Opinion 鈥� Page 433
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Buyers and sellers feel construction market shudder
If the RICS construction survey is a good indication of what the future may look like, then the monthly Purchasing Managers Index produced by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) tends to give a fair indication of the mood of the moment.So when the March results released today ...
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There may be trouble ahead
How worried should we be about the the findings by the surveyors body RICS in its latest construction market survey showing that the outlook for the industry is at its worst for a decade?The short answer is seriously concerned. But that is only a partial answer. It certainly does not ...
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CommentThe new seekers
Alex Smith explains how building4jobs.com is making the long and painful process of looking for a job a whole lot easier
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Court refuses to enforce adjudication: Rhode vs Markham-David
Judge Thornton heard an application for summary judgment in respect of the enforcement of an adjudicator鈥檚 decision, and gave permission to defend. This cases deals with the hearing of that defence.Mr Rhode as builder carried out work for Mr Markham-David in 1999. Work went well until the parties fell out. ...
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CommentThe makeover manifesto
Open mike 鈥� A refurbishment revolution is needed if we stand any chance of cutting carbon 60% by 2050. And it may have just begun in a stable in Watford 鈥� Kate Symons explains
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CommentSpanish flair
Madrid鈥檚 new Barajas airport takes Gus Alexander by surprise at every turn. Offering a stimulating and innovative space, he discovers that it鈥檚 more a feat in Spanish pragmatism than technicality
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CommentThe eco echo
View from Whitehall: A repeated refrain has been directed at the communities department in recent months: that it fails to deliver on key objectives. Now, it must work hard to make sure that eco-towns strike the right note, says Nick Raynsford
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The Pinnacle development: Bad vibes
The office of the London insurer Hiscox is next to the site of the Pinnacle and the latter鈥檚 demolition works are causing no end of trouble between them. But can Hiscox make the work stop?
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CommentCDM regs: A question of principal
State your case 鈥� Defra seems to be instigating the use of the title of principal contractor in both SWMP regulations and CDM 2007. Is this joined-up thinking or just plain confusing, asks Gillian Birkby
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A bad time for house prices to go negative
Nationwide released its latest house price figures today showing the a 1.1 per cent rise over the past 12 months. However, it also revised its forecast for 2008 down from no change to an overall fall.This will please neither estate agents nor house builders as they put Easter behind them ...
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CommentExistential angst
If Heathrow Terminal 2 ceases to exist, what happens to Terminals 3, 4 and 5? And if the BBC believes Lord Digby Jones to be a lager-swilling teenager, does it make it so?
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Duggan Morris
The staff of Duggan Morris are chatting excitedly about their competition win of a visitor centre at Liverpool Bay as I arrive. That is, they would be had this meeting occurred last week.
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A fundamental flaw
The proposals to review 星空传媒 Regulations regularly every six years looks like a throwback to the seventies to me (I am a former building control officer).
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A place for sarcasm
I am reassured to see from the photos attached to the article Welly Garden City (14 March, pages 60-62), that the landscape and natural countryside is being so effectively held back and not allowed to encroach on yet another 鈥済reen development鈥�.
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Voice of the common man
Congratulations on your article about pleural plaques (14 March, page 36), as it is an important issue that deserves prominent and regular attention.
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New tricks
Regarding the fact that the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is to be axed and its responsibilities reallocated to local authorities (18 March, building.co.uk), I think this shift in emphasis is a good idea.
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To complete the list 鈥�
I noticed that your article on The Sunday Times鈥� good employers list (14 March, page 15) missed out Royal Haskoning.
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