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CommentA contractor's survival guide
How many times have you read about contractors losing money, or going bust, as the result of a few 鈥榩roblem contracts鈥�? So shouldn鈥檛 they do more to plan for them?
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CommentCutting bureaucracy: Smash the system!
The spirit of adventure will thrive again, but only if we free it from the soul-crushing bureaucracy of planning rules, building regs, safety protocols and sustainability
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Watkins Gray International
Get a predominantly male crowd of people together in a pub, not all of whom know each other, and chances are they鈥檒l end up talking about sport. In this case: motor racing
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CommentReturn of the arbitrator
The 100-day form of arbitration has received a resurgence of interest in recent times, and rightly so, as it has several advantages over adjudication
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It鈥檚 no fun anymore
Having been a member of the RICS for more than 50 years, I read with interest your leader on 20 November (page 3)
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CommentHansom: Financial advisers
A City update, a pub in France during a football match, the RICS鈥� new service, even Amy Winehouse 鈥� it seems you can find business advice anywhere this week. Oh, except at a RIBA business advice event
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CommentSound advice
The Noise Abatement Society鈥檚 Love Your Ears campaign aims to raise awareness and protect children鈥檚 hearing from permanent damage through continued exposure to loud music on MP3 players. However, it should also echo with the construction industry, where BB93 verification is yet to become mandatory and schools still risk failing ...
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but so does the OFT
Tony Bingham seems to have his finger on the pulse when it comes to explaining cover pricing, which was always a benign process (30 October, page 32)
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CommentRICS and its members: Losing touch
Members from across the whole of the organisation feel the RICS is morphing from an elected body for the members into a quango wannabe
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CommentHansom: The seat of power
Downing Street is the scene of this week鈥檚 tales of the unexpected, as Gordon Brown practises his stand-up routine, Prince Charles is praised for his tact, and a hard-bitten architect gets all gooey-eyed
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Feelings, wo-o-o feelings鈥�
You don鈥檛 often see the words 鈥榚ngineering鈥� and 鈥榚motion鈥� in the same sentence, but once the connection is made, it can change lives
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Everybody wins
We are, of course, sympathetic to the plight of housebuilders in the current economic climate, but we are deeply concerned by any suggestion that the Lifetime Homes standard should be dropped as part of a review of regulatory 鈥渞ed tape鈥� (30 October, page 19)
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Just a drop in the (rising) ocean
I was pleased to hear Scottish housing and communities minister Alex Neil announce a 拢15m Scottish home insulation scheme administered by the Energy Saving Trust last week
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Your critics miss the point
Tony Bingham鈥檚 and Rudi Klein鈥檚 (9 October, page 32) articles on the OFT are linked and raise more questions than they answer
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Eco offences: A civil war on pollution
The proposed Environmental Civil Sanctions Order will give regulators powers to impose penalties on construction firms that damage the environment
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Wonders & blunders with Philip Watts
Philip Watts enjoys the feelings of oppression he gets when inside Libeskind鈥檚 Jewish Museum. But inside the prison of Sheffield鈥檚 Parkhill Estate all he wants is to get out
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Saving the best for last: Wolstenholme report
We鈥檝e had Latham, we鈥檝e had Egan and now we have Wolstenholme. But the most intriguing part of this latest report is what a set of young professionals have to say
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CommentThe balfour beatty phenomenon
This contractor鈥檚 acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff will be prompting its rivals to ask whether expansion might be a far-sighted strategy in tough times