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The price is wrong
The message sent out by Richard Steer is very apt in relation to what is happening in the marketplace. I question, though, whether his points only apply to QS consultants
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It’s no fun anymore
Having been a member of the RICS for more than 50 years, I read with interest your leader on 20 November (page 3)
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My health and safety sleep-in
After 50 years’ unbroken employment in the construction industry I was made redundant in July. I’ve been catching up on some Building back numbers before savouring the luxury of going back to bed for an hour or so before breakfast
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Talking up the upturn
Following the Construction Products Association’s announcement that nine out of 10 construction products firms has reported significantly falling sales, it is easy to feel negative. However, as America and the rest of Europe are well on their way out of recession, we must be positive to ensure that we follow ...
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CommentSteel yourselves: John Sorrell on school design
Just as we’ve finally started to build well-designed schools, the knives are out to cut back on quality. We have to resist those who threaten to wield them
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CommentCutting bureaucracy: Smash the system!
The spirit of adventure will thrive again, but only if we free it from the soul-crushing bureaucracy of planning rules, building regs, safety protocols and sustainability
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Watkins Gray International
Get a predominantly male crowd of people together in a pub, not all of whom know each other, and chances are they’ll end up talking about sport. In this case: motor racing
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FeaturesThe factory: Haworth Tompkins' Royal College of Arts building
The painters are in at the industrial Sackler Building – and they’re inspired
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FeaturesThe amazing five-week apprenticeship (for cowboys)
Firms that offer fast-track plumbing and electrical courses for £5,000 a go create ‘tradesmen’ who are a menace to everyone they deal with. Sophie Griffiths posed as a trainee to find out what they promise – and what they actually deliver
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NewsRenew turnover down 19% as focus shifts to engineering
Chief executive plans to gain half of turnover from nuclear, rail, water and land remediation by 2012
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Arup suffers 5% fall in profit and warns of tough year ahead
Arup has reported a 4.9% drop in pre-tax profit as a result of narrowing margins
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Midlands contractor Anglo Holt’s turnover dips 27%
Medium-sized West Midlands-based contractor Anglo Holt has blamed the recession for a 27% drop in turnover for the year to 30 April 2009
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Styles stabilising
Styles & Wood’s latest trading update said there were “some signs of stabilisation” in the retail fit-out and refurbishment market
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Waterman picking up
Consulting engineer Waterman said it was seeing signs of recovery in Australia while trading elsewhere was in line with expectations
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WYG encouraged
Consulting engineer White Young Green has said there are “some encouraging signs” in a trading update
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NewsCapita Symonds rallies bridge engineers for flood checks
Consultant issues ‘national call’ for staff to carry out safety checks on 1,800 bridges in Cumbria
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Latest construction appointments - 27 November 2009
Stonewest Group has appointed James Angus quantity surveyor, Dean Ellerton joinery workshop manager and Brian Hutchinson commercial manager
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NewsHappy Union: Hemel Hempstead housing
John Thompson & Partners’ £80m scheme for Linden Homes and Crest Nicholson on the Grand Union canal in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, has received planning permission
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FeaturesFatal refurb: addressing refurbishment’s poor safety record
Refurbishment is an increasingly popular alternative to new build, but what can be done about its particularly poor safety record?