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FeaturesMoving overseas: The checklist
An ever growing number of UK construction professionals are trying to escape the gloom by heading to foreign climes. But unfortunately, remembering your toothbrush is the least of it - for a move to be successful, it pays to plan carefully and keep on top of the paperwork…
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CommentWhen pay-when-certified goes wrong
Pay-when-certified is fine in theory, but it tends not to work if the date of completion is plucked from thin air
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CommentHow to follow a pre-action protocol
A pre-action protocol could help resolve your dispute and avoid a costly court procedure - but it involves more than simply complying with a set of rules
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FeaturesTotal football: Brasilia's National Stadium
Brasilia’s seventies National Stadium has been rebuilt to the tune of £258m to become arguably the greenest arena in the world. It will be a key venue at the 2016 Olympics but, unlike its London counterpart, its real purpose is crystal clear: it’s all about the beautiful game. By Ike ...
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CommentLetters of intent: Use with caution
If work has to start before a full contract is in place, a letter of intent seems like a convenient solution. But beware - they can lead to all sorts of complications
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FeaturesCareers: It's BIM up north
The North-east is becoming such a hub of expertise on Building Information Modelling, it could soon be giving London a run for its money
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CommentHansom: Taking the Mickey
This week, Disney turns out to be a surprise authority on BIM, the timber debate goes Transatlantic, a second Atkins employee carries the Olympic torch forward and, last but not least, the Gherkin collapses
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NewsSchneider bags £30m of UK orders
German cladding giant ends a two-year order drought with UK orders
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NewsLend Lease wins £89m University of Strathclyde job
Contractor to build new Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow city centre
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FeaturesPension problems: Don't look now
Construction firms’ final salary pension liabilities of £33bn are set to attack their balance sheets, stop investment and hold back growth for years to come. Yet far from confronting the problem, many are simply ignoring it and hoping it will go away. Will Hurst reports
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Construction appointments: 15 June 2012
Persimmon Homes hires new regional managing nd EC Harris appoints new partner
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FeaturesSustainability: The energy bill
Phil Birch and Adam Mactavish of Sweett Group summarise some of the key elements in the draft bill to reform the electricity supply market, and consider the implications for commercial property
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CommentCIOB contract: Not for the faint-hearted
The CIOB Complex Projects Contract is not ‘over-complicated’ and difficult to follow
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CommentPension problems: perfect storm
It seems wrong to be topping up pensions for retired employees
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CommentA single voice for the industry
We speak fine words of collaboration, but all attempts to set up a representative industry-wide voice are torn apart by factionalism and confrontation, says Nick Raynsford
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NewsAgainst the grain: Granary Square
New public space near Kings Cross designed by Townshend Landscape Architects and built by Bam Nuttall opens
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NewsAtkins boss says global work will bolster UK business
David Tonkin says international projects will bolster the engineer’s UK arm which was only region to see revenue shrink last year
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NewsForecast for Green Deal solid wall insulations cut by 60%
Assessment for flagship scheme predicts 230,000 fewer installations than previously expected
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NewsProperty groups slam heritage VAT hike
Campaigners claim Treasury has “insufficient evidence” to justify tax rise