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You've been warned
Your article "Click to Survive" (30 January, page 36) was thought-provoking and timely.
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Marking your cards
George Brumwell’s hopes of saving lives by registering all foreign workers with the CSCS card scheme (13 February, page 14) is flawed.
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No excuses
Your lead news article on 6 February, "Multiplex warned 'safety is a serious concern with PC Harrington'" highlights just how far we have to go.
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Guarding your patch
I can imagine how some of our readers will react to this month’s cover feature on the move by commercial developers into the residential sector. Some housebuilders will be outraged at the sheer brass neck of the Lipton family and their suggestion that housebuilding is so inefficient that it will ...
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Factfile: February 2004
The Christmas season didn't do much to dent Scottish planners' workload, with a total of 1244 units approved in December. In the housing associations table, Garston Urban Village scored a major approval, and Persimmon and George Wimpey made headway in the private sector.Approvals into the new year dwindled virtually across ...
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Expert eye
Show homes will be your shop window, says Andrew Smith, Berkeley Homes' first head of landscape design. A chartered landscape architect with a masters in landscape ecology, design and management, Smith was previously a director at landscape consultancy Woodhams.
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Booy pockets cool £10m after Capita buys Symonds
£29.9m acquisition of project manager puts outsourcing firm Capita into top 10 UK construction consultants
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Exceptions rule
No, no, of course insurers don't try anything to avoid paying out on an all-risks policy. Still, just to be sure, apply a magnifying glass to that small print …
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Spot the difference? Three years, 60 jobs and a whole lot of cash
Here we see the damage Kate Barker's review of the planning system has caused a London scheme and the threat it has posed to one company's future
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What the planners think
RTPI president Mike Hayes describes the view from his side of the fence
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BAA sacks T5 groundwork firm over financial concerns
Geofirma gets boot because of 'accounting irregularites' as ductwork supplier Hotchkiss faces axe over pay deal
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New Part L
The second part of our super E-Z-Read® guide to next year’s likely changes to Part L looks at killer details such as refurbishing existing buildings, clashes with other regulations and why the product manufacturers are hopping mad.
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Majors set for top results season
Persimmon and Wimpey will be the big winners among the housebuilders in the forthcoming results season, according to a forecast by analyst Teather & Greenwood
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The silent service
Adjudicators aren't private eyes – or inquiry judges – looking into every detail of a case. They're paid just to assess the arguments … then keep their mouths shut
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Top Ten tips
How to wangle planning permission – by Mary Power, director of property agent FPDSavills
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Jarvis' public sector deals under Treasury spotlight
OGC understood to be reviewing Jarvis contracts after criticism of support services group's performance