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NewsSchools quango to wield £50bn building spend
More than £50bn of capital investment is to be put in the hands of the organisation running the government’s £45bn secondary school programme
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NewsOlympic protest to call for public ban on blacklist firms
Workers demand that subscribers be punished, as victims claim up to £200,000 in compensation
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NewsHalf-built Wakefield shopping centre goes bust
Shepherd Construction's £200m Trinity Walk centre in administration as funding is pulled
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NewsTwo-thirds of British firms in Gulf asked to cut fees
Survey reveals mixed attitudes to life in the Middle East
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NewsJarvis shuts freight container service
Closure set to hit company’s bottom line by up to £3m this year
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News£200m Whitehall framework frozen until June
A £200m public sector framework has been put on ice for three months after the government failed to refresh it on time
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Eight die in Chinese wall collapse accident
Deputy mayor says local government will start safety inspections on all construction site
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Comment
Are construction's vital job statistics wrong?
Following the release of numbers suggesting construction jobs increased by 47,000 over 2008 I asked for clarification from the statisticians. To my mind and in the view of anyone in the industry I have spoken to these figures were wildly wrong.I have now received my reply from the Office of ...
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NewsHeavy plant
Continuing the botanical theme, Peter Cottrell, on holiday in Palma, sends us this intriguing example of access provision for Majorcan plants, although, as he notes, “judging by the height of the bamboo they may have had a long wait”
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CommentFriends disunited: Mixing business and pleasure
What’s wrong with agreeing a deal in the pub with a beer, a nod and a wink? After all, you’re mates, aren’t you? Well, sadly, those days are over. You must properly record everything
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CommentWhy the long face: Construction Act amendments
The House of Lords is considering an amendment to the Construction Act that would make its payment rules ever so simple to use. Here’s what it says
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Comment
Catch me if you can: Avoiding health and safety penalties
If your company faces an enormous penalty for breaking health and safety laws one option is to dissolve the company entirely. But is it right, wise, or even legal?
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CommentHansom: Look at me!
Attention-seeking strategies were the order of the day at Mipim – from Twittering to leaping from moving buses – but if you find yourself in Bogotá, it’s probably best to keep your head down...
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NewsMarkets: Healthcare
Having spent rather too long languishing on its sickbed of late, the government’s healthcare programme looks finally to have a spring in its step. So now is the time to pounce on the opportunities it offers
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Comment
Tough choices...
As a partner in the Sector Skills Council for construction, CITB-ConstructionSkills takes the development of professionals seriously (27 March, page 13)
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Comment
...And easy ones
I have just been reading the debate about the proposed changes to the Construction Act. The amendments have reached a key stage in the process of becoming law and are about to be adopted unless someone does something about it. And they should!
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CommentWhat a larch
We were interested to see the images you published on the front cover (27 February) of the design of York St John University
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Comment
The weak in politics
I read Sir Michael Latham’s article on the chief construction officer (CCO) with great interest (6 March, page 34). Also the BERR consultation document – which is better than Sir Michael allows given the shortage of straw for these particular bricks
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Comment
A question of attitude
The Building/Saint-Gobain survey (“Short-term fears voiced over sustainability in the recession”, reported at building.co.uk on 27 February) provides a valuable insight into the less-than-positive attitudes of construction clients towards sustainability. However, the impetus to act is now greater than ever