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Costs: Acoustic flooring solutions
Complaints about noise transmission in the home are on the up. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans looks at the choice of acoustic flooring solutions and analyses their whole-life costs
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NewsMiller snaps up Fairclough Homes for £264m
Integration of two groups will turn Miller into a top ten housebuilder.
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Government to miss 20% carbon target
Report says government will miss its own carbon emissions target, but says requirements of the 2012 Kyoto protocol will be met.
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NewsDavid Higgins frontrunner for Olympic job
The man who organised Sydney 2000 is the government's preferred choice as head of the Olympic Delivery Agency, according to The Observer.
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Lovell to refurbish West Bromwich blocks
£4.8m scheme will involve major internal and external improvement work on two high-rise blocks in Hallam Street.
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Industry anger over delay to Building Regulations updates
Industry bodies have attacked revisions to Parts F and L of the Building Regulations published this week, claiming firms will be unable to meet the deadlines for energy efficiency changes.
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MJP cuts staff after BBC simplifies flagship design
Changes to plan for second phase of Broadcasting House force project architect to cut staff
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CommentA happy compromise
A trial before a judge or arbitrator is one thing; negotiations facilitated by a mediator is a horse of a different colour. So what would happen if we crossed them?
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Housing chief speaks out over ‘cheap’ new homes
New boss of National Housing Federation singles out government’s ‘short-termism’ for criticism at conference
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NewsBid costs for PFI hospitals increase by half
Major Contractors Group survey shows soaring costs for hospitals – but falling costs for schools projects
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Comment
What’s in a name?
The respondent had built up a funeral directors business under the name of “Richard T Adlem Funeral Director”. In 1993 the respondent sold the business to a Mr Beckwith, who continued to use the name “Richard T Adlem Funeral Director”. In 2000 Mr Beckwith sold the business and goodwill to ...
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Rogers’ taskforce calls for communities plan to be axed
John Prescott’s plans for South-east housing growth come under severe criticism from panel of urban advisers
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NewsRogers’ taskforce calls for communities plan to be axed
John Prescott’s plans for South-east housing growth come under severe criticism from panel of urban advisers
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CommentOwn goal in extra time
Rather like referees, contract administrators aren’t infallible. So what can you do if one of them wrongly awards your contractor an extension of time?
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Profit at Interserve surges 23% thanks to PFI
Facilities management and infrastructure group Interserve this week said that government spending, including PFI, had led to healthy figures in the first half of the year.
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NewsDeath by consultation?
Anyone who has an idea is in a minority of one. If it’s an idea they want to pursue, then they have to convert others to the same point of view.
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Industry anger over delay to Building Regulations updates
Industry bodies have attacked revisions to Parts F and L of the Building Regulations published this week, claiming firms will be unable to meet the deadlines for energy efficiency changes.
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Comment
Courts U Like
The Technology and Construction Court is about to reinvent itself as a customer-friendly dispute resolution service – as long as litigants follow the rules