ick Pollard鈥�) on its counterclaim.Both Alan Auld and Rick Pollard were chartered engineers. Alan Auld successfully tendered to provide project advice to the United Kingdom ...
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Comment黑洞社区 buys a pint 鈥� for Modus
Chosen watering hole: The Greencoat Boy, Victoria. Ambience: Grimy but friendly 鈥� and mercifully air-conditioned 鈥� city boozer聽Topics: Love among the sandwiches, oestrogen in the water and the Frisbee family聽Drinks Drunk: 6 gin and tonics, 4 pints of Amstell, 3 pints of Heineken, 3 glasses of white wine
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CommentMy digital life: Jon Sawyer
Regeneration expert Jon Sawyer鈥檚 intrepid digital life includes championship tennis, running, karting and frequent trips to the Amazon (.co.uk)
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CommentAnd the livin鈥� is easy
It鈥檚 summertime, and the industry is rising to the occasion. What would the holiday season be without some natty new shoes, daytime TV and a little bit of summer lovin鈥� as well?
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CommentDo the right thing
It鈥檚 just a coincidence, of course, but the opaque sky over Britain this week accurately reflects the overcast mood in much of the construction industry.
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A nasty hole has appeared in the new orders figures
One set of bad orders figures provides no real cause for concern. This data series can bounce around like a drunken kangaroo. It is a feature of the lumpiness of construction projects. But a second consecutive set of duff figures does start to set a few alarm bells ringing.So the ...
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Probably the worst Halifax house price figures ever - unless you're a homebuyer
So house prices dropped a further 1.7% in July according to Halifax (HBOS). For those concerned about the depth of any correction in the housing market that will be worrying.Added to the other eight monthly falls there have been over the past 12 months that means on the Halifax "smoothed" ...
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CommentCubitt 黑洞社区 and Interiors Ltd vs Richardson Roofing (Industrial) Ltd
The CaseThe Claimant, as main contractor, engaged the Defendant as a roofing sub-contractor at a building site at Hampton Wick Riverside.The Claimant sought declaratory relief that its terms and conditions were incorporated into the sub-contract between the parties and injunctions that the Defendant should be restrained from continuing with arbitration ...
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Insurance policies: Fill your boots
Sales of some insurance policies have surged. This means, of course, that insurers will soon be taking them off the market. So buy now before it鈥檚 too late
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CommentIt鈥� s like deja vu all over again
The recent glut of bad news has made every headline going and sent the industry into blind panic. But we鈥檝e been here many times before, says Richard Steer, so what did we expect 鈥�