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Comment2011 New Year Honours: Robert Napier
A CBE follows a long varied career that鈥檚 crossed from mining to the HCA via Redland and the WWF
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Comment2011 New Year Honours: Bill Bolsover CBE
Current chair of the construction products association has rigorously opposed spending cuts
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CommentFull list of construction 2011 New Year Honours
The following have been recognised by the Queen for services to the built environment
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Comment2011 New Year Honours: Keith Clarke CBE
The WS Atkins chief executive successfullly steered his company through a deep recession
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星空传媒TV: Paul Morrell's five-low carbon challenges for construction
After publishing his Innovation and Growth Team report Paul Morrell spells out the changes needed to create a low-carbon economy
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CommentForecasters expect a fall in house prices in 2011
Most predictions see a drop next year, but they did last year and house prices rose 1% in 2010
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CommentFuture鈥檚 traders see long slump in house prices
City speculators see no recover in house prices until at least 2015
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CommentChristmas deadlines: A guide to dealing with disputes
If you鈥檙e embroiled in a payment dispute over the festive period, getting the timing right could be critical
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CommentLittle cheer in public accounts or growth figures as construction prepare for the big squeeze of 2011
There's not much left in the xmas box for capital spending
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CommentQuentin Shears: Secret Santa
Quentin Shears is a senior partner at quantity surveyor Newt UK, the Hertfordshire outpost of US multinational GatorCorp. As the year grinds to an end, Quentin usually finds himself undergoing intensive anger management therapy merely to make it through the Christmas party season. This year, however, has found him in ...
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CommentOnce upon a year ...
For many of you, 2010 has been a year of little comfort and even less joy
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CommentRulers were made for鈥�
You can鈥檛 measure the value of design with any kind of measuring stick - and anyone who suggests you can deserves a rap on the knuckles
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CommentA few of my favourite things
There are some good ideas coming out of the axe-wielding new management. One of the best is speeding up payments in the construction supply chain
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CommentPublic Procurement: Exel Europe vs University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Here we look in detail at Regulation 47 of the Public Contracts Regulation, concerning the award of a public contract; a reworking of American Cyanamid Co vs Ethican
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CommentYou couldn鈥檛 make it up
Throughout 2010 readers shared their favourite health and safety horrors from around the world
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CommentHow clients impose unreasonable terms on consultants
In austere times, clients are trying to transfer more of the risk onto desperate contractors. But to say consultants get off scot-free doesn鈥檛 tally with reality
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CommentLegal review of the year: Negotiating the chaos
The legal year was dominated by cuts, judicial reviews of cuts, and contractual squabbles. The prospect of chaos was never far away
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CommentThe legal implications of using 星空传媒 Information Modelling
BIM has huge benefits, but the principle of sharing could come unstuck when mistakes are discovered.
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CommentA bonus worthy of Scrooge
The government wants the new homes bonus to spark a resurgence in housebuilding. But it is too complex, bureaucratic and riddled with anomalies to work