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BSF and double dip: Handle with care
The recovery will be fragile, so are BSF cuts enough to destabilise it?
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I saw the news today, oh boy
I noted with interest the news that local authorities are having to make substantial payouts on claims for damage to motor vehicles due to the state of the roads, caused by the severe winter weather
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CommentEU-wide construction law: It鈥檒l be back
You may have thought the idea of an EU-wide construction law was killed off in the nineties, but somehow it has just staggered to its feet. Time to be afraid
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CommentLosing the argument but getting your way: Ultimate victory
Anglian Water鈥檚 dispute with Laing O鈥橰ourke over the NEC鈥檚 adjudication rules illustrates a peculiarity of legal disputes: you can lose all kinds of arguments and still get your way
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Anti-fraud: The taxman cometh
The Revenue has begun an anti-fraud campaign, and any firms that don鈥檛 follow the letter of the law on paying subcontractors are going to be in a world of pain
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CommentAlternative medicine
The gp consortiums will not be a few go-getting practices clubbing together - they鈥檒l be huge organisations that operate over whole counties
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CommentPlanning applications: The age of consent
Architects are spending more of their time doing designs purely to gain planning permission. But unless they鈥檙e going to help build them too, don鈥檛 expect them to be any good
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Comment1-peak challenge
It was Warren Pyle who spotted this 鈥渢ruly safety-conscious scaffolder鈥� lugging some heavy planks up a roof. Don鈥檛 fancy using the perfectly good scaffolding tower? Nope? On your own head be it 鈥�
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CommentTall Stories: A Tale of Two Cities - Paris and London
A new Radio 4 documentary compares attitudes to building tall in London and Paris.
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CommentHead of public estate vows to take private sector medicine
Head of public property John McCready says government is willing to listen to fresh ideas
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CommentAnglian Water vs Laing O鈥橰ourke Utilities: serving notices
Following this case parties should make sure notices get to the right people through the right channels
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CommentWhat is the supermarket of the future?
The views of retail experts from 星空传媒鈥檚 Supermarkets Conference today
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CommentMore than 300,000 construction jobs axed so far in this recession
Latest set of jobs figures are the gloomiest yet
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CommentEstate agents expect housing prices to fall
Latest RICS survey shows more estate agents are expecting price falls than rises
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CommentDemonstration vs Democracy at Parliament Square
It's not the protestors who are to blame for turning Parliament Square into an eyesore, it's the mayor.
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CommentBSF: In defence of Tim Byles
Some government officials look like they may be attempting to pin blame for the latest BSF fiasco on Tim Byles. If they do, they could be making a huge mistake.
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CommentShanghai diary: What China taught the CIOB
CIOB members took in the magnitude of China鈥檚 construction growth at its recent AGM in Shanghai
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CommentThe legal fall-out from scrapping BSF
Claims could soon start from companies left out of pocket by the government shredding of BSF
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CommentQuentin Shears: Tinker, tailor, soldier, quantity surveyor
鈥淏ut is there anything from a meeting of our partners that would interest the Kremlin?鈥�
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CommentTurning heads
This scaffolding attempt in the Derbyshire village of Shirland is not only perilous for the user, but was proving a serious hazard to all the motorists turning to gawp