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CommentData protection: The prying game
The monitoring of individuals is accepted practice today, but be careful how you use the data, as those being watched still have a right to privacy, says Angus Darroch-Warren
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Building intelligence Q1 2008: Hold on tight
Performance varied widely across the industry, with the M&E and infrastructure sectors looking healthy despite the financial turmoil. Experian Business Strategies explains why …
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CommentOur digital lives - Stef & Stelio Stefanou
Stef and Stelio Stefanou’s real lives look similar on paper. So Charlotte Matheson is surprised to discover that the brothers’ online habits are as different as … WA Mozart and Amy Winehouse
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NewsBarratt carves up property arm
Barratt is to reduce its £1.7bn debt burden by selling the assets of Wilson Bowden Developments, its commercial property arm, writes Joey Gardiner.
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Millbridge Group buys LG Consult
Chartered surveyor snaps up London QS in a deal worth over £250,000
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Durkan changes name
Durkan Pudelek, one of the contractors under investigation in the Office of Fair Trading construction probe, has changed its name to Concentra.
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Babcock figures healthy
Babcock has said its order book stands at £3.8bn after a number of recent contract wins worth over £800m.
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JCB to cut 500 jobs
JCB has announced its intention to axe 500 manufacturing jobs in the UK, in the first wave of redundancies to hit the construction plant sector.
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FeaturesThe Riverhouse project: Nautical but nice
A tidal wave of protest greeted this modern development sitting alongside traditional houses on the Dartmouth estuary. But the Riverhouse delights in its views, sense of space and daylight. Quite enough to shut the neighbours up, says Martin Spring
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CommentThese are all mistakes
After superb journalistic sleuthing (and a case of Scotch in the right hands) we have a draft of the next report to shake up construction. Chris Addison runs through the main points
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for John Doyle
Chosen watering hole: Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Ambience: Rambling spit’n’sawdust joint for the not-quite-in-the-City worker Topics of conversation: Yorkshire, the Moseley trial, the housing market, the rest of the market Drinks drunk: 10 pints bitter, 4 pints lager, 2 glasses red wine, 6 glasses white wine, 3 cokes
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FeaturesHow to find happiness
A recent survey found that construction workers are more miserable in their jobs than anyone else. But fear not, here’s Building’s comprehensive guide to happiness, plus an indispensable quiz to find out how bad things really are.
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Supermarket competition test delayed
The government has delayed a decision on whether to introduce a “competition test” for new supermarkets amid concerns over a legal challenge by Tesco.
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NewsFinal approval for Manchester’s Holt Town regeneration
Developers have signed a section 106 agreement with Manchester council allowing the final approval of the 4,300-home Holt Town regeneration scheme east of the city centre.
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NewsThe rake’s progress: housebuilders
Housebuilders don’t like to get tied down. As soon as a scheme’s built and sold, they move on. So why are they suddenly forming longer-term attachments? Ben Cook finds out what it’s all about
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Doesn't measure up
I criticised the RICS for years and wrote several times seeking changes in favour of its members, particularly a review of its budget so that the annual subscription fees could be reduced.
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Comment
Bad start for Boris
I see Boris Johnson, the London mayor, plans to reinstate Parker Morris space standards in London’s new housing (27 June, page 12).
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CommentChinese whispers
Li Shirong, from the Chongqing Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Commission, has a mission to promote development and investment in her city.
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Fast track to the future
The government’s announcement on 23 June about speeding up the Building Schools For the Future programme is very welcome.
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Let’s start at the very beginning
Your article “Government failing on sustainable procurement” (4 June, www.building.co.uk) emphasised the importance of sustainable procurement practices in the construction industry.