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NewsOcean Estate project reaches for government lifeline
Backers of £200m housing regeneration scheme in east London apply to government for crucial gap funding
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Developers queue up as Sainsburys sells Thames site
Developers are lining up to bid for a Sainsbury’s site in Southwark, south London, after the retailer decided to sell the site.
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Features
Ask Edward
Our creep through the minefield of employment law takes us passed the consequences of resignation and the difference between a getting a job and being employed
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Tender price forecast: Sunny outlook
With the office market tip-toeing towards recovery, the spending review making investment promises and demand at an all-time high, the outlook is warm and sunny, says Davis Langdon
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NewsNew boss set to refocus Wates
Paul Drechsler, the new chief executive of contractor Wates, has been given a free rein to modernise the 111-year-old family firm
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NewsMorgan Sindall predicts £25m profit
The full-year pre-tax profit at Morgan Sindall could hit £25m, the contractor claimed after it posted improved interim results.
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Comment
Mark my words, Gordon
If the chancellor thinks that his backing the Quality Mark will rid the industry of cowboy builders, he’s obviously got a lot to learn about cowboy customers
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NewsLeave our dream alone
This is Roger Hume. Five years ago, he and hundreds like him bought a house in a brand new Cambridgeshire village. Then the developers decided to increase density in line with planning policy and the residents hit the roof. Have the government and middle England parted company?
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David Curry
Government wants councils to ensure all social housing achieves the Decent Homes standard by 2010, if necessary by transferring their housing stock. But it may not be that simple
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FeaturesThe adventures of Simon Cowell’s nicer brother
John Cowell may not have his younger sibling’s Pop Idol fame and fortune, but his construction consultancy has found a way to cash in on the family name. We talk to him about Hendrix, Will Young and Mr Nasty’s notoriously high waistbands.
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FeaturesCover story
Controversial, original, charming, brilliant – celebrity photographer Platon has just published a book of his work over the past decade.
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Comment
Protocol’s progress
The Society of Construction Law’s rules for handling delay can now be incorporated into your contract – with dramatic consequences for the programme
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CommentCompulsory purchases
Two legal textbooks have just been published, and if you’re in the business of fighting or resolving disputes, you simply have to have them on your shelf
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Comment
Exit the engineer
The ICE form has long required engineers to resolve ‘matters of dissatisfaction’. Well, that’s all over now, because the seventh edition has new rules
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Comment
The nuclear option
The flow of interim payments has come to a stop and it looks ominous. What to do? Wait for an adjudication – or go for broke with a winding-up petition?
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Comment
Quality is key
I would like to take this opportunity to respond to your invitation for views on whether or not the Quality Mark can be resurrected (2 July, page 15).
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Stuck in first gear
I read with interest your leader article “Assisted Suicide” and “Watts: BRE is on a precipice” (23 July, page 12) on the DTI’s proposal to end the practice of ringfencing money for construction research and development.
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Charity begins at home
No, I do not agree the industry should be funding migrant workers for skills training (30 July, page 15). Do British tradesmen get the same treatment if we work on the Continent? Maybe it’s about time Britain stopped being such a “bleeding heart” and actually concentrated on solving our own ...
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Comment
Ships that pass on the motorway
As a regular passer of the RAC control centres at Bristol and Walsall (30 July, page 34), perhaps someone could enlighten me about the obviously nautical inspiration in the designs. The centre at Bristol screams Noah’s Ark (when not attracting divine thunderbolts, causing the computer system to shut down!) and ...