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CommentFractal law
As with the coastline of England or the Mandlebrot Set, the closer you look at standard forms of contract, the more complexity you find. Take this example …
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Be demanding – or else
Seventy site deaths a year is unacceptable to everyone, including the government. So why doesn’t it use its commercial leverage to save lives?
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FeaturesMarket hackers
Four years after the dotcom crash, datacentres are becoming sexy again. But hold on, surely you have to be a technogeek to get a piece of the action? Well, not necessarily … Building explains how to hack into this rebooted sector.
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FeaturesJust the job: Beverley Martin, from mum to pm
Until 10 years ago, Beverley Martin was a full-time mother - now she's managing a £3m airport project
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Fly-fishing, by Anglian Water
I read with interest the article titled “Supervillains”. As a building contractor, I have had numerous problems with utilities companies and can sympathise with Andrew Gill over the problems he had with Anglian Water.
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East End enterprise
I think John Smith’s appraisal of the lack of training was very astute but I was wondering whether I could offer a glimmer of hope.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong
It is misleading and inaccurate to say that Acton Housing Association, part of the Dominion Housing Group, has “the worst record for spending”.
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Disappointing performance
Your article attempting to report on housing association spend was, unfortunately, wholly inaccurate and misleading.
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Three vie for McDonald’s top ODPM role
Richard McCarthy, Neil Kinghan and Joe Montgomery vie for senior role at ODPM.
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NewsLiving in the dark ages
Building on how current housing policies are depriving us of space and light
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NewsThe Laird’s estate
Michael Laird Architects has unveiled its designs for Leamington Wharf, a £2m waterside terrace of contemporary townhouses is located on a narrow strip of land next to the newly restored Union Canal in Edinburgh.
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Former ODPM adviser calls for halt to new regulations
Paul Everall, the man who oversaw the introduction of Part P and Part B, says there is ‘too much regulation’
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Industry fatalities reach three-year high
Seventy-two workers died in the construction industry in the past year, the highest number for three years, according to a report revealed this week.
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FeaturesSpecifier Products
Everything you need to create a sophisticated, modern office environment, from frameless glass partitioning to wall-mounted uplighters, plus systems for heat recovery, air-handling and sunshading
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CommentA culture of collusion
It’s disappointing to see the reputation of the industry taking a battering again. That, inevitably, is the consequence of what the Office of Fair Trading is finding about anti-competitive practices in the construction sector.
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The golden Quartermile
Laing O’Rourke Scotland has won the contract for the £350m Quartermile redevelopment of the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. The firm will begin construction work on the first phases of the 19 acre site in the next few weeks. The initial contract is worth in the region of £50m. Quartermile will ...