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The reckoning
Fiona Gill and Mark Roach So what did the Labour party do for (or to) construction during the past 13 years? And what will happen if the Conservatives take over?
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CommentA pain in the NEC
Disputes on NEC projects are on the rise, so if you don’t want to find yourself in a bind, here are some points to be aware of when using this contract
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Nuclear contracts: Ending in tiers
The second of our three-part series on the nuclear decommissioning sector looks at the target-cost clauses of tier two contracts – their benefits and pitfalls
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CommentCan Clegg be trusted with BSF?
The Lib Dems’ education policy sounds promising. But, like the other parties, they’re remaining ominously quiet about capital investment
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CommentWonders & Blunders
Phil Reay-Smith loves the first purpose-built TV studio and its proximity to Coronation Street celebs, but is turned off by a new London hospital wing that looks ready to croak
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NewsRedrow and Persimmon beat expectations
Housebuilders Redrow and Persimmon boosted the market this week with trading updates that allayed fears of a serious election slowdown in home buying
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John Laing struggles to raise equity for PPP in downturn
Adrian Ewer, chief executive of PPP specialist John Laing, has said it has had difficulty raising equity for its investments during the downturn
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Mears wins biggest ever deal
Social housing maintenance firm Mears has won a £300m 10-year deal with registered social landlord Family Mosaic – the biggest win in its history
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Balfour Beatty sells health and water PPP stakes for £21m
Balfour Beatty has raised more than £21m through the sale of its PPP stakes in Aberdeen Environmental Services and Consort Healthcare
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CommentHansom to park lane
At the Building Awards 2010, nobody got a monopoly on the gongs, though tales abounded of top hats, cars, battleships, horses and more than a thimbleful of Soviet spirit
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FeaturesThe many lives of Joseph Aloysius Hansom
Talented inventor, kamikaze contractor, prolific architect, hopeless entrepreneur, socialist eagle fancier and of course founder of the magazine in your hands … Nick Jones reviews a biography of one of the Victorian age’s most remarkable characters
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CommentChoice in an age of uncertainty
These days it seems nothing can be taken for granted, whether its simple travel plans or the fact that the Lib Dems are bound to come third. Which can be a good thing
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CommentQuentin Shears: Golf rage
Simon decided golf would be more fun than doorstepping voters trying to watch Britain’s got talent…
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NewsGoing Dutch: The Hague performing arts centre
A team from Capita Architecture’s Cardiff studio – led by Wales Millennium Centre architect Jonathan Adams – has come up with this design after being invited by the city council of The Hague to enter a competition for a huge centre for the performing artsThe building will be located in ...
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NewsRiga renewed: Masterplan by Fletcher Priest
Fletcher Priest Architects has had its masterplan for Riga, the capital of Latvia, formally adopted by the city council
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Nakheel to pay up ‘by summer’
British firms owed money by troubled Dubai developer Nakheel will be paid before the summer, according to a source close to the debt restructuring process at the state-linked developer
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Labbad to take on Bovis in Lend Lease global restructure
Bovis Lend Lease is to come under the leadership of Dan Labbad as part of a shake up at Lend Lease, its Australian parent company
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The £406,000 man
As a chartered QS I read the article about the plans of the new boss of the RICS to woo disgruntled QSs (16 April, page 13) with some personal interest, as well as some sense of humour
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Springing into action
I read with interest your recent article about how the growth of the UK economy is hindered by a shrinking construction industry (“Construction decline holds back UK economy”, 23 April) but I think that it gives the wrong – and worrying – message to our industry