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CommentTime is on its side
Many see the new NEC as a contract for dreamers with milk in their mouths; others consider it an improvement on other forms. Here's one reason to think the latter
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CommentJudging the judges
There's no doubt that as decision-makers TCC judges are a class act, but will that make them good mediators? The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators thinks not
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How to turn a crisis into a claim
For companies, the cost of dealing with a crisis can be hard to quantify, which has made it hard to make a claim against the party responsible. Until now …
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CommentSix simple questions
Professional indemnity insurance deals tend to be as good as the broker that negotiates them for you. So how can you tell how good your broker is?
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CommentWake up, Gordon
The cut-off date for member states to reduce their VAT on refurbishment was the end of last month. So why did our chancellor miss the chance in his Budget speech?
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O'Rourke in line for £350m mall
Laing O'Rourke has been tipped to beat Bovis Lend Lease and Sir Robert McAlpine to a £350m shopping centre in Cardiff for developer Land Securities
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Praise an engineer - and win £10,000
Prizes worth a total of £35,000 are to be awarded for positive portrayals of engineers in the media.
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NewsCollege green
This £4m boarding house under construction at St Lawrence College in Kent is being fitted with a two-storey cooling tower, a rainwater recovery system with an underground storage tank that doubles as a heat sink and natural ventilation.
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NewsByzantine plots
Architect Llewelyn Davies Yeang has won a competition to masterplan an ecological transport corridor linking Istanbul's east and west waterfronts with the rest of Turkey.
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CommentKeep up with Jones
The construction industry should learn from other sectors, says Building's graduate panellist
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FeaturesBattle of Waitrose
Nine weeks they lost to the dead. Nine weeks they struggled to bring to being the store, with quiche bedecked. What cunning? What buildcraft? Thomas Lane tells the tale.
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Milton Keynes developers put brakes on ‘roof tax'
The implementation of the Milton Keynes roof tax is being delayed because of uncertainty over the government's proposed planning gain supplement.
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RDAs seek Gateway tsar
The South-east's three regional development agencies are joining forces to appoint a chief executive to beef up their activities in the Thames Gateway.
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Mayor unites his Olympic designers
London mayor Ken Livingstone is to announce the formation of an organisation that will draw together all the design bodies at the Greater London Authority dealing with the Olympics
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Brazilian wins Pritzker
Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has been awarded the 2006 Pritzker prize for his work in the city of São Paulo.
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HSE targets designers in drive to cut site accidents
The Health and Safety Executive is to look at how changes in the design process can reduce accidents on site.
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NewsHave we got mews for you …
HLM Architects residential development in Islington, north London, has recently been completed by the Aitch Group.
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Little Britain to support Paralympic sailing team
Britain's Paralympic sailing team is set to benefit from this autumn's Little Britain Challenge Cup, the annual construction industry sailing contest.
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London tower architect named
The architect of developer Great Portland Estates' 12-storey office building on London's South Bank has been revealed as Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.