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We need whole-life politics
In his first online column for Building Paul King expresses relief at the delayed election but demands sustainability to be "at the heart of the political narrative"
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View from my office: Hugh Redrup
Associate director at Faithful + Gould can see half of London from his office on the 31st floor of Euston Tower
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Pass the parcel
When partnering was introduced, contractors tended to get landed with most of a project’s risk. In these days of high demand, they’re trying to pass it back to clients. But is that a good strategy?
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Willmott Dixon aims for £750m turnover by 2012
Ambitious contractor aims to increase turnover 50% to £750m over the next three to five years
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Housebuilders warned not to rely on buy-to-let investors
Property consultant Hometrack tells HBF that returns on residential property are falling
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Bovis Lend Lease poaches top Skanska executive
Appointment of Nick Pollard is latest in a string of boardroom changes at UK business
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Bovis Lend Lease poaches top Skanska executive
Appointment of Nick Pollard is latest in a string of boardroom changes at UK business
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Mackenzie project manager on Aurora building
Also: Davis Langdon QS on Birmingham regeneration scheme
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Client questions BREEAM rating
Programme manager claims there are cracks in the green rating system and calls for a review of BREEAM
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Sustainability — Embodied carbon
Your client’s low-energy building has a wind turbine and photovoltaics, the insulation uses sheep’s wool and there’s no PVC.But just how much carbon has been used in assembling the building – and should we worry? Davis Langdon report on an initiative to rate the embodied carbon of buildings.
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Government takes aim at local housebuilding bans
Housing minister indicates that she will push through development despite local moratoriums
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How Erinaceous was stopped in its tracks
As many of its constituent QSs and architects prepare to buy their way out of the stricken property services group, David Parsley considers the future of the company that grew from nowhere to the verge of the FTSE 250, only for its addiction to acquisition to bring it to the ...
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Darling ‘risks squandering billions’
The government has been warned that it risks squandering billions of pounds of investment in schools and hospitals unless it sets out a spending timetable.
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Who will win Le Crunch tomorrow night?
Predict the correct score and win an England Rugby shirt
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Construction start-ups rise by a third
Barclays research finds young people are responsible for rising figures
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John Quinlan Terry fined £25,000 over demolition
Architect allows demolition of two Grade II listed buildings in Regents Park
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A bit of a liability
Following a judgment in which the defendants were ordered to reveal their liability insurance cover to the claimant, expect such requests to become commonplace in large claims
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Willmott Dixon aims for £750m turnover by 2012
Ambitious contractor aims to increase turnover 50% to £750m over the next three to five years