Opinion 鈥� Page 387
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House price collapse continues says Halifax
The Halifax index of house prices returned to a downward path in February after surprising many when it showed house prices rising in January.The February figure suggests that on a seasonally adjusted basis 2.3% was wiped off the value of an average home - that equates to 拢3,800.On a non-seasonally ...
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Plunging building materials imports shows speed of downturn
The cash spent on imported building materials plunged in the final quarter of 2008 despite the huge drop in the value Sterling providing a clear indicator of the rapid decline in construction activity.In cash terms the value of imports in the fourth quarter of 2008 dropped 13% compared with the ...
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CIPS construction activity figures provide a reality check
The construction survey results from the buyers' body CIPS should provide a reality check on those who believe talking up the industry will help.For those looking at the situation closely the disastrous figures for February should come as little of a shock.The summary of the data provided reads: "Total business ...
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CommentThe sayings of Bernard Cribbins
We鈥檙e back in the seventies鈥� the decade of endless teabreaks, sclerotic roads and paralysed government 鈥� as portrayed in the work of a certain popular actor
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CommentAre you stuck in one-way traffic? Liquidated damages and the Construction Act
Rupert Choat聽Developers can鈥檛 rely on the Construction Act when they claim liquidated damages, but the contractor can when it reclaims them. How unfair!
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CommentKissing goodbye to your money? Creditors voluntary arrangements
Tony Bingham聽Your contractor wins an adjudication award but is subject to a creditors鈥� voluntary arrangement. You intend to take the case to arbitration. Do you pay up in the meantime?
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Break it up! How to deal with dispute
聽At a time when disputes are becoming all too common it鈥檚 vital to know how to manage them without destroying your company
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CommentCan I have my money back? Claiming back failed tender costs
Money matters:聽Losing bidders may now be tempted to claim compensation if tender processes are not conducted fairly. But proving it can be tricky
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Don't be fooled by contractors' reports of healthy profits
I am becoming a bit discomforted by persistent misplaced chirpiness. I keep reading and hearing things that tell me "it's not all bad in the construction sector".Fair enough, the construction sector is never "all bad". Come hell or high water I can find plenty of good things even in its ...
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Comment星空传媒 on Flickr
Astrid Kogler, deputy art editor, calls this picture by NJSR Architects鈥� Ian Bramham of l鈥橧nstitute du Monde Arab in Paris a 鈥渂eautifully composed, a truly sophisticated shot
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CommentStace buys a pint 鈥� for 星空传媒
It鈥檚 Tuesday afternoon, and I鈥檓 outside the Flying Horse as dusk falls wondering where all these old men in beige overcoats have come from
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CommentJourney鈥檚 end
A melancholy tale of thwarted hope this week, for a travelling bank manager, Gulf ex-workers in search of liquid comfort and the poor Yorkshire lass who鈥檚 taken a fancy to my prose
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By the people, for the people
The verdict of 鈥渧ery simplistic鈥� by Stroud MP David Drew on the Homes and Communities Agency鈥檚 handling of the Cashes Green Community Land Trust (CLT) proposal seems fair (13 February, page 23)
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CommentJudgment, not luck
星空传媒鈥檚 article on the complex alterations being carried out at Queen鈥檚 College in Oxford (6 February, page 40) makes for some interesting reading but unfortunately is inaccurate in parts
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School rules must be obeyed
As an acoustic consultant specialising in education, your article on new schools failing to meet acoustic standards (13 February, 星空传媒.co.uk) came as no surprise. That鈥檚 because BB93, the building regulation governing schools, is majorly flawed
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Languishing in L
Regretfully I wholeheartedly agree with the statement that Part L is not being enforced. Moreover, it is generally not understood and often ignored
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Clive Sayer salutes a 5,000-year-old citadel, but is less impressed by a more short-term project 鈥�
My wonder is the fortified Cit茅 de Carcassonne, the origins of which can be traced back to 3500 BC.