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CommentThe end of garden grabbing: what it really means
Housebuilders shouldn鈥檛 fear anti-garden grabbing measures 鈥� there are worse planning changes afoot
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CommentGeneral public like "cows to the abattoir" says BPF panelist
The reality of the public sector cuts are sinking in as we are warned this will be 鈥渢he end of British life as we know it鈥� - but how much will it really affect our quality of life?
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CommentFootball out of Focus
London鈥檚 lack of big public screens for the World Cup exposes political inertia and metropolitan social rifts.
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CommentHow to smooth 星空传媒's web fonts
If fonts on the new 星空传媒 web site appear 鈥檅locky鈥� you probably need to turn on Cleartype on your PC. Here鈥檚 how.
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CommentWilliam Hare vs Shepherd Construction: pay when paid clause
This is a case in which a contractor tried to rely on pay when paid clauses to avoid paying several subcontractors
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Why the variation in house price indices?
What to make of the conflicting messages from the latest house prices surveys
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CommentHow to avoid World Cup sickies
If you want to avoid a sudden rise in sick leave among staff over the next month you need to take some practical steps now鈥�
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Reasoning with the RICS
I note from last week鈥檚 issue (14 May, page 9) that you brought the QS Forum into what appears to be a growing row between the QS Professional Group within the RICS and the RICS itself. Your article asserts that the forum is set to hold 鈥渃runch talks鈥� with RICS
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Save our stability
Preliminary statistics for the first quarter of 2010 show the number of Scottish construction firms becoming insolvent has doubled compared both with the last three months of 2009 and the same quarter last year
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Lack of meritocracy
I read with interest your article about work picking up in the South-east, particularly in the London region (building.co.uk, 20 May), but when I look at the range of jobs advertised, they appear to apply to surveyors or RICS-qualified people.I am wondering when I am going to get a job ...
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Oh, grow up
Paul Morrell鈥檚 article (28 May, page 28) suggests he will be saying sensible things to the ministers he is advising
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CommentNew government, new regs?
As in previous years, the flow of green legislation seems unstoppable. There is, however, a new government, which begs the question: 鈥淲hat is it going to do with the zero-carbon agenda that was the brainchild of the Labour government?鈥�
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CommentSimple game, tricky rules
Here鈥檚 a conundrum for you: What happens if part of a contract is within an adjudicator鈥檚 jurisdiction and part is outside? And if a decision is made on all of it, is it enforceable?
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CommentUnfriendly fire
I write in relation to Chris Ryan鈥檚 comments in Wonders & Blunders (28 May, page 32) on Thomas Deacon Academy, of which I am a director
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CommentWhat if everything we did was wrong?
For example, we use much more material than we need to keep a building up, and we follow codes that make absurd demands on design. Fortunately, there鈥檚 a simple remedy
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CommentDavid Strong: Mind the performance gap
Experience has shown that the carbon savings that are promised in design can fail to materialise in the finished building. The task we face now is to identify where we鈥檙e failing, find practical tools to help, and take responsibility for the outcome
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Crossrail solved
Surely a small tax on the major users of Crossrail - the banks - would adequately fill the foreseen funding gap (building.co.uk, 28 May)
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Contracts in writing
Until now, a contract has had to be in writing for a dispute to be referred for adjudication鈥�
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CommentHansom: Childminding
This week government officials babysit their ministers, architects make sure we mind our p鈥檚 and q鈥檚, multibillion-pound rail projects scream and shout - and 星空传媒 practises its keepie-uppies
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CommentPaul Everall: Change of plan?
We have a new government with its own ideas about building control. So, what do we know so far about Con/Lib plans for regulation, asks Paul Everall, and what could they mean for the industry?