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Change the guards
The cost implications of a serious fire often far exceed the costs of theft from sites
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CommentCarry on screaming
Just how scary is 2010 going to be, we ask on the cover. Well, put it this way: if you want to feel uplifted in the next 12 months your best bet is probably to watch Toy Story III
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CommentCarbon reduction regs: Are you ready to commit?
The Carbon Reduction Commitment energy trading scheme comes into force in April, but building owners should be preparing for it now if they want to avoid a hefty bill
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint... for Stride Treglown
Within five minutes of sitting down it鈥檚 obvious this is going to be a long night
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No answers
After enduring 10 years of ostracism by their professional institution, it seems at last that the QS members of the RICS might be rebelling (27 November, page 28)
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Beware Americans bearing gifts
Having worked in the past for a company that was acquired by a US firm, I would suggest that although the money and promises made are attractive, the outcome is often less so (鈥淯S giants plan raid on British consultancy sector鈥�, 11 December, page 9)
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How do I... control adjudication costs?
In the latest of our series on tackling your own legal affairs, Ben Mullard of Berwin Leighton Paisner looks at what parties can do to control the cost of an adjudication
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CommentMax Crofts: Reading the riot act
Here鈥檚 a message to RICS members: why are you complaining when you could be changing? Give us your effort, time and passion and we can overcome the challenges we face
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CommentPredictions for 2010: Anyone for cold turkey?
The season of goodwill to all men is over, folks, so get ready for a year of wrangles, nit-picking, bust-ups over defects and early claims 鈥� like last year, only worse
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Are UK houses really worth 6% more than a year ago?
The final Halifax index for 2009 has been released and it settles on a December 2009 average house price 5.6% above that of December 2008.This is roughly in line with the figures from Nationwide which show a 5.9% rise.It is easy from this to draw the conclusion that on average ...
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Workload drops as the snow falls
When we suffered a cold snap back in February last year I looked at the impact of the great freeze of 1962/63 on construction output. In a word it was huge.So, as I walked into work this morning chipper as a child as I trudge though inches of snow and ...
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CIPS figures show construction activity in 2009 ending with a whimper
The buyers鈥� body CIPS has released its first construction statistics of the New Year and they show the industry continuing to decline in December.The construction index finished the year on 47.1, below the 50 no-change mark for the 22nd consecutive month.But there was some good news. The housing index remained ...
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Pundits on balance point to flat house prices in 2010
It's the time of the year for reflections, resolutions and prognostications. And what can be more fun than guessing the likely path of house prices?Well I can think of a few things. And I'm also left wondering why anyone would wish to state a house price forecast publicly and put ...
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Does the whole GDP debate really rest on dodgy construction output figures?
It has long been said that construction is an important bellwether in determining the shape of the nation鈥檚 economic progress.Today the performance of construction, or rather revisions to its measured performance, seemingly determined how close the UK is to recovery.The upwardly revised construction data put the nation yet closer to ...
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Residential planning activity bounces back
The latest Government planning data on the face of it supports the view that there has been a bounce in activity within the house building sector.The topline data, released today, for residential planning decision show a fall in the September quarter compared with both the previous quarter and on the ...
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CommentWe鈥檝e never had it so good
You can鈥檛 see much when you鈥檙e in a hole, but the truth is that the noughties were in many ways a wonderful decade
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CommentThe decade from hell: Legal review
It ended badly and, to be honest, it didn鈥檛 start that auspiciously either, but at least it also contained some reforms that may well stand the test of time