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A game of risk
Housing minister John Healey says the government is looking at a different kind of housebuilding model (17 July, page 12), “less development-based, and almost contractual”, which is designed to overcome “housebuilders’ reliance on the development land market”
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Forget the umbrellas
The government would be better off not tying all educational projects up in massive, cumbersome framework packages
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CommentHelp the aged
Regarding the news that Part L may or will force historic buildings to be energy efficient (24 July, page 38), I am a director of estates for a university and therefore have to deal with the dilemmas of conserving listed buildings while complying with the burgeoning legislation from the eco-warriors ...
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Stirling pounded
The Stirling prize is an inward-looking, self-congratulatory lovefest for architects and other associated luvvies to cuddle up to each other
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Big is beautiful
The article about David Fison downsizing from Skanska to Osborne (24 July, page 30) was interesting. We have gone through a similar process over the past few years
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Money management
As a keen supporter of, and a specialist in, all things NEC, I am biased, but Rudi Klein’s article is excellent (24 July, page 45)
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FeaturesRight man for the job: Mats Williamson of Skanska
After last week’s interview with former Skanska boss David Fison, his successor Mats Williamson tells Tom Bill how he was flown in to drag the contractor back into the black – in just 12 months
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CommentIt's all in the game: Adjudication
Parties in a dispute set all sorts of rules and try all manner of tactics on each other, but adjudicators need to resist the temptation to join in the game
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Don't be absurd: Challenging a contract
If the meaning of a contract term is unclear, can it be challenged? A recent House of Lords judgment said yes – but there may be conditions
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CommentJustice for all: Cost of litigation
Lord Justice Jackson is worried about cases in which the legal costs are so disproportionate that small firms are denied access to the High Court. So he’s got some suggestions
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How do I... call on a performance bond?
In the second in our series of practical tips for taking control of your legal affairs, Geraldine Laing explains how and when to call on a performance bond
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CommentWould I have been blacklisted, too?
It’s completely understandable that firms want to do a spot of ‘due diligence’ when hiring workers. It may also mean that they lose out … Michael Gove makes the case for selective amnesia
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CommentIs the construction industry all white, male and middle-aged?
Two reports draw attention to the fact that the construction professions are as white, male and middle-aged as they were 70 years ago. It’s not good enough
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FeaturesCountry focus: Hong Kong
Despite government investment in public sector projects, the construction industry has been badly damaged by the slowdown in China and Macau
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FeaturesUttlesford: the council trialling consequential improvements
L is for … The government has twice shied away from including consequential improvements in reforms to Part L. Now one small council in Essex has shown that not only can it be done, but it can even be popular. In the second in our series on the Part L ...
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NewsTop of the shops
David Chipperfield’s Kaufhaus Tyrol department store in Innsbruck, Austria, has been topped out. The €155m (£133m) building, for client Signa, is being built on the Maria-Theresien-Strasse in the historic town centre
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Five UK firms vie for Masdar standards job
Masdar, the £13bn UAE project to create the greenest city on earth, has invited five UK organisations to tender for the contract to design its sustainability standard
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NewsThe new Vic
Revised plans by architect Carey Jones for New Victoria Place in Bradford have been submitted for planning consent
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OFT bid-rigging probe on track
The Office of Fair Trading is on course to announce the outcome of its five-year bid-rigging enquiry at the end of September, following last week’s High Court decision in its legal battle with housebuilder Crest Nicholson
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NewsAcademic honours
Willmott Dixon has been selected to build two academies in Bexley, designed by Hunter Architects and worth £55m in total