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CommentEd, the thoughtful radical
Ed Miliband was not my first choice as leader of the Labour party
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In the steps of Duncan Wallace
Rudi Klein asserted that 鈥渢raditional procurement methods are so needlessly wasteful that a consultant or solicitor who advises a client to adopt them may be guilty of negligence鈥�
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CommentChange of control clauses: Keep a grip with sharp clause
What happens if the company you鈥檙e happily in contract with gets bought by another outfit? Well, that depends on the small print in your contract鈥�
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CommentSacred cow burgers
Whatever you think of the coalition, it鈥檚 pretty clear it needs help. Luckily construction is in a great position to provide it, but it needs to slaughter a few horned beasties first
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CommentWonders & blunders
Baritone Sir Thomas Allen sings the praises of Kent鈥檚 maritime history but reckons Putney Wharf sends the Thames skyline distinctly off-key
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Because you're worth it
Chris Cheshire has hit the nail right on the head with his comments about low quotes (17 September, page 10)
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Sound advice
I read with interest your recent article on free schools (10 September, page 42) and agree wholeheartedly, in principle, that existing buildings should be considered for conversion into so-called free schools
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Advance payment bonds: Another bond story
On-demand bonds to protect advance payments are a really good idea, but a recent case shows that you have to give the courts as little room for interpretation as possible
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The tragic case of a 15-year-old killed on site
Here鈥檚 a tragic case of a young man who was killed when a wall collapsed on him. His gaffer was a man of good character who didn鈥檛 mean anyone any harm. He got three years
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CommentFalling mortgage approvals indicate gloomier times
House price indices are less helpful for forecasters when housing transactions are low
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CommentGreat Danes
Learning from Copenhagen: Denmark presents an alluring example of holistic sustainability, dynamic design and civic debate that could hold lessons for us here.
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CommentPassivhaus refurb diaries, part 6: fitting the windows
The team behind the retrofit of an Edwardian property using Passivhaus principles explain the significance of the high performance windows
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CommentHansom:聽Tough sells
The Conservative housing minister at the Lib Dem party conference, a strangely familiar 鈥檌conic鈥� development in Dubai and a super-luxe London apartment with its own secret tunnel
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CommentWaste and water markets: Filling the gap
In our latest infrastructure market report we explore the hidden worlds of water and waste
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Spending cuts: Education was just the start...
After the shock of the education spending massacre, the cutbacks will probably provoke despair rather than anger
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Feeling a little short changed? Plasterers and the CITB
Plasterers are sick of paying a training levy that really goes on jobs at the CITB. Who can blame them? We should be levying plasterboard makers at a fraction of the cost
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CommentWonders & blunders
Political commentator Adam Bienkov applauds one raw display of power on the bank of the Thames and hisses another on the edge of Green Park
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CommentCitywatch: 聽Morgan sindall鈥檚 big gamble
Construction analysts spent most of the week marvelling at the speed with which Morgan Sindall had slapped 拢28m on the table for the social housing arm of Connaught