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CommentCan’t pay? Will pay: How well does the system work
If someone owes you money, you can go to adjudication to get them to pay. And if they ignore that you can go to court. But how well does the system actually work?
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Rok takes top spot in December but work is half 2007 levels
Company wins £375m of contracts, but overall value of work falls by £1.8bn
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CommentThat was then, this is now
The recession gives us the opportunity to explore new ideas, says Gus Alexander. And, who knows, we might even get to think beyond the certainties of our home-owning democracy
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NewsConsultants stop partners from taking profits
Davis Langdon and G&T among companies adopting tough measures to boost balance sheets
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NewsConservatives propose £6,500 eco-grants for homeowners
Tory 'green' paper includes £1bn investment in national grid to enable homeowners to sell energy from domestic renewables
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NewsConstruction leaders warn government to boost lending
Construction Council voices concern that credit woes are causing long-term damage
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NewsBeckett unveils £200m mortgage rescue scheme
Housing associations to buy up homes of struggling mortgage-payers in 80 local authority areas
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Self-builders ‘can create 50,000 jobs’
Up to 50,000 construction jobs can be saved if self-build house construction doubles, according to a report published this week by a national organisation for people who build their own homes
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Every man needs protection: Financial security
These days, it takes nerve to enter into ordinary commercial relations. But luckily for all you cowards out there, what you lack in courage you can make up for in paperwork
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Galliford: firms are buying work
The chief executive of Galliford Try has said contractors are winning work at a loss as a result of increasingly crowded tender lists
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FeaturesSheep vs grass: The best and the worst eco-ideas
With all great movements come fresh ways of thinking – some good, some, frankly, not so good. Roxane McMeeken asked five sustainability experts to name their favourite green ideas and those that they would send straight to the recycling plant
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NewsM&S puts squeeze on suppliers with 60-day payment period
Marks & Spencer has lengthened its payment period to 60 days it has emerged as retailers pile pile pressure on their supply chains
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Construction output to plunge 7% in 2009
Increased public expenditure by the government will not prevent construction output falling steeply in 2009, according to figures released this week
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FeaturesProfiled sheeting
Profiled sheeting from Marley Eternit has been used on this self-build timber frame house in Scotland
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NewsHigh speed Heathrow link will cost £40bn, expert claims
Crossrail veteran predicts Tories' numbers are 100% out
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CommentGreen Tape: Sustainability regulation
To keep up with environmental regulations, contractors must build sustainability into their contracts
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FeaturesBig ambitions: Defra's Alnwick HQ
When designers began working on Defra’s offices in Alnwick, they thought a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating an exciting enough challenge. But then BRE went and introduced ‘outstanding’…
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NewsStarchitects in big fight over small Andorran art museum
As work dries up, Foster, Hadid, Gehry and Nouvel are shortlisted for project in European microstate