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Features
Lead times
There may be few changes this quarter, says Rob Darrow of Mace, but you should brace yourself for what’ll happen next year. Over the page, Gavin Murgatroyd of Gardiner & Theobald casts a spotlight on structural steel
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FeaturesPlanning: the American dream
John Prescott and Prince Charles want to borrow a US idea – new urbanism – to make sustainable communities function as urban spaces. But some UK architects fear design codes and community consultation could result in the Poundbury vision taking hold.
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FeaturesWhose deal is it?
When it comes to training and skills, the industry has bet the house on the success of CSCS cards. Now a report has revealed that the scheme is hobbled by arguments over who controls it and whether it is working.
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CommentLet’s be Belgian
Our system of project insurance wastes about £1bn a year, and invariably leads to the courts. Why can’t we have project-based insurance, as they do on the Continent?
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CommentKindly leave the stage
It’s an accepted rule that if an adjudicator throws out a claim, the losing party can’t rush out and hire another one. But in this case, that’s exactly what happened …
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Tell it to the judge
All forms of dispute resolution involve a scary degree of uncertainty, complexity or cost. Now a proposed shake-up of the courts promises a better alternative
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Comment
Why bother?
In response to your recent editorial about encouraging young women into the construction industry I must ask, why?
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Comment
… On a more optimistic note
Getting role models in the industry to talk directly to young men and women is an effective way of changing attitudes, as suggested by Victoria Caesar (Letters, 12 November, page 36).
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Comment
Learning curve
Two brief points in connection with your article on my “re-education” (12 November, page 44).
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Comment
Apprenticeships are thriving
May I congratulate your magazine for focusing on, over the past few issues, the immensely important topic of vocational training.
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Comment
A tricky treaty
Greg Trickey misunderstands the European Union constitution (12 November, page 37), the legal threat of which will be no greater to the UK’s “royal” chartered bodies than to the Crown Prosecution Service, the Royal Mail or indeed the royal family itself.
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Target practice
In the article “Fatality rate overshadows HSE’s healthy living plan” (15 November, page 17), some confusion crept in, which resulted in the views I expressed being misrepresented.
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CommentOpen mike: It ain’t rocket science
There’s a pretty obvious way to avoid escalating M&E costs, points out consultant Chris Haley – and it’s not by ignoring the problem and hoping it’ll go away, you idiots
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FeaturesVague visions Vegas
Kerrching! The prospect of supercasinos cropping up across the land is putting pound signs in the eyes of construction firms. We talk to key players to find out how good the odds are of winning that jackpot – and to discover the rules of the game …
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NewsLend Lease’s £3bn bid for General Property Trust fails
Merger blocked by shareholders, as speculation grows that Bovis parent could itself become takeover target
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Gleeson plans £5m shake-up of building arm
MJ Gleeson is to reorganise its construction arm in a bid to improve its financial performance.
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NewsJarvis’ grip loosens on two of its remaining jobs
Contractor’s plight worsens as hospital hits delays and university looks for replacement on hall of residence
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CSCS cards at centre of £700,000 cash row
The struggle over control of the cscs skills card scheme took a new twist this week as the parties clashed over its financial status,