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Tender price squeeze is likely to threaten construction firms
The latest projections from the cost service BCIS point to further reductions in tender price over the next two years despite expected rises in input prices.The latest figures show a fall of 1.2% in the first quarter of this year, followed by no growth in the second quarter, while costs ...
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Spend big, yes, but spend wisely on construction Mr Darling
Just over a week ago I had lunch with three economists, all with more than a passing interest in construction. Oddly, perhaps, for a group of economist there seemed to be a consensus, well at least on one topic.If construction is heading for recession then the Government is wise to ...
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Darling's bid might steer construction away from a nasty recession
Less than a fortnight ago I wondered whether we might see a return to Keynesian-style cash injections to buoy the real economy and more specifically construction. I recall other similar comments in the media.Now it seems from stories in the FT and the Telegraph that this thought may become reality. ...
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CommentLet鈥檚 work together
Sir Michael Latham The business and enterprise select committee鈥檚 proposal for a chief construction offer has been taken up. Now we need to push for integrated teams
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CommentThe state is back
It is three years since the National Federation of Builders began highlighting the woeful service its members receive from utilities companies.
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CommentJurisdiction of the court
The CaseThe defendant invited tenders for building works to convert a hotel back into the family house that it originally was. The claimant鈥檚 tender was successful. At the time the claimant commenced work, there was no contract in place. Thereafter, as the works progressed, there were negotiations between the parties ...
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Credit crunch advice: Shelter from the storm
聽In the first of a series on the legal implications of the economic downturn, we run through the options for limiting your exposure to risky projects
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CommentK is for key performance indicators
A-Z of construction law聽Our beginner鈥檚 guide to legal basics reaches K, and the increasingly important notion of the key performance indicator
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CommentMy digital life: Chris Bone
The Bone Steel boss likes the instant communication and access to news and sports the web offers, but prefers networking face to face
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CommentHow have the mighty fallen
The bold and the beautiful at Dubai鈥檚 latest luxury resort get a nasty shock, a celebrity gardener is rudely excluded and a mathematically minded company boss makes a third blunder
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CommentOur obscene failure
The response of the housebuilding industry to the downturn is to stop building and cast off the very people it will need to help it recover. We have to be far more imaginative, says David Lock
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Scheming spires
Could the Royal Town Planning Institute have contributed to the shortage of qualified planners?
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CommentBack to nature
Regeneration is always a positive move, however, we have to remember why some buildings built hundreds of years ago are still standing up and looking beautiful today, whereas most modern buildings turn ugly and dysfunctional after a few decades.
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Going concern
The health and safety blunder photograph on 26 September (page 35) raised concerns for us.
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Community action
In response to Robert Adam鈥檚 article 鈥淭hey鈥檙e having you on鈥� (26 September, page 36), I would like to draw Mr Adam鈥檚 attention to the Construction Emissions Community of Practice (CECoP), an inclusive group of practitioners brought together to develop a fair and transparent methodology to assess the initial impact of ...
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Government: the noes have it 鈥�
Margaret Beckett will undoubtedly make just as big an impact on housing as she did during the foot and mouth epidemic: none.Mike Morgan
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鈥� again 鈥�
The government of the UK is a pathetic joke and construction is particularly affected.
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鈥� and, well, you get the point
So the government may ditch its own standards on eco-towns. Ministers need to get a much higher calibre of advice on this.
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