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Raising the standard: International procurement standards
In a recession, a standard for procurement for construction contracts could be just what the industry needs. So what do the draft rules say, and what would they achieve?
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How do I... issue a statutory demand?
Kicking off Berwin Leighton Paisner’s series on making the most of the legal process, Melissa Moriarty explains the use of a powerful money-extraction tool
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Tories’ Olympic cash axe plot exposed … Fury erupts over Mandelson letter snub … Minister missing presumed frightened … Quango nepotism probe shock … and boss has breakfast with Jordan
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CommentWho’s the fairest of them all?
Housing ministers have come and gone faster than a weaver’s shuttle – some doing better than others. Michael Gove gives us the best and the worst and reveals the secret of a successful tenure
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CommentWonders & blunders
George Clarke considers Newcastle’s Swan House an unforgivably ugly duckling. However, the new courtyard in the British Museum is the epitome of elegance …
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CommentSummertime and the living is bloody tough
But when did doom and gloom ever get us out of a mess? We have to do whatever is necessary to survive the recession, and that means keeping morale up
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FeaturesThe six-minute guide to your six-month ministers
The reshuffle put four new men in charge of crucial construction-related portfolios. Sarah Richardson looks at what they can do before the election. Ready? Steady? Go!
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NewsCouncil tax lottery: The trouble with local authorities
Local housebuilders provide local jobs and local homes for local people. So why are local authorities going out of their way to make life painful for them? Take council tax for example
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NewsStirring up apathy: construction standards for affordable housing grants
Those bidding for funds from the National Affordable Housing Programme are being asked to sign up to new construction standards. Chris Moquet wonders why so few have done so
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Homes for east London
London mayor Boris Johnson has approved plans for 750 homes in east London
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Mansell’s £3.6m win
Construction firm Mansell has won a £3.6m contract to design and build 20 homes
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Social mortgages
One of the UK’s largest housing associations will bring out its own range of mortgages
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Calls to delay the code
A Midlands-based developer is calling on the government to delay the introduction of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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FeaturesDanger Man: the HSE's Philip White
Philip White has taken over the Health and Safety Executive’s construction division just when companies are under most pressure to cut budgets. So what’s his plan of attack?
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FeaturesThe adventures of Hergé: Brussels' Tintin museum
Christian Portzamparc’s Musée Hergé pays homage to the life and work of the creator of Tintin and is almost as much fun
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FeaturesTellytubby land: BedZed revisited
Peabody’s BedZed was the housing scheme that first got everyone talking about zero-carbon living. But is it all that it was cracked up to be?
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Bless this our heat pump
The Bishop of Leicester during his Lent pilgrimage blessed the new environment-friendly heating system in All Saints church in Somerby, Leicestershire
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What does it matter?
I read with interest the article written by Tony Bingham in your 26 June edition concerning the decree by the Office of Government Commerce that only one form of contract should be used for all public work, namely NEC3. In the recent past, I have delivered a number of training ...
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Too many contracts spoil the job
Tony Bingham is clearly unhappy with the use of the NEC for all government contracts