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FeaturesWe wish to make a complaint
The supply of gas, water and electricity seems to present terrible problems to the companies whose sole business is to do just that – and things are getting steadily worse. Lorraine Cushnie finds out why
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CommentFull steam ahead, all guns blazing
As a lobbying group the construction industry acts like a bunch of weekend sailors on a pleasure cruise. James Wates thinks it needs to turn itself into a disciplined navy
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FeaturesSaved by a credit card
Tropus made it into business by the slimmest of margins – and is now worth £20m
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CommentWonders & blunders
David Bellamy worships the Natural History Museum where he learned about botany, but rails against City Hall for its swarms of security guards
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Back issues - October 1945
Reconstruction needs more plasterers – just don’t mention the wall …
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FeaturesTop 250 Consultants 2006: And they’re off!
Fasten your earmuffs … speed demons, classic saloons, green racers, nimble runarounds and hardy 4×4s are all on the starting grid for this year’s Top 250 consultants survey. Martin Hewes compiles the results and Katie Puckett does the commentary
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CommentSomething has to be done
Nine out of 10 sites are delayed by the apparent inability of gas, electricity and water suppliers to do what they’re in business to. They can take six months to produce a simple quote. They can charge you £4,000 before they begin to think about putting in a water mains.
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Wimpey slumps in US – but thrives in UK
The slowdown in the US housing market has caused housebuilder George Wimpey to warn that its completions in America will fall below last year’s level.
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NewsCooper declares crackdown on badly designed homes
Housing minister’s comments follow veto of key Thames Gateway scheme by Ruth Kelly
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News£4bn plan for Brent Cross
Hammerson, Multiplex and Standard Life have started a public consultation process on plans for the £4bn regeneration of Brent Cross and Cricklewood in north-west London.
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Lemley warns of WW2 bombs on Olympic site
The head of the body responsible for delivering the Olympic games has expressed fears over unexploded bombs buried deep in the ground under the Olympic park in east London.
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Large projects snub CM
Construction management is no longer a popular contract form on larger schemes, according to the RICS’ latest Contract In Use survey.
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NewsWhich slide are you on?
Artist Carsten Holler, whose work is on show at the Tate Modern, has commissioned public realm consultant General Public Agency (GPA) to conduct a feasibility study into how slides could be used on sites across London.
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Skills academy’s fate to be decided by end of month
The government will announce at the end of this month whether plans for a national construction skills academy will go ahead.
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NewsGreen agency hit by £5.3m VAT bill
The government’s green agenda suffered a setback this week after an energy-efficiency agency was slapped with a £5.3m tax bill, forcing it to restrict its activities.
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Utilities delays ‘threaten social homes target’
Delays to projects caused by utility companies are endangering the government’s affordable homes target, the country’s biggest housing association has warned.
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NewsLaying down the law
Architect Sheppard Robson has won planning permission for this project at Leeds Metropolitan University.
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Energy price rises have cost industry extra £1.6bn
The UK’s high energy prices are costing contractors billions of pounds and threatening the government’s construction programme, industry bodies warned this week.
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NewsTories hold 2012 Olympic summit
Conservative shadow ministers meet construction trade bodies today to discuss delivery and legacy issues