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A plan submitted
There seems to be much debate and difference of opinion about how to claw back excess profits as a result of granting planning permission (17 February). Is a strategy based on the following a possibility?
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CommentOne thing straight
When the DTI asked an industry mob to discuss the Construction Act, a fight quickly ensued - but those present showed great solidarity on another issue
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Name and shame
I can understand why you elicit pictures from the readership on safety blunders. The humour makes light reading. Sadly these real-life events often go unreported - at great cost to workers and their families.
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Multiplex's legal position
Last month's news that the FA has switched the Cup Final to Cardiff shocked the industry - it should also prompt us to question the use of lump-sum contracts
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CommentWho's hungry?
We've all enjoyed the spectacle of Carillion and Balfour Beatty each grabbing a bit of Mowlem and pulling, but it doesn't mean we should expect a round of takeovers
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CommentOne fell swoop
The housing minister seems to like the idea of changing the regulation-making process. Might it be, asks Paul Everall, that in future all changes happen at the same time?
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CommentDynamic tension 鈥�
Our thanks to Martin Thorp of Thorp Consultancy in Edenbridge, Kent, for this photo, taken at the Amber Fort near Jaipur in India last year.
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Defending the estate
I would like to compliment you on the article entitled "No more messing about in boats" (17 February), which I found most entertaining.
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The dangers of playing safe
Your industry debate on off-site manufacturing (17 February) appears to miss a key member of the team in the delivery of any off-site solution.
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A telling comparison
The bottom line of an editorial in the Daily Telegraph on 4 February asserted that the Healh and Safety Executive should be closed down.
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星空传媒 meets Hello!
I was disappointed to read your Valentines Day article about couples who met on site (10 February).
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CommentHow to survive... an office romance
Amaya Lopez offers lovestruck colleagues 1 10-step guide on how to avoid losing your job and breaking hearts.
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Was it worth it?
A claimant who rejects a defendant's settlement offer had better be sure it can win a bigger sum at trial, otherwise the legal costs could make it all pointless
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CommentSixty-six and rising
The Turner Report proposes a national pensions scheme and an increase in the state pension age. Brian Griffiths suggests some points the government might like to consider
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Under review
This was an application for judicial review of an adjudication decision under the adjudication legislation in Queensland. JJ McDonald & Sons Engineering Pty Ltd (JJ) had entered into a subcontract with CEPM Pty Ltd (CEPM) that required CEPM to supply and install temporary framework, fix and tie the reinforcing steel ...
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CommentTaking power
With the search for a more secure energy supply pointing to a nuclear revival, the building industry must be ready to exploit opportunities when they come