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Low conduct
A major point overlooked by Richard Steer in his article Buyer Beware (13 November) is that all partners and directors in consultancies have a duty under their professional indemnity (PI) insurance policy to take all reasonable precautions to prevent losses or liabilities arising in connection with the insured risks
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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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CommentWhere the wind blows
The recently published 鈥淶ero Carbon for New Non-domestic 星空传媒s鈥� by the communities department has much to commend it, but is flawed by one large blind spot, says the Davis Langdon senior consultant
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Why the long bill?
The prices of labour and materials in the construction industry have fallen and tender prices have plummeted
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CommentHansom: I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true. But until then, you鈥檒l have to make do with more stories about disgruntled surveyors, Olympic cash and out-of-work architects
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CommentRemember 1666?
Isn鈥檛 it about time that building control officers stood up against the green brigade and used some common sense?
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Grim outlook for jobs in UK construction
The official figures show construction lost 67,000 jobs in the third quarter of this year. This is more than 1,000 jobs each working day and half the jobs lost to the UK economy over that period.So while there may be suggestions of more stability in the wider economy, construction is ...
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Housing recovery is resting on happier family homes market
The latest swathe of housing data continues to suggest a pick up both in prices and activity and the RICS November house price survey, released today, adds further weight to the case for a housing recovery.Its measures for sales, expected sales, new inquiries, new instructions, prices and expected prices are ...
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After Copenhagen
Whatever happens in Copenhagen this week, the UK has already committed itself to some of the most ambitious targets for reducing carbon emissions in the world. It鈥檚 worth reminding ourselves of that. It鈥檚 also worth asking ourselves what this means and how on earth we might, well, get there.The average ...
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They should have said
It was with some incredulity and confusion that I read the news item 鈥淚ndustry slams payment law plans鈥� (13 November, page 12)
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Planning obsolescence
I was most impressed with the first question posed at last week鈥檚 Homes and Communities Agency 鈥渙pen meeting鈥� on 26 November
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Timber frame inspections: Everything you need for a fire
Timber-frame sites are sustainable, technologically sophisticated and accidents waiting impatiently to happen, says Paul Hymers. And he should know 鈥� he has to inspect them
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CommentDon鈥檛 get your suspenders in a twist
The Construction Act says it is lawful to down tools if you haven鈥檛 been paid what you鈥檙e owed. But what happens if you get it wrong and the money isn鈥檛 owed?
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Whistling in the dark
Further to your recent 鈥渨histleblower鈥� item (13 November, page 15), it seems the proposed action by Balfour Beatty ex-employees is driven by an assumption of continuing unemployment with a commensurate loss of prospective earnings
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CommentHansom: Dangerous liaisons
Construction has come over all drama and intrigue, it seems. We therefore invite you, ladies and gentlemen, to a cloak and dagger meeting, a masked party and a duelling lesson. Don鈥檛 forget your wigs
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Cometh the hour: Nick Raynsford welcomes Paul Morrell
If anyone can pull off the new role of chief construction adviser, it鈥檚 Paul Morrell, says Nick Raynsford. But we need to give him time before we can reasonably expect to see results
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CommentEnd this crisis by Christmas: Richard Steer on the RICS
The RICS has to sort out the mess it鈥檚 made, or rumours of a breakaway group are bound to resurface
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CommentInformation overload: The bumf tax
Tenderers are forced to wade through a shedload of information for the odd relevant detail, costing them a fortune. A few trips to the county court might put an end to the practice