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Get real

2012-09-28T00:00:00Z

Consultants’ optimism about their prospects is a cause for concern rather than celebration

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Ground conditions

2012-09-28T00:00:00Z

A reader considers legal issues around ground conditions

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Hansom: The art of speaking

2012-09-28T00:00:00Z

Danny Alexander defends government infrastructure spending (in the dark) and Mark Prisk invites the media into his Croydon boudoir. Plus, would RMJM’s Peter Morrison be a good wartime prime minister?

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Amending contracts: Tweak havoc

2012-09-28T00:00:00Z

Amending an existing contract can make commercial sense, but the procuring party needs to take care not to open itself up to claims from the other original tenderers

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Adjudication: Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag

2012-09-28T00:00:00Z

Adjudication is supposed to be a quick-fix solution at a reduced cost. Down in the trenches, however, the parties are expecting a judge-like quality of reasoning to resolve their disputes

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Safe and sound: The US embassy

2012-09-27T17:26:00Z

A reader assesses the fortress-like nature of the proposed US embassy at Nine Elms

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My digital life ... Peter Blunt

2012-09-27T07:00:00Z

The Innovaré Systems MD on Westlife, PCs being better than Macs and why he spends a lot of his time looking at cartoon trains

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Wonders and blunders with Malcolm Fraser

2012-09-25T10:59:00Z

Malcolm Fraser loves how Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Pool complements its surroundings, but is left cold by another building’s attempt to mimic nature

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Housing: Mass production

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

We need to build homes like we build cars

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Workers' rights: View from the hot seat

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

It is vital for employers to keep abreast of changes to their workers’ legal rights. A raft of recent case law offers some guidance

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Hansom: Whistle-stop tour

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

This week, we travel from an artillery room to the men’s section of Selfridges, via Newport, Edinburgh Zoo panda enclosure, the new Design Museum (in cake form) and Teletubbyland (just outside Bolton)

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Educating for construction: Time to skill

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

The industry should be thinking hard about what sort of graduates it wants from our colleges and universities

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Cash flows and the supply chain

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

Cash is king - but with less of it around, contractors are taking different approaches to their supply chain

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A fairer system on carbon emissions

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

Proposed changes to regulations on consequential improvements to property do not address carbon emissions

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Beneath the cover price

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a murky world of tendering out there

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Wonders & blunders with Ben Derbyshire

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

HTA’s Ben Derbyshire was moved to tears by the beauty of Thomas Heatherwick’s Olympic cauldron whereas One New Change makes him weep for other reasons

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Dispute Adjudication Boards: A DAB hand

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

The RICS has decided to champion the dispute adjudication board system used for the Olympics. But DABs have been in use for a while elsewhere in the world - and for good reason

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Party conference season: Ready, set, action

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

Policy makers are keen to be seen with the industry - but here’s how they could really make a difference

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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ on Flickr: Basketball Arena

2012-09-20T16:47:00Z

The BasketBall Arena for the London 2012 Olympic Games, photographed by Kevin Button

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Bank of England agents give construction a gloomy assessment

2012-09-20T14:44:00Z

In the sober judgement of banks, construction is getting worse faster