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Features
The tracker: One step at a time
Construction activity and orders are still inching towards growth – even if the civil engineering sector experienced its quietest ever month in January
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CommentThe man from the ministry
Who was also the client from hell, asked Gus Alexander to refurbish his flat. He then proceeded to give a masterclass in arrogance and incompetence. Here’s what happened
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CommentHansom the french job
What starts with a communication failure and some missing property can quickly descend into gunfire in Paris, a team driving unlikely vehicles and a high-speed chase across France. What a cliffhanger!
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CommentPFI and the Panama Canal
I read your article on the Tories’ plan to lift the lid on PFI deals (26 February, page 14) and I have to say I think they are getting this one wrong and should look at the history of PFI
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A success story
Thank you for recently bringing to our attention the existence of the Graduate Talent Pool website (29 January, page 32)
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Can’t see the wood
In the context of your story about insurers threatening to pull cover for timber frame (5 March, page 11) you give the impression that six people died in a timber frame building as result of a fire in a housing block in Peckham in November
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Ageing gracefully
Housebuilders need to make profit to have sustainable businesses and the resources to build homes (5 March, leader, page 3) but they risk casting themselves as the bad boys if they resist measures to address the needs of our rapidly ageing population
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Young people today
The recent announcement that the Constructionarium, the UK’s only dedicated site-based training centre for university students could be forced to close as a direct result of a lack of government funding (5 March, page 10) is a worrying sign for the future of our industry
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FeaturesGo figure: The future of infrastructure spending
Treasury secretary Ian Pearson gives Joey Gardiner a lesson in abstract mathematics
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CommentWe’re not there yet
Adjudication may be more popular than ever, but the recession has shown that it still has flaws – as does the rest of the Construction Act
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CommentSomething quite atrocious
A party that thinks an adjudicator has no jurisdiction can save money and bother by simply waiting until the end before making a song and dance about it
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Bam bags the February top spot with Somerset schools win
Business barometer Education continues to be construction’s lifeblood as workload picks up
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Comment
Full speed ahead?
The Infrastructure Planning Commission was set up to fast-track projects of national importance, but it remains to be seen how well it will work
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Something might get broken
‘The rough and tumble of normal commercial bargaining” can, clearly, be used to extract a good deal from the other side. But if one party abuses this power, the other could argue later that the resulting contract is not binding. Such an argument is founded on the legal doctrine of ...
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NewsCharter 284 Greening existing stock: Popular and essential
The fourth area of public spending that our Charter 284 campaign defends is the ecological refurbishment of Britain’s houses. Not only is this vital to meet our green commitments, but it is popular, and it could ultimately pay for itself
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Rok on hunt for small M&E firm
Repair and maintenance specialist Rok is looking to bring more work in-house by buying small plumbing, heating and engineering companies
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Bovis Homes to buy land
David Ritchie, the chief executive of Bovis Homes, said the housebuilder would focus on buying land in 2010 in order to get more sites open.
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Calas losses improve
Scottish housebuilder Cala Homes this week reported a pre-tax loss of £33.9m on turnover of £168.9m for the year ending 30 June 2009
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Crosby Homes sales rise
Lend Lease housebuilding subsidiary Crosby Homes has reported improved sales in the first half of its financial year from July 2009
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NewsUK explores German refurb funding model
The government has been in talks with German infrastructure bank KfW as it looks for ways to fund the annual cost of greening the UK’s housing stock. That has been estimated at £2bn a year by the government and up to £15bn a year by the UK Green Building Council