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FeaturesUnderbidding: Warning! Highly risky manoeuvre
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and in some cases result in suicidal tendencies. As underbidding spirals further out of control, we look at how widespread the practice has become and what – if anything – can be done about it.
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FeaturesZaha Brava: The Guangzhou Opera House
Architecture and geology collide in Zaha Hadid’s glorious Guangzhou Opera House
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FeaturesThe Budget: Can George win the day?
How do you fight off the threat of a double-dip recession with no weapons in your armoury? For George Osborne putting together next week’s Budget, the most obvious solution is likely to be deregulation. Here’s a look at what changes to expect
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FeaturesAndrew Wyllie: Yes, we can
With Costain’s much publicised bid for Mouchel rebuffed no fewer than four times, and huge infrastructure plans dependent on funding, how come chief executive Andrew Wyllie is so upbeat?
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FeaturesWates wins £160m to go top
Amount of work awarded in February dropped but big wins shuffle positions of top 10 contractors
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NewsRenew ceases public sector work in the North
Firm says the public sector in the North is no longer viable and will be pulling out
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CityWatch: Devastation abroad but dull week at home
Japan’s crisis impacts the stock market while UK firm’s share prices see little movement
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NewsNew Homes Bonus will not boost development, say MPs
Select committee report on damns abolition of regional plans
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Output down but predicted to rise
Initial figures for January look poor but February is predicted to be better
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CommentDave Lowery on government cuts
The Bank of England has a tough decision to make over interest rates, and opinions are divided
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NewsTrafford town hall: civics makeover
5plus Architects and Shepherd Developments have secured planning permission to redevelop Trafford town hall
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NewsMears operating profits up by 27% as rivals crash out
Social housing repairs provider says underbidding has led to failures, allowing it to ’pick up the pieces’
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Billington boss believes steel market has ‘reached bottom’
Billington chief executive Steve Fareham says markets are improving and the cycle is turning
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CommentBusiness planning: home and away
How do you plan ahead and formulate business strategies amid all the uncertainty of political uprisings - and the upcoming Budget?
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CommentWonders & blunders with Mike Barker
Mike Barker’s architectural picks are all bound up with nature. He loves an Iraqi school built out of reeds, but doesn’t care two straws about Beijing’s over-designed Bird’s Nest
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Miller Group sales down 15%
The firm’s 2010 loss was an improvement on 2009, and its chairman was optimistic of market recovery
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CommentHansom: La belle vie
We report on racy goings-on, with recently arrested property magnates throwing yacht parties, firms hosting lavish dinners, and politicians talking procreation. And some said Mipim was tamer this year …
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FeaturesWest Ham's stadium: Up close and personal
West Ham won the acrimonious battle for the post-Games conversion of the Olympic stadium. But will its football stadium-cum-athletics arena be able to create the intimate atmosphere its fans demand?
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Steel and concrete
Steel and concrete subcontractor turnovers have taken a double hit as the price of raw materials has surged and work dried up. Despite no improvement to the short-term outlook, Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, sees a glimmer of hope from 2013
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CommentTwenty-eight day adjudication: the point and pitfalls
A little domestic case of an extended deadline outlines the point - and pitfalls - of 28-day adjudication