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CommentNuclear reaction
This week鈥檚 news is dominated by the crisis in Japan. We also look at the OFT fines saga, what the Budget might bring and how underbidding is affecting the industry
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CommentQuantum issues
When defects emerge after work is complete the immediate concern is rectifying them. But how you do that will affect the quantum issues in court and how much you recover
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Missing digits
As the owner of a late Victorian semi-detached house in a conservation zone I have been reading Robert Prewett鈥檚 Passivhaus Diaries, regarding the conversion of 64 Midmoor Road to a low-energy building, with great interest (4 March, page 42)
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CommentWere Japan's defences up to it?
星空传媒s in Japan withstood the earthquake well, but were no match for the tsunami that ensued
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Those who dare ...
Reflecting on Richard Saxon鈥檚 letter (Inbox, 11 March), and Rob Charlton鈥檚 original thoughts (25 February, page 33), they have identified one of our industry鈥檚 core problems - too much functional focus and segregation on a project.
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CommentDave Lowery on government cuts
The Bank of England has a tough decision to make over interest rates, and opinions are divided
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Consultancy errors: It wasn't me
If you don鈥檛 know how to do something you call in a specialist, right? Well, if you鈥檙e a consultant on a construction project, beware. Here鈥檚 a few tips to keep in mind 鈥�
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Welcome to Cheapsville
Regarding the story Shapps calls for end to 鈥淟egoland鈥� homes, (9 March, www.building.co.uk) it is the planners who are failing in their duty to ensure appropriate local design.
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CommentHansom:聽La belle vie
We report on racy goings-on, with recently arrested property magnates throwing yacht parties, firms hosting lavish dinners, and politicians talking procreation. And some said Mipim was tamer this year 鈥�
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CommentOFT could pay for being over-keen
According to directives from Europe, the OFT鈥檚 fines are levied on the basis of companies鈥� global turnover, not profit
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CommentWonders & blunders with Mike Barker
Mike Barker鈥檚 architectural picks are all bound up with nature. He loves an Iraqi school built out of reeds, but doesn鈥檛 care two straws about Beijing鈥檚 over-designed Bird鈥檚 Nest
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CommentBusiness planning: home and away
How do you plan ahead and formulate business strategies amid all the uncertainty of political uprisings - and the upcoming Budget?
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CommentTwenty-eight day adjudication: the point and pitfalls
A little domestic case of an extended deadline outlines the point - and pitfalls - of 28-day adjudication
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CITB levy: For and against
We hear two opposing viewpoints over whether the CITB construction levy should be axed
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CommentBleak outlook for construction jobs as the downward trend continues
Another 9000 jobs were lost in the fourth quarter of 2010
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CommentOFT reduced fines: A vindication for construction?
The Competition Appeal Tribunal described the fines as 鈥檈xcessive鈥� but that doesn鈥檛 mean cover pricing is suddenly okay
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CommentEarthquake eyewitness: 'It was like a being in a small boat in mountainous seas'
Construction Excellence鈥檚 chief executive Don Ward gives a graphic account of the moment Friday鈥檚 9.0 quake hit Japan
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CommentSpotlight now on OFT to defend five-year investigation
Huge reduction in fines means the OFT will have to justify whether all the pain was worth it
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CommentAgents have eye on traditional QS markets
New rivals are encroaching on surveying and engineering territory
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CommentAwful January construction output figures may just be the result of a hangover from December
Figures suggest that less work was done in January than in December