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CommentHansom: Spooky
Lovesick phantoms, a paranormal ability to rewrite the past and a man who can talk to the animals (to the animals) 鈥� recently, construction has been getting decidedly weird
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Fool's gold
If Michael Gove gets into government, he鈥檒l have to learn pretty quick that we haven鈥檛 had a system based on land-use planning since 2004.
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CommentEastern promises
The UK鈥檚 own history makes it uniquely placed to partner China in transforming old industries and leading the world in putting eco principles into practice, says John Prescott
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Discrimination is good
There is currently a great deal of misinformation in the press about the review of the Association of British Insurers鈥� (ABI) guidance document, Fire Performance of Sandwich Panel Systems.
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A cynic writes 鈥�
The government claims it will make a 拢100bn investment in wind power over 12 years (26 June, www.building.co.uk).
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CommentMisery: Crest Nicholson vs Mr & Mrs Western
So you buy a new house, find some flaws, get nowhere with the builder and go to arbitration. At which point your troubles really begin 鈥�
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CommentChongqing express
You may never have heard of it, but the Chinese city of Chongqing is the largest on the planet. What鈥檚 more, says Li Shirong, it鈥檚 growing at a hell of a rate
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CommentChina special: dispute resolution
The Chinese legal system is improving rapidly, but foreign parties still need to approach its dispute resolution procedures with caution
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China: the tendering process
China鈥檚 fledgling tendering process has overcome many of its teething problems, but is still unsuited to large complicated projects. Here鈥檚 how it works
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CommentChina goes to town
China is ravenous for British expertise. And no wonder: in 20 years鈥� time it could account for more than half of the global market for construction services
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CommentMy digital life: Tim Broyd
Tim Broyd is an online shopaholic. The web is his clothes store, television, supermarket, noticeboard, travel agent and, most importantly, a refuge for the hopelessly car-obsessed.
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CommentWonders & blunders
IM Pei鈥檚 Suzhou Museum is a masterly modern take on Chinese traditional buildings, says Pak Hung Lai, whereas the Shanghai Convention Centre is just, well, balls
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CommentOnly yourselves to blame
Managers found guilty of causing death by a 'gross breach' of care are liable to criminal conviction, but the Corporate Manslaughter act is clear on how to avoid a prosecution
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CommentWebmaster review: Beijing Olympics website
Surf your way to en.beijing2008.cn, then see if you agree with our analysis of the website for the Beijing Olympics
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Discrimination is bad
Regarding Harriet Harman鈥檚 plans for positive discrimination (26 June, www.building.co.uk), many of these laws are reasonable but surely the government is allowing ethnic minorities the opportunity to claim racial discrimination if a white person with a similar set of skills and qualifications is selected for a position that they have ...
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Atkins, Shanghai
Paul Rice associate director, Atkins ShanghaiStuart Macdonald, 星空传媒 鈥� and 20 drunken Australian embassy staff and guests
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Withholding notices: Aedas Architects vs Skanska Construction UK
This dispute arose out of works done on contracts to renovate some schools in Midlothian. The claimant sought periodical payments but was met with refusal because the Defendant claimed that it had large and on-going contra set-offs which were much more than what the claimant was pursuing.The claimant argued ...
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Housing rescue plan? What housing rescue plan?
Caroline Flint has just announced the much talked of rescue plan for the housing market - couched in terms of affordable housing, but in essence an attempt to bolster the crumbling house building sector.It has been welcomed by the National Housing Federation, so it must be good. And I am ...
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If this is recession - here's what not to do
Given the slew of shocking data and the seemingly inevitable fate that awaits construction I thought it worthwhile casting my mind back to the horrors of the early 1990s and to try to recall the mistakes firms made in reacting to recession.So here is my: Top five mistakes in a ...