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CommentHansom: I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true. But until then, you’ll have to make do with more stories about disgruntled surveyors, Olympic cash and out-of-work architects
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FeaturesTime to di(n)e: the Christmas construction cook-off
Dinner parties are a serious business. So when Building invited three of its regular contributors to take part in a festive Come Dine With Me, the question was: would it be a chance for like-minded professionals to chew the fat, or would things turn bloody? Armed only with a fork, ...
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CommentThe decade from hell: Legal review
It ended badly and, to be honest, it didn’t start that auspiciously either, but at least it also contained some reforms that may well stand the test of time
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CommentRemember 1666?
Isn’t it about time that building control officers stood up against the green brigade and used some common sense?
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Low conduct
A major point overlooked by Richard Steer in his article Buyer Beware (13 November) is that all partners and directors in consultancies have a duty under their professional indemnity (PI) insurance policy to take all reasonable precautions to prevent losses or liabilities arising in connection with the insured risks
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Why the long bill?
The prices of labour and materials in the construction industry have fallen and tender prices have plummeted
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Are you ready to commit?
The Carbon Reduction Commitment energy trading scheme comes into force in April, but building owners should be preparing for it now if they want to avoid a hefty bill
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NewsCapita hit with £8m West One writ
Developer Devonshire Green Holdings is suing Capita Symonds for almost £8m in the latest row over the West One mixed-use scheme in Sheffield
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High-speed rail timetable set for March
Detailed plans to build a high-speed rail network in the UK will be announced next spring, transport secretary Andrew Adonis announced on Monday
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Latest construction appointments: 18 December 2009
The London School of Economics has appointed Julian Robinson director of estates and Ken Kinsella director of capital development
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Good projects
This was the decade of the “iconic” towers, sustainable homes and very big infrastructure schemes
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FeaturesThe 10 people who defined the decade
1 Ray O’RourkeNobody has defined contracting over the past decade like Ray O’Rourke. The Irishman exploded onto the scene in 2001 when his concrete firm, O’Rourke & Son, bought Laing Construction from John Laing for £1. The gamble paid off. Ten years later, the company has a turnover of more ...
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FeaturesProjects that went pearshaped
Here, in order of horribleness, are six projects that caused grief to all concerned, although they did give Building journalists an awful lot to write about