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2011 is set to be worst year in decades for UK house sales
This could be the worst year for house sales in this recession
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CommentDon't look now
The outlook for 2012 is gloomy but key government policy initiatives could provide the boost to confidence that the industry needs
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CommentArchitectual competitions: Judgement day
Those judging architectural competitions need to be wise, ethical and very well informed. That鈥檚 why the tittle-tattle of public opinion should be ignored
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CommentHansom: Talk to my agent
Cocktails and canapes in a tent, a fish and chip supper and a spot on prime-time TV. Sounds like a lifestyle for a B-list celeb, not a day in the life of a contractor
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CommentWonders and Blunders with Karen Kirkham
锘縆aren Kirkham uses her daily commute to size up passing buildings. She finds Battersea Power Station has a dignity even in decay whereas the MI6 building is indestructibly pompous
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Inbox: Trials and tribulations
The problems facing the industry this week are low margin rewards, high prices for utilities, fierce competition in the UK from overseas companies and the technicalities of BIM
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CommentThis decade will be the first in more than a century when Britain鈥檚 homes become more crowded
The rate we鈥檙e building homes is failing to keep pace with population growth
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CommentForecasters shade down expectations for construction on private sector growth fears
At best forecasts suggest the industry is facing two years of a second dip into recession
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CommentBIM and the QS: Better late than never
Why are the majority of QSs reluctant to use BIM? It鈥檚 time to get on board before early adopters in the contracting market get too far ahead
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CommentImpartiality of arbitrators: A and others vs 1) B 2) X
This case lead to an examination of whether an arbitrator鈥檚 impartiality was in doubt, and showed that there can be conflict during a proceedings not just at the outset
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CommentWhat is it that I apparently know that the Bank of England economists do not?
The Bank of England鈥檚 low interest rate approach may lead to a deeper repression and slower growth
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CommentThe economy: Plan B or no Plan B, that is the question
What will the government announce its strategy to tackle the faltering economy to be in its autumn statement?
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CommentMy Digital Life: 聽Martin Carroll
From clothes, to drinks, to timely annecdotes in 140 characters or less, this director likes to roam the web
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CommentHansom: I dare you
This week, contractors go the full monty for a charity calendar, a boss is not amused by the 鈥楲unch Atop Heron Tower鈥� photo and the hot seat at Mouchel proves too much for two chairmen
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CommentHealthcare: Get well soon
When we think of healthcare, we think of patients, but at the moment it鈥檚 the estate that鈥檚 sick. It needs leadership, innovative development ideas - and a good bedside manner
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CommentPlanning and biodiversity: An inconspicuous truth
When the planning system leaves sites empty, it also blocks money that is urgently needed to enhance local biodiversity, says Jaquelin Fisher
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Inbox: Good cheer
The October sunshine lifts the mood as readers toast a straight-talking lawyer and a pier in need of a revamp, while QSs insist they have befriended BIM - or would do if the software could be standardised
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