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CommentLet’s get radical
Yes, please for more infrastructure investment - but let’s make sure enlightened procurement becomes the rule rather than the exception
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CommentLost opportunities
The no marketing rules are impeding knowledge sharing as well as publicity opportunities
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Further to fall
With the economic outlook worsening, construction activity is expected to keep slowing until the end of 2013, with prices rising slightly
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CommentSmoothing over the cracks
Here’s a case where homeowners took a builder to court for damages when cracks appeared in their homes. The question was how to calculate what compensation to pay
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NewsHousing stats: New build sales and completions in June
This month’s data reveals a sharp drop in public sector housing registrations
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CommentMy digital life … David Barrett
John Rowan & Partners’ head of retrofit on treasure hunting, the Temple Run app and the best groups on Linkedin
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CommentInvesting in Angola: Between extremes
Understand these regulations and you could tap into one of the fastest-growing markets in Africa
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2012
Who’s thriving and who’s merely surviving this year? Our interactive tables reveal all …
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CommentTurn on the power
In the first of three articles looking at key risks for contractors on energy projects, we examine a typical contract structure for a power station build
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FeaturesThe 12 key moments that made the Olympics
As the gaze of the world fixes on London for tonight’s opening ceremony, Building looks back over the major events, turning points and chance encounters that helped to create the most extraordinary construction project the capital has ever seen
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FeaturesGardens by the Bay, Singapore
How Wilkinson Eyre found a sustainable way of cooling two vast glass conservatories in one of the hottest climates on Earth
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NewsHome Office picks firms for £20m framework
Exclusive: Drivers Jonas Deloitte, Gleeds, Mace and Mott MacDonald will work across Home Office estate
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NewsRIBA calls for ministers to relax 2012 gag
RIBA president tells Olympics minister that marketing rules should be eased now
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NewsImperial West development given green light
PLP Architecture and Aukett Fitzroy Robinson design approved by council
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CommentRenewables subsidy review is a 'shot in the arm' for UK plc
But we need to be careful to maximise the economic benefits
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CommentDay 2: Key Olympic moments
Three major events in the construction of the most extraordinary project the capital has seen
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NewsCable: construction is the 'weak link' in the economy
But business secretary defends the government’s efforts to boost the ailing sector