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NewsStarting up your own business, part two: Money matters
You've made the mental leap from life as an employee to being your own boss, but now you need to work out the finances carefully...
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Mace drafted in to take on Savoy hotel refurb
Project manager Mace has been drafted in to the £100m refurbishment job at the Savoy hotel amid rumours of further delays and cost overruns on the project
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Row erupts as Ucatt derails directors’ safety talks
A last-minute intervention by construction unions has scuppered a meeting of health and safety chiefs over new guidance for company directors
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HSE to review crane rules
The Health and Safety Executive is to consider whether to lower the maximum wind speed in which tower cranes operate, following a review of a fatal accident in Liverpool 2007
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NewsPremium Bond
Sheffield Hallam University has appointed local architect Bond Bryan to design a £25m building in the city’s Cultural Industries Quarter
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Your critics miss the point
Tony Bingham’s and Rudi Klein’s (9 October, page 32) articles on the OFT are linked and raise more questions than they answer
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but so does the OFT
Tony Bingham seems to have his finger on the pulse when it comes to explaining cover pricing, which was always a benign process (30 October, page 32)
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Everybody wins
We are, of course, sympathetic to the plight of housebuilders in the current economic climate, but we are deeply concerned by any suggestion that the Lifetime Homes standard should be dropped as part of a review of regulatory “red tape” (30 October, page 19)
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Just a drop in the (rising) ocean
I was pleased to hear Scottish housing and communities minister Alex Neil announce a £15m Scottish home insulation scheme administered by the Energy Saving Trust last week
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Saving the best for last: Wolstenholme report
We’ve had Latham, we’ve had Egan and now we have Wolstenholme. But the most intriguing part of this latest report is what a set of young professionals have to say
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CommentDispute over loft extension: Just how annoyed am I?
When the Court of Appeal pondered the case of a spoilt view, the judges had to imagine themselves as ordinary, sensible members of the public and ask one simple question...
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Eco offences: A civil war on pollution
The proposed Environmental Civil Sanctions Order will give regulators powers to impose penalties on construction firms that damage the environment
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How do I... assemble contract documents?
Assembling contract documents correctly is the secret to ensuring a smooth and dispute-free construction process, says John Hughes D’Aeth. And here’s how it’s done
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FeaturesI’ll be watching you: Serious Fraud Office
Richard Alderman is boss of the Serious Fraud Office, and he has the construction industry in his sights. Roxane McMeeken finds out how worried you should be
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FeaturesAll’s well that ends well: Stratford-upon-Avon theatre
Ripping the guts out of the RSC’s Stratford-upon-Avon theatre and building a new auditorium in the existing one was Bennetts Associates’ bold remedy to the many poetic injustices being done to the Bard
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CommentThe balfour beatty phenomenon
This contractor’s acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff will be prompting its rivals to ask whether expansion might be a far-sighted strategy in tough times
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FeaturesCountry focus: Russia
Russia has been badly hit by recession, and there are not many signs of recovery, says Pavel Vishnaykov of EC Harris Still, the 2014 Winter Olympics provide a glimmer of hope …
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Civil engineers: Recession will get worse for construction
Thousands more construction jobs are at risk as the recession in the industry looks set to deepen, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association has warned
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Thames Gateway schemes face £20m Olympic raid
London and Thurrock development corporations to have budgets cut to fund East End public spaces
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‘Plan B’ for Preston scheme
Public bodies in Lancashire are putting together a “plan B” for the troubled £700m Tithebarn retail-led regeneration scheme in Preston, after one of its development partners backed out last month