Opinion – Page 294
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CommentA harsh reality check
Arup’s redundancies this week are an unfortunate reflection of the state of the industry
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CommentQuentin Shears: The great stadium dispute
Quentin receives an invitation from Gator Corp to build a croquet venue - then demolish it
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CommentIs bigger really better?
Do large firms really have an advantage when compared to their smaller rivals? Probably not, it's cash that counts.
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Open mike: The good old days
The Property Services Agency did more good than harm, despite what its detractors - and the state of public sector procurement - may suggest. What we need now, says Steve Hale, is a new, streamlined version
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Stop right there
This week’s theme is ’caution’. From a cash-happy economist, to pillow-throwing protestors, to the RICS’ attempts to cash in on water, my advice is: count to 10 before making hasty decisions
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Architect sandwich, anyone?
It’s easy to blame the architects for the glut of “look-a-like” housing developments throughout the country.
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Tick-tock: the sustainability clock
What are construction companies doing to meet the 2019 carbon emissions targets?
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A little consideration please
When the construction industry is losing staff left, right and centre, including Turner &Townsend, I find Robert Deatker’s comments (14 January, page 30) on his “favourite restaurant in Barbados” and his “favourite meal of clams and linguine”, to be crass, affected and insensitive. I couldn’t bring myself to read the ...
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CommentConsolidation is the name of the game
A major bout of consolidation is under way, marked by a shrinking band of suppliers and a growing list of casualties. Alastair Stewart looks at the players in a game of musical chairs
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CommentConstruction folk take more than a fair share of pain as prices rise and pay falls
Since November 2007 construction wages have dropped by 1.1% compared to a 5% rise across the economy
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CommentBe explicit: All Metal Roofing vs Kamm Properties
This case shows the importance of stating the exact whens, wheres and whys of any contract – in writing
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CommentDrop in homebuyers and sellers in December: was it snow or a change in climate?
Spring will tell whether there is new growth in housing prospects
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CommentNovember construction output figures suggest it’s downhill from here
The industry contracted by 1.5% towards the end of 2010
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CommentSome room for optimism to be found in the Experian forecast
Data is more upbeat about construction's medium-term prospects than other recent forecasts
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CommentIs Iraq still scary?
With security improving more UK construction companies are considering moving in
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CommentLow-carbon: A trillion miles begins with a single step
Paul Morrell’s ideas for getting construction to help deliver a low carbon future are light on design, says Chris Wise. Odd, because in fact we can design out much of our carbon footprint
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VAT for domestic building ...
I hope this government knows what it is doing, because interest rates will have to rise soon as well (VAT increase could cost 11,000 jobs, 17 December, building.co.uk)
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VAT on domestic animals
Funny how Labour’s 1% hike on NI was a “jobs tax” that every CEO in the country seemed to want to scream about and sign carefully staged letters about, but now a 2.5% rise in VAT is being introduced by this shambles of a government with barely a word from ...