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CommentIs Iraq still scary?
With security improving more UK construction companies are considering moving in
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CommentWinning on penalties
锘縔ou may have agreed a sum for breach of contract, but there鈥檚 an old common-law doctrine that could see it struck down as a penalty. Fortunately this does not happen often, says Tim Elliott
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CommentMoney where the mouth is
It鈥檚 already turning into the kind of high-stakes City game where fortunes and reputations can be made or broken.
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CommentIt's PFI, Jim, but not as we know it
锘縍eports of the death of PFI are exaggerated, but the funding model is going to have to change to reflect a time of public sector austerity
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CommentHansom:聽Slip and slide
As top brass at the NHBC glides across the dancefloor, Davis Langdon and Aecom鈥檚 romance is in decline and one QS can give you a little too much information about the dangers of wet boat decks
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CommentThis is never going to work
Retention funds waste everybody鈥檚 time and achieve nothing of value. Here鈥檚 a case that shows, yet again, why we should ditch them
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CommentDifficult jurisdictions: Iraq
Continuing our series on difficult jurisdictions, Stuart Nash looks at Iraq, where the country鈥檚 extensive oil reserves should provide an enormous boost to the economy
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Don't curb your enthusiasm
I really like Kulveer Ranger鈥檚 enthusiasm (26 November, page 36) - these large infrastructure projects need huge amounts of positive energy from those in the driving seats to make them successful
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VAT for domestic building ...
I hope this government knows what it is doing, because interest rates will have to rise soon as well (VAT increase could cost 11,000 jobs, 17 December, building.co.uk)
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星空传媒 buys a pint . . . for the Key Concierge
The Key Concierge is a property and building management company set up to offer 24 hour services to clients on anything from project management on a building project through to household building, plumbing and gardening services
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CommentWanted: British buccaneers
As the Western economies falter under a burden of debt, the East is ascendant. But our intellectual capital could save us yet, if we can rekindle the British buccaneering spirit
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CommentLow-carbon: A trillion miles begins with a single step
Paul Morrell鈥檚 ideas for getting construction to help deliver a low carbon future are light on design, says Chris Wise. Odd, because in fact we can design out much of our carbon footprint
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How to do architecture right
I don鈥檛 entirely disagree with Lucy Rogers鈥� points (inbox, 10 December) in relation to my column (19 November, page 31)
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VAT on domestic animals
Funny how Labour鈥檚 1% hike on NI was a 鈥渏obs tax鈥� that every CEO in the country seemed to want to scream about and sign carefully staged letters about, but now a 2.5% rise in VAT is being introduced by this shambles of a government with barely a word from ...
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CommentShould Lend Lease drop the Bovis name?
Industry reacts to news that Lend Lease plans to ditch the 125-year-old name, plus your chance to vote on whether the company has made the right decision
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CommentHow to claim compensation for the snow
If the recent snow has caused disruption to a construction project you can make a claim, but you need to know how the various contract forms work first 鈥�
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CommentIt's not looking good for house prices in 2011
House prices dropped by 1.6% in 2010 and will continue falling according to Halifax figures
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CommentSeeing beyond Bovis
News that Lend Lease is poised to drop the 125-year-old Bovis brand will come as a shock, but perhaps it should have happened sooner