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FeaturesComprehensive spending review: George's marvellous medicine
The construction industry will need more than a spoonful of sugar to help the chancellor’s medicine go down. Here we sum up where we are now and our panel of experts tell us what they’re expecting on Wednesday
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NewsCyril Sweett order book grows 30%
Acqusition of Widness and Padghams helps boost consultants’ growth overseas
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NewsGalliford Try appoints Segro boss Ian Coull as chairman
Coull is leaving Segro and will succeed current chairman David Calerley next July
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CommentComprehensive Spending Review: Brace yourself for bad news
Kier topped our monthly business barometer chart thanks to contracts worth £160m. This time last year it was also in the lead, but then its haul was £660m
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NewsUcatt cries ‘bias’ in election ballot probe
Union complains about investigation into election of general secretary Alan Ritchie
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The project manager: A hero of our times
Don’t be fooled by the thick glasses and the side parting - that project manager in the corner might just be the person who saves your bacon …
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NewsNoho Square picks team and targets Google as tenant
Consultants on £200m former Candy & Candy project in Fitzrovia include Aecom and EC Harris
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NewsCredit crunch returns as lenders turn away buyers
Redrow’s Steve Morgan warns of ’nosedive’ as lending falls and tighter mortgage rules loom
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NewsRICS QS boss fears ‘irrelevancy’
Warning that global drive could make organisation irrelevant to some members
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NewsGrosvenor framework saves 10% on £250m pipeline
Four-strong team will handle all construction work across 120ha Mayfair and Belgravia portfolio
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FeaturesBuilding Intelligence Q2 2010: Surprisingly buoyant
The gloomy forecast in the Tracker is in stark contrast to a surprisingly buoyant second quarter. Now, the good news, from Experian Marketing Information Services
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NewsPainting wind turbines purple could save wildlife
New research sheds light on why the colour of wind turbines is important
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: BDP’s Nanjing Medical University
Two students discuss the complex design of the new Chinese medicine centre by architect BDP
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FeaturesEco co-housing schemes: Give it a spin
The UK has begun experimenting with co-housing schemes that aim to slash emissions while encouraging a more sustainable lifestyle - as you can imagine, communal washing machines that run on harvested rainwater are de rigueur
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FeaturesMark Whitby: Many happy returns
When Mark Whitby retired last year, everyone but him knew it wouldn’t last. But after a year working on his garden, he’s finally seen the light … Emily Wright met him as he prepared to open his new venture
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Rudi was right ...
The penultimate paragraph of Stuart Pemble’s article “Have I really been negligent?” (8 October, page 73) leads me to the view that he is wrong and Rudi Klein is, as usual, right
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Was Rudi right?
Every now and then Rudi Klein makes a worthwhile and original point, but his article “You’ve been warned” (17 September 2010, page 57) is not such an occasion.
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Disarming deathtraps
Jennifer Deeney’s tragic story makes sobering reading, as does Tony Bingham’s article on the wall collapse (1 October). They emphasise the fact that freestanding walls can be deathtraps.
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Belfast's new troubles
Regarding the planned spending cuts in Northern Ireland, if ministers would get some sort of PPP in place to fill the public sector funding void, privatise water and other public bodies and sort out the planning system, the cuts would not be so severe
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CommentNot-so-smooth landing
Thanks to John Potter for this photo taken in Cheltenham. “At least the spiked railings will stop them hitting the ground!” he comments pointedly