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FeaturesPart P: The not so shocking truth
Mike Clark the technical director of NICEIC explains how the new regulation governing electrical installations will affect industry.
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£60m retirement home venture starts in North
Three companies put together investment fund to build retirement villages across UK.
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FeaturesLittle Britain sailors raise £100,000 for charity
Olympic stars Ben Ainslie and Shirley Robsinson accept cheques on behalf of sailing charities at London Boat Show.
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Grabiner appointed chair of Partnerships for Schools
Ex-Energis chief will work with government to deliver Schools for the Future investment progamme.
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House prices fall again
National Association of Estate Agents survey reports fall of 1.2% in December but says first time buyers are returning to the housing market.
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Comment
At risk from the neighbours
The respondent commenced excavation and piling works on a property neighbouring the appellants’ property and served a party wall notice after the works had commenced. Cracks appeared in the appellants’ property, which the appellants alleged were caused by the works being carried out by the respondent.
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British Land signs 10-year deal to develop Canada Water
Regeneration of Canada Water set to start in 2006 after British Land’s ten year agreement with Southwark Council is signed.
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Economist warns of recession unless Bank of England cuts rates
Roger Bootle says that a fall in government spending and a wobbly housing market will lead to a cut in interest rates.
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Rok Property buoyed by growth in commercial sector
Rok Property Solutions issues confident trade statement and predicts good growth in its property, build and maintenance divisions.
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UK in talks with Indonesia over tsunami reconstruction
Leading UK construction industry figures will meet in Indonesia next week to discuss reconstruction in the wake of the tsunami.
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Prescott’s £60,000 house to become team effort
English Partnerships and Housing Corporation join up to test deputy prime minister’s call for affordable homes.
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NewsDTI looks for firm to end National Physical Lab fiasco
Three years after it was due to be handed over, DTI takes over disastrous PFI project and puts it out to tender
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NewsDTI looks for firm to end National Physical Lab fiasco
Three years after it was due to be handed over, DTI takes over disastrous PFI project and puts it out to tender.
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FeaturesGet ’em young…
These construction trainees are the future of the industry, and if government plans are realised, thousands more will soon be trained all over the country. All the construction industry has to do is get its act together and organise a nationwide programme. What could possibly go wrong with that?
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CommentEvolutionary politics
Thumping great overspend though it was, Holyrood could help the government turn its current survival-of-the-fittest approach into a best-practice blueprint
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CommentTwist and shout
liquidated damages clause has advantages for employer and contractor. So how come the latter is so keen to wriggle out of it when it comes into play?
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CommentLiving with The Others
Hovering above the real people doing real jobs on real site is a vast ghostly world of contract documents and legal obligations. How should the two interact?
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Watch your backs …
The Office of Fair Trading is planning up to 65 investigations into anti-competitive behaviour in construction. What should you do if one of them is aimed at you?
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One in the eye for Amicus
Despite the concerns of Amicus about the use of retina scans for site security at Heathrow Terminal 5 (17 December, page 9), I can only think that anything that prevents unwanted access to sites is a good thing.