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CommentThe West is the best
I liked your Dubai leader (鈥淎fter the goldrush鈥�, 30 October, page 3) and I was interested to read about the future reliance on Indian QSs and off-site services
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CommentAnother way: Greg Verhoef on how to be innovative
Every contractor wants to be innovative, but how do you do it? Greg Verhoef says the first step is to take a critical look at yourself 鈥� then think about standardisation and sustainability
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CommentAdjucation enforcement: When to use the f-word
It鈥檚 easy to bandy about the word 鈥榝raud鈥� in the hope of defeating enforcement in civil proceedings, but you鈥檇 better make sure you have sufficient evidence to back it up
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The banks must act
While confidence in the commercial property market is continuing to rise, this is not being matched by the availability of freehold assets for investors to buy
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Construction continues to shed workers at an alarming pace
A further 38,000 construction workers were made redundant in the three months to September according to the latest Government labour market figures.This raises the total of employees shed over the previous 12 months to 177,000.Meanwhile the figures also show that the chances of those being made redundant finding a new ...
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The stagnant housing market: More a problem of first-time movers than first-time buyers
First-time buyers are increasingly becoming trapped in their first-time homes and unable to move on to homes that better suit their needs.That at least is the implication of some figures that caught my eye recently when I was looking though some data produced by the Council of Mortgage Lenders.Consider this: ...
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Has the housing mini-boom run out of puff?
All the gauges appear to be reading "set fair" in the housing market, so why the long faces among those in the know?The latest RICS housing market survey on the face of it provides every reason to suspect that better times lie ahead. This follows a raft of housing indexes ...
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Optimism alive and kicking in construction
The RICS construction survey for the third quarter of 2009 found confidence over increased workloads returning to the industry for the first time since 2008 Q1.This was despite an overall fall in workload across the industry as a whole and the fact that things would have been worse but for ...
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CommentAt last we鈥檙e getting somewhere
Politicians and business leaders are showing renewed enthusiasm for the Thames Gateway
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The war on time
In the field of time management the construction industry is now in the same position as it was with quantity surveying at the start of the 20th century: we have no standards to work to, no training and no qualifications for those who do it. It should be no surprise, ...
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A valueless tax
I was somewhat surprised to read your article on false self-employment in construction (2 October, page 15)
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Existential matters: Novation
It is not always easy to tell whether a novation has taken place. Here鈥檚 a case that ended up in court because one side swore blind that the contract had been novated
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A matter of life and death
I found your article 鈥淢anslaughter rules could 鈥榮ignal end鈥� for small firms鈥� (30 October, page 11) fascinating
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CommentMinimum damage: Liquidated damages
Liquidated damages are often fought over, but rarely understood. Here鈥檚 a guide to the pitfalls to avoid when trying to claim them 鈥�
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Cut out the middle man
I鈥檓 writing in reference to the recruitment agencies fined for price fixing (2 October, page 10)
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Lifetime commitment
I was bemused by Ian Ellingham鈥檚 鈥渙pen mike鈥� column (23 October, page 33)
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CommentHansom: Life coach
Whether you鈥檙e an engineer drained of positive life forces, a shadow of your usual shadow ministerial self, or an architect who feels trapped in a never-ending regeneration scheme, I鈥檓 here to help
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint: The interiors group
鈥淒o you watch Little Britain?鈥� Adrian demands as I sit down. 鈥淲ho does he look like? Go on, guess!鈥�