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CommentNEC3 : Compensation culture
The new NEC3 contract features mechanisms to change contract prices and completion dates, under certain circumstances. We look at compensation events
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CommentPayment to subcontractors: The direct approach
The revised EU Public Procurement Directive could mean that subcontractors will receive payment directly. Our columnist compares direct payment legislation from other countries
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CommentCRASH: Sharing what you do best
By supporting the industry charity CRASH you can make a real difference to the lives of homeless people
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NewsBourne Group weathers storm to achieve growth
Steelwork specialist overcomes tough market and is set to diversify into new sectors
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CommentHansom: Day-to-day activities
Russia wonders what to do now the Games are over, the BBC brings a party on four wheels to the submerged South-west, a hacks bangs his head, and construction collides with the world of musical theatre (jazz hands!)
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NewsConstruction appointments: 28 February 2014
Savills, Jones Lang LaSalle and Keepmoat are among the companies making promotions and new appointments
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NewsWates defends two-year retention payments
Contractor argues that retention policy is more generous than many of its competitors
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NewsRidge buys Upton McGougan
Consultant acquires 55-strong consultant engineer for undisclosed sum
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NewsRevealed: New-build flats at high risk of overheating
Ecobuild latest: Report by Good Homes Alliance shows danger to vulnerable residents in accommodation built after 2000
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NewsArchitect warns over New Street design changes
Alejandro Zaera-Polo calls on client Network Rail to reconsider “destructive” alterations
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NewsDesign team picked for £50m Newcastle science centre job
Exclusive: Hawkins\Brown, Buro Happold and BD Landscapes will work on phase two of £325m scheme
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NewsHousing stats: new-build sales and completions in January 2014
Daily sales are down from this time last year but both registrations and completions have gone up
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NewsFirst new build on Kensington Palace Gardens for 100 years
Exclusive: Architect Colwyn Foulkes Partners gets green light for luxury residence near Kensington Palace
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FeaturesOnwards and upwards
As Barbour ABI launches its latest monthly Economic Construction Market Reviews, Michael Dall presents highlights, including sector and regional statistics with a focus on the residential sector
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FeaturesYou can have a say in how CRASH is run
As a long-standing patron of CRASH, the managing director at British Gypsum Mike Chaldecott believes he’s found an efficient form of charitable giving for his company
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FeaturesBrush up on your BREEAM
There’s little time left to comment on the draft BREEAM UK New Construction 2014. Yetunde Abdul, BREEAM scheme development manager, takes you on a whistlestop tour of the main changes
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FeaturesEcobuild 2014 programme: Into the zone
Here’s your visitors’ guide to the content zones and speakers at Ecobuild, along with some highlights of the talks to come
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FeaturesCustom build: Give us the tools
Once trumpeted as a way of raising housing output by as many as 50,000 homes a year, custom build was responsible for barely a fifth of that figure last year. So what’s the hold-up and can anything be done to reinvigorate the market?
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FeaturesEcobuild 2014 preview: Now you’re talking…
The pressures on today’s environment are many and Ecobuild is the stimulating forum in which to explore, exchange and debate the possible solutions. Ike Ijeh picks out some of the key themes at this year’s event
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CommentUKGBC view: From zero to hero
We’ve come a long way since Ecobuild was launched 10 years ago and today the industry is altogether more savvy about zero carbon. But now, says Paul King, something even more ambitious is called for - and our very lives depend on it