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CommentBenefits of QS work placements
The young QS started life as a geography student, but a summer placement with a construction contractor changed his career direction
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CommentBuyers and sellers abandon the housing market
And that鈥檚 bad news for house building numbers
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CommentIs the Green Deal a good deal?
This is the only government initiative targetting the energy efficiency of existing homes but it should be seen as just the start鈥�
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CommentMixed messages and some worries as payment delays in construction grow again
Over last quarter both construction and property sectors have taken longer to pay
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CommentTimeline: why Rok's in a hard place
The history of Rok from its formation in 1939 to the suspension of its shares this morning
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CommentSnakes and ladders
Our sustainability targets are well within our reach. The only problem is working out which technologies will give us a leg up, and which will send us sliding back to square one
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CommentHansom:聽For one week only!
Roll up, roll up 鈥� see the strong man lift the BSF bid document using only two transit vans! See Mr Memory forget his own policies! And, of course, we have beautiful buildings 鈥� totally nude!
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Short and tweet: Julian Hakes
The architect juggles his career as an architect and an emerging shoe designer
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CommentThe home front
Nick Raynsford聽If public indignation at the coalition鈥檚 housing policies were not enough to demonstrate their unpopularity, the doubts of backbenchers within the ruling parties should be
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CommentStandardised prequalification form: Save while you slave
The coalition has a bright idea to save you billions of pounds on procurement. It鈥檚 a form called PAS91 and it鈥檒l only take a couple of weeks to fill in鈥�
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CommentPaul Morrell's first year at Whitehall: Paul's plan
The government鈥檚 construction advisor has been in the job for a year - we take stock
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CommentExtreme mowing
Nick Rhodes, of Oxfordshire housing association Sovereign Vale, sent in this photograph taken by one of his tenants. 鈥淭his is a novel way to cut the top of a hedge,鈥� he says.Email your 鈥渇avourite鈥� health and safety pictures to building@ubm.com or upload them to the 星空传媒 Network at network.building.co.uk. The ...
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CommentWill I win?: Early neutral evaluation
If only there were some way of finding out if you were going to win your case before you spent 拢200,000 on it. Well, actually, there is something rather like that 鈥�
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CommentMy digital life:聽Darren Shirley
鈥淲hat鈥檚 on your iPod?鈥� iPod, get with it daddy-O. iPods are for luddites
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Collaborative law: A new use for lawyers
US family lawyers have devised a dispute resolution method - collaborative law - that rethinks the roles played by clients鈥� legal advisers. Now it鈥檚 being used in commercial disputes
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CommentWonders & blunders with Sarah Beeny
Property guru Sarah Beeny was transported to childhood by a treehouse, but yanked back into the present by the demolition of a cherished structure
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Heartless: The case of a builder sued for having a heart attack
A builder suffered a heart attack during a job and could not finish the work. When his client sued him, the case turned on the rarely seen defence of frustration
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CommentInbox special advisers
Tony Pidgley, Caroline Buckingham and John Bale take the government aside for a bit of a chat
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CommentGreen Deal needs both carrot and stick
Requirement for landlords to improve housing performance at the tenants request shows government is serious about on green policy
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CommentConstruction industry is forecast to face a second double-digit decline
Forecast from Hewes & Associates suggest industry will decline by nearly 6% next year