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NewsBovis sues for almost £1m over unpaid fees on Oman job
Concern over non-payment in the Middle East grows, as project manager downs tools on megacity job
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NewsRetail rents to drop a fifth by year end
Report says rental values will continue to fall, by 9% in 2010 and 1.3% in 2011
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NewsHyder Consulting shuts down QS arm
Firm shuts down its quantity surveying arm RPA as part of a redundancy and restructuring programme
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NewsRecovery hopes boosted by plunge in helpline calls
Sudden fall in number of smaller firms seeking help on employment issues cheers industry bodies
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NewsCouncils accused of tax abuse
The Federation of Master Builders has demanded a meeting with housing minister John Healey to complain about local authorities that are levying council tax on homes before they are finished
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NewsT&T to be dropped from Viñoly arts centre
Consultant becomes latest firm to get caught in the fiasco surrounding Rafael Viñoly’s Colchester scheme
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NewsRental fund plan could grow after £1bn investor interest
Unprecedented number of bids from investors means homes agency may start up to four initiatives
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Comment
Power without responsibility
"This meddling member of the royal family is a black stain on our democracy," wrote one reader of Building's website.Others described Lord Rogers' scheme as "a herringbone pattern of repetitive blocks with no sense of place" and his defence of it as "tantamount to treason".Never has the death of a ...
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Recovery a long way off as industry awaits housing recovery
April's improved new orders figures from the Office of National Statistics - up 17% on March - brought some cheer, with encouraging signs of activity from housebuilding and other sectors. However, given that the first quarter numbers were the worst since records began in 1983, recovery is a way off ...
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CommentHansom: Unmasked
Paranoia grips the industry this week as all kinds of things turn out to be all kinds of other things: alien invaders, human statues, sons and, er, someone’s pet doggie
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Regeneration renewed
The Regeneration Manifesto of the British Property Federation (BPF) gives welcome recognition to some ideas that practitioners in the public sector have been applying for many years
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CommentThe more, the merrier
I note the health and safety photo on 9 May. I saw an exact repeat performance on a house in Yateley, North Hampshire two weeks ago.
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Crossing a lien
I write regarding Rupert Choat’s article “Asking for the moon” (5 June, page 47)
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Back on the training ground
Nick Raynsford’s comment that “there are enlightened employers who are doing their utmost to maintain skills development” (5 June, page 28) will no doubt provoke the cry, “That’s easy for him to say!”
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Shurely shome mishtake
I just wanted to let you know your latest edition received a particularly enthusiastic reception from the female staff in our office as you have finally printed an issue just for us
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Can we fix it?: Repair and maintenance
Repair and maintenance contracts are starting to look rather tempting, now money’s thinner on the ground. But there are some particular challenges involved...
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CommentDevil take the hindmost: A six party case
Here’s a story about a flood in an office that caused millions of pounds of damage and gave rise to a six-party legal case. The question, of course, was who was going to pay