Opinion – Page 327
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CommentQuentin Shears: Golf rage
Simon decided golf would be more fun than doorstepping voters trying to watch Britain’s got talent…
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The £406,000 man
As a chartered QS I read the article about the plans of the new boss of the RICS to woo disgruntled QSs (16 April, page 13) with some personal interest, as well as some sense of humour
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Springing into action
I read with interest your recent article about how the growth of the UK economy is hindered by a shrinking construction industry (“Construction decline holds back UK economy”, 23 April) but I think that it gives the wrong – and worrying – message to our industry
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CommentThe next step
I was one of the three graduates that did a small article with Building last year (11 September 2009, page 34).
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Channel hopping
How many more consultations are they going to waste money on (MPs attack plans for 10-mile Severn barrage)?
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Where’s my cut?
I enjoyed your leader on the perils of corruption in the less developed parts of the world (16 April, page 3)
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How construction can make cycling safer
The warm weather and longer days is making cycling to work enjoyable again. The streets of London are teeming with cyclists riding new bikes bought on their company's Cycle to Work scheme.Cycling is a brilliant to get stay fit and avoid the stuffy Tube, but unfortunately it's not as safe ...
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We're back to double-digit growth in house prices, oh dear
House prices are booming again, crack open the champagne!Well maybe not.If I was a house builder reading the latest survey from the Nationwide building society showing a double-digit rise in prices over the past year (see graph) I would be worried.Looking at my short-term prospects, naturally I would be chirpy ...
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‘Pre-pack’ administrations face stricter controls
Against the backdrop of recovering economic meltdown, and the plethora of high-profile retail failures, several of which resulted in pre-pack sales (e.g. Whittards, The Officers Club and USC) - is it any wonder that creditors and indeed the public have come to an increasingly cynical view of ‘revolving door’ or ...
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CommentHow do you make NEC contracts work on major projects?
Three construction professionals discussed their experiences of doing just that, and this is what they said…
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NEC in practice
If you want to use the NEC contracts successfully, then you've got to keep talking to each other. That was the key message to be taken from a talk titled “NEC in Practice” recently hosted by the King’s College Construction Law Association in conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Building. ...
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Are the shackles to come off at Crest Nicholson?
Stephen Stone was not giving much away this morning when asked about the reported £350m-plus bid for Crest Nicholson by pizza and pub entrepreneur Hugh Osmond.Osmond's listed Horizon vehicle is on the hunt for a deal after raising £420m earlier this year and the housebuilding sector has clearly caught his ...
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Latest construction forecasts suggest there is more to fear than hope for
The latest round of forecasting by construction experts paints a picture little changed from three months ago with little hope of significant growth, much uncertainty and the risks to growth heavily weighted on the down side.The general pattern they expect can be seen from the graph (right).It shows that after ...
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Mentmore Towers vs Packman Lucas: a court injunction
Do the courts have the power to grant injunctions restraining a party from pursuing an adjudication?
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It’s a double-dip recession for construction, if the statisticians’ first stab at growth is right
Construction has fallen into a double-dip recession – that is if the preliminary estimates by the statisticians putting together the first quarter 2010 gross domestic product figures are to be believed.The preliminary GDP figures put growth at a pallid 0.2% for the economy as a whole. This low level of ...
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CommentThe winning straight?
All three main parties have laid their environmental cards on the table, but nobody seems to have the full set of policies laid out in the correct way to make a real difference
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CommentHansom: In the proverbial
This week, we at Building Towers have judged a book by its cover, asked a silly question (with matching answer), noted the differences between fools and enjoyed a little tale about a Heron and a Fox
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Flexing the drawing muscles
This was a really interesting article (The possibilities!, 9 April, page 42) and I was pleased to see collaboration software being discussed from an architectural perspective
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