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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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FeaturesExpert 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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NewsBooy 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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FeaturesSpot 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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FeaturesWhat the planners think
RTPI president Mike Hayes describes the view from his side of the fence
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NewsBAA 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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FeaturesNew 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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CommentThe 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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FeaturesTop 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
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NewsKey Arup director retires after 24 years
The man behind consultant engineer Arup's work on the Eurotunnel, the 2012 Olympic bid and Crossrail will leave his role as director in April.
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LIFT model planned for Thames Gateway
The government is considering using the LIFT procurement model to deliver large-scale regeneration projects such as Thames Gateway
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NewsRICS faces financial crisis if fee hike challenge succeeds
Rebel QS's plan for judicial review of fee increase may result in '£2m shortfall' in institution's 2004 budget
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Guild chief quits in Part M row
The head of the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers has resigned after the publication of a report sponsored by his firm that recommended the use of a type of door handles that it makes
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Arup studies Olympic rail needs
Consulting engineer Arup has submitted the first draft of its research into whether London's rail system will be able to cope if the city wins the 2012 Olympic Games