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CommentOff his perch
Martin Ward, the construction director of Persimmon Homes, came across this set-up in Mauritius. He says: 鈥淭here are vertical reinforcing bars below him and the cross supports are nailed to the block wall.鈥�
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CommentWhat house price falls might mean for future housing construction
The sharp fall in the Halifax house price index serves as a warning for those relying on rising private sector housebuilding for future growth
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CommentRetrofit revolution reflects austere times
BRE鈥檚 Victorian Terrace Retrofit project showcases very sensible innovations that will cut carbon in existing housing stock
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CommentWhat Cameron didn't say in his speech
The prime minister鈥檚 party conference speech was light on detail, but then he鈥檚 saving all that for another date in October鈥�
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CommentThe first of many BSF legal challenges?
While councils may be minded to claim back wasted costs, private sector players are just focused on not making a bad situation worse
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CommentWhat you need to know about the Equality Act
Measures that came into force on 1 October will take some construction employers by surprise, here鈥檚 why鈥�
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CommentClaiming liquidated damages: Azimut-Benetti vs Darrell Marcus Healey
This row about a 鈧�38m yacht has some interesting lessons for parties entering into construction contracts too鈥�
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CommentGeorge Osborne's got good and bad news
The chancellor raised a laugh at conference today, but when it comes to cuts he鈥檚 deadly serious
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CommentZaha's big night
She鈥檚 waited a long time for it, and on Saturday night Zaha Hadid finally gave her acceptance speech for the Stirling Prize
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CommentSacred cow burgers
Whatever you think of the coalition, it鈥檚 pretty clear it needs help. Luckily construction is in a great position to provide it, but it needs to slaughter a few horned beasties first
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CommentHello, Ed 鈥�
Ed Miliband took to the Labour party conference stage this week and declared himself firmly on your side. 鈥淵ou see, when you cancel thousands of new school buildings at a stroke, it isn鈥檛 just bad for our kids, it鈥檚 bad for construction companies at a time when their order books ...
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CommentWonders & blunders
Baritone Sir Thomas Allen sings the praises of Kent鈥檚 maritime history but reckons Putney Wharf sends the Thames skyline distinctly off-key
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CommentHansom:聽Everything in its place
Sticklers for detail are thick on the ground this week: billionaire property owners insisting their wires are not crossed, the company that won鈥檛 be called a contractor and a ferocious fight for a full stop
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CommentWhat the pooping man told us
Engineers鈥� wizardry is beyond question, but they still suffer from a cultural cringe when it comes to the question of creativity. Luckily, Chris Wise met someone who explained the whole thing
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CommentEd, the thoughtful radical
Ed Miliband was not my first choice as leader of the Labour party
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CommentMust-see TV
Christopher Hare snapped these two committed couch potatoes trying to fit a TV aerial in a rainy London Bridge. Clearly the television schedules must have improved since we last looked 鈥�
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Because you're worth it
Chris Cheshire has hit the nail right on the head with his comments about low quotes (17 September, page 10)
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Long live RSLs
Oh dear Mr Shapps! What an ill-conceived comment about housing association 鈥渇at cat鈥� pay
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In the steps of Duncan Wallace
Rudi Klein asserted that 鈥渢raditional procurement methods are so needlessly wasteful that a consultant or solicitor who advises a client to adopt them may be guilty of negligence鈥�