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NewsFix the Tube and win my vote
Mayoral candidates take note: London's economic success is in jeopardy if we don't sort out our transport infrastructure
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NewsCover pricing is not a widespread evil
Builders in general want to win work, so the idea they are all conspiring to divvy up jobs and pay back-handers is quite frankly a load of baloney
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NewsSkanska UK wins £88m Two Kingdom Street project
Contractor picked by Development Securities for 13-storey builidng at PaddingtonCentral
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Amey Mouchel workers jailed for racist bullying
Three-year sentence follows 10-month campaign of “dangerous” harassment at motorway maintenance depot
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NewsPiccadilly line trains to be cleaned with recycled water
Tubelines announces it is building a rainwater harvest system to be in use by June
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Small firms lose out through rivals' unfair sales tactics
Government to tackle unfair trading practice through new consumer protection regulations that come into force next month
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Tonkin Liu picked to design London Festival of Architecture pavillion
The 'Fresh Flower' pavillion will invite visitors to entre through gaps between 11 giant petals
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Comment
Consensus grows on house price falls
Each week with each piece of data and each new forecast the balance of probability weighs increasingly heavily on the side of house prices falling rather than remaining flat this year.Today we see released the spring Item Club economic outlook for business and the latest Rightmove figures on asking prices ...
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NewsSustainability TV - Our first news show
See the latest headlines and special reports in our new 10-minute show
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NewsBRE gains UKAS for the microgeneration scheme
Accreditation given for certification of installers, heat pumps, solar heating collectors, micro wind turbines and non-roof integrated photo voltaic products
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NewsNB Real Estate: Striving for environmental best
Best practice guide to implementing and maintaining an ISO14001 compliant environmental management system, by Clive Johnson, quality and environmental manager at NB Real Estate
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NewsCounting the cost of the bid-rigging scandal
How heavily hit can the firms accused by the OFT– or indeed the industry – expect to be?
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News'It’s too late for leniency now'
Following the OFT's explosive allegations of bid rigging deputy director of cartels Deborah Jones tells Dan Stewart what will happen next
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NewsSend in the clowns
Thanks to building surveyor John-Paul Last for our latest example of real life circus skills. John-Paul writes, tersely yet accurately, “No real need to list the errors on this one…”
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CommentA sackload of trouble
Can a party to an adjudication introduce evidence that wasn’t previously disclosed if it fundamentally alters the original claim? The answer used to be no, but a recent judgment may have reversed this
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FeaturesBuilding Awards: Why Obi won
He graduated just five years ago but already Obiora Onuora is a senior engineer leading teams on projects worth £110m. It’s no wonder he clinched this year’s Newcomer of the Year at the Building Awards. Katie Puckett asked him how he got there …
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Features
Getting won over
After a bad experience with collaboration software, Hammerson staff were disinclined to try again. But a mixture of stick, administered by the managers, and carrot, provided by the software itself, has finally convinced them. Stephen Kennett reports
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FeaturesJapanese construction: The hidden fortress
Behind the sleek skyline of Tokyo is a super-efficient construction industry that operates complex projects with military precision and flawless co-ordination. James Clegg found out how it works
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NewsCode for Sustainable Homes: Sometimes things aren't as green as they seem
Here’s a riddle: how do you build homes that emit more carbon dioxide than your rivals’ yet still achieve a higher Code for Sustainable Homes rating? Simple, says Chloe Stothart: go electric
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CommentHansom: Digital watch
Beware the dangers of the digital age: you design a holiday resort in Italy and, thanks to Google Earth, you don’t even get to go and ‘check its progress’. And don’t even talk to me about Facebook …