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NewsLand writedowns push McInerney £150m into the red
Irish/UK housing developer triples pre-tax loss in first half of 2009
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NewsShelter demands extra £200m for Scottish social housing
Charity calls on Scots government to build 30,000 extra affordable rented homes over three years
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NewsBack to school: Who do you think this is?
To kick off the new term Building has unearthed photos of industry figures as they were back in their school days
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Comment
Health and safety – time to get real
Today’s blog will probably get me branded as a heretic, or worse. You see, I think that the biggest source of waste (of time and money) in the industry is the proliferation of health and safety paperwork. I also think that the touch screen test is next to useless and ...
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Comment
Why the price of an average house is not going up
Average house prices indexes may be on the rise, but the price of an average house is not.That, unless I very much mistake it, is the message from the latest Hometrack survey, which in August measured the first rise increase in house prices since July 2007.But as is well documented ...
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APC tips: Referral reporting made easy
Our APC trainer explains how to deal with referral reporting and the RICS templates, including writing deficiency reports and how to change competencies
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NewsHS Works vs Enterprise Managed Services: Multiple adjudications
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a case involving two different adjudications and two different adjudicators
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NewsLSC gives 12 colleges go-ahead
Skills body has granted final approval to schemes that were revised after funding debacle
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NewsOn the receiving end
The difficulties many firms have had getting paid in Dubai are a harsh reminder to tread carefully when working in this land of opportunity
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NewsNG Bailey boss looks beyond the bottom line
Mark Andrews has £76m in the bank, but warns that industry faces a rough ride from government
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FeaturesDiversity in construction: transforming lives
If a job candidate isn’t white, male and able-bodied, the construction industry doesn’t seem to want to know them. So a training organisation called NET Ambitions is trying to get employers to diversify. Emily Wright talked to three people whose lives have been transformed
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FeaturesSo long, Sunand: the outgoing RIBA president reflects
Regrets? He’s had a few. But then again, too few to mention – unless pushed. Sunand Prasad, the outgoing president of the RIBA gives Dan Stewart a list of his achievements while in office, and fighting Prince Charles was only one of them
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FeaturesProcurement update
During the boom, clients turned to frameworks just to get firms to do their work. In the recession, many are asking if they’re still needed
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FeaturesMy Dubai hell: David Marks breaks the silence on payment problems
Many UK firms are owed money by Middle Eastern developers, but few are willing to talk about it. Roxane McMeeken spoke to one man who was prepared to break the silence
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NewsHow lower rental income will hit build programmes
Housing associations’ rental income may be about to drop by up to £260m
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CommentWhy is the OFT so unfair?: Coverpricing vs bid-rigging
Question: When is bid-rigging not bid-rigging? Answer: When it’s cover pricing. And it’s about time that our competition watchdog understood the difference
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CommentHansom War of the words
It’s summer and everyone’s getting hot, bothered and a bit worked up, from PRs bickering over press releases to complaints about Chinese cooking and some giggling about a silly name
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NewsBechtel lures Davis Langdon sustainability expert to Crossrail
Crossrail has poached a member of Davis Langdon’s sustainability team as preparatory work for the £16bn project intensifies
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CommentPayments in Dubai: On the receiving end
Veterans of the Middle East will tell you that the region doesn’t play by the same rules as, say, Europe or North America