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CommentReform is a wonderful thing …
After a decade of busily making the planning system worse, the government has finally given the industry some hope that it might actually improve it.
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CommentGooglitarianism
The next step in Google’s total domination of the internet is iGoogle – a facility that means you no longer need any other websites.
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CommentHell is a very small place
This is the story of a common-or-garden domestic extension that took years to complete and resulted in a savage battle between the architect and the client that ended up in the High Court
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Features
Welsh wins keep Bovis on top of contractors table
Business barometer — Cardiff malls keep Australian firm clear of second-placed Laing O’Rourke
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NewsHalpern dropped from East End scheme
Barratt has replaced architect Halpern with Allies and Morrison as the designer of a 900-home scheme in London after pressure from London’s new architectural watchdog.
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Former Bovis boss joins Candy & Candy
John Howell, the former head of Bovis Lend Lease’s southern division, has joined development manager Candy & Candy in the newly created role of construction director
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NewsZaha Hadid unveils wonder of Dubai – images
The London-based architect reveals another show stopping design which will be sited next to the Burj Dubai
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Former Bovis boss joins Candy & Candy
John Howell will join development manager as construction director
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Comment
Why don’t we talk any more?
The Technology and Construction Court’s caseload rose by almost one-fifth last year. But with all this litigation and arbitration, we seem to have lost the ability to negotiate and to mediate
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NewsCurrie & Brown loses BSF head
Consultant Currie & Brown is to lose its Building Schools for the Future (BSF) head in the third director-level departure from its PFI team in a month.
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NewsDarling to take final decision on nuclear by end of year
Industry secretary launches final consultation period for fresh generation of power stations
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News
Barratt to close prefab business
Housebuilder will exit its Advance Housing steel frame JV with Terrapin and instead buy offsite systems from range of suppliers
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NewsKier tenders fall under OFT spotlight
The tenders being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading were submitted by Kier Regional between 2000 and 2005
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NewsRICS: Kelly’s HIPs speech misled parliament
RICS denies Ruth Kelly's claim that it has dropped its judicial review of the HIPs implementation
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Comment
The search for meaning
Rhodia vs Huntsman is the case you’ve been waiting for – the one that explores what ‘reasonable endeavours’ and ‘best endeavours’ really entail. Martino Giaquinto explains
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NewsMixed fortune
Company focus Contractor Durkan is benefiting from the move to mixed-tenure housing
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NewsGovernment unveils fast-track planning reforms
The government this week provided the construction industry with the practical detail it had been waiting for on planning reform.
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News
Hill International wins £12m Iraq contract
The consultant will carry out construction management work for the US army corps of engineers
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NewsCarillion in £2m hospital law suit
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust has accused Carillion of fraud in the High Court