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Housebuilding salaries: First, the good news
Housebuilding salaries have edged up over the past year, according to the PSD Group/Building survey. But the optimism that led to this modest rise has petered out, and fears for the future are growing among employees and clients
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CommentWhat makes a good lawyer?
The Legal 500 came out this month but how much can such directories really tell us about construction law firms
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NewsConnaught staff made redundant by conference call
KPMG lets 700 Connaught staff go, with some being informed by conference call
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CommentInfrastructure is 40% bigger than we thought
The latest ONS figures are worrying as they mean we've measured output and got it wrong in a big way
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NewsPinnacle developer 'close to tenancy deal'
Reports suggest Arab Investments and Schroders are in talks to lease half of the planned skyscraper
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NewsTop 250 consultants: Make sure your firm is on the list
If you want to appear in Building’s annual league table of construction consultants, here’s what to do…
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NewsScott Wilson delists after URS completes buy-out
Shares for UK firm are removed from stock exchange as £223m deal is finalised
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NewsInterserve fined for exposing MoD staff to asbestos
Court fines firm £33k after it failed to follow advice of an asbestos survey at an MoD base
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Features
The tracker: Coming in to land
The decline in industry activity is expected to ease in August and September and level out in October, according to latest figures from Experian Marketing Information Services
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FeaturesPracticalities of free schools: Schools for scavengers
According to the secretary of state for education, pretty much any old building can be turned into a classroom. But is that actually true? Thomas Lane did some research
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CommentFreedom fighter: Toby Young interview
Author Toby Young is one of the first parents to try to found a free school - partly, it seems, in an effort to alienate as many architects as possible. Emily Wright asked him why
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CommentClients transferring risk: The bullies are back
The abuses and macho posturing we got from clients’ advisers in the nineties have returned - but given their attitude to risk, aren’t they the real wimps?
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Comment
Common mistakes in... agreeing final accounts
Berwin Leighton Paisner’s new series on “Dos and Don’ts” offers practical advice on navigating the major projects’ minefield, beginning with Catherine Barstow’s advice on organising your work so that you’re ready for the final account
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Prompt payment: The other credit crunch
The government is making it a rule that all firms on public sector contracts be paid promptly, all the way down the supply chain. Which will come as a bit of a shock to some
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FeaturesCost of school refurbishment: case study
They might not have the glamour of new-build, but refurbishments, such as this one at Castle Hill school in Kent, have their wow factor too - nowhere more so than on price. Ike Ijeh sums it up
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FeaturesConstruction in Africa: On the rise
African construction has long stood in the shadow of its Middle Eastern neighbours. But booms in tourism and population mean UK building expertise will get a warm welcome. Emily Wright goes exploring
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CommentHansom: Move over Sherlock
Building’s supersleuth uncovers the truth behind celebrity interviews, appeals for help in identifying a missing person, tails the RICS/QS row and meets a double murderer
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CommentWhy I'm convinced by free schools: Free-range children
Now the dead hand of central government has been prised from our throats, we can build schools in a way that is excitingly new - and strangely old-fashioned
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The worst-laid plans
Your excellent Brickonomics blog entry (23 February, building.co.uk) highlights the sheer naivity of those putting forward this New Utopia planning system.