Opinion – Page 328
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CommentHas the Office for Budget Responsibility screwed up stamp duty figures?
Estimates on expected revenue from stamp duty look hugely optimistic, so what happens if they’re wrong?
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CommentSigns of a stalling housing market
It’s a confused picture, but overall the recent resurgence in the market looks to be petering out
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CommentChelsea Barracks: The Prince is not the Problem
Does the ongoing Chelsea Barracks saga teach us as much about architects as it does Prince Charles?
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CommentUS consultanting giants: About the size of it
Clients who have had a close relationship with a consultant they see as independent and free thinking could hesitate before employing a more impersonal multinational
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CommentGleeds on the budget 2010: Video
Clive Curd and David Gibson, Gleeds taxation, grants and insurance, look at the implications of the budget on the construction and property industry, focusing on taxes, spending cuts and enhanced capital allowances
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CommentWW Gear Construction vs McGhee Group: submitting a claim in time
If you fail to put in a claim for loss and expense within the time period, you lose your right to claim as happened in this case
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CommentBudget could have been worse
At least there are people within the coalition who realise how vital our industry is to the UK economy
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CommentWonders & blunders with Eamonn Holmes
Eamonn Holmes thinks Stormont majestic enough to host George Best’s funeral service, but would love to drive a bulldozer into a seventies DVLA office
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CommentHansom: Turf wars
While a fishmonger and a newt-fancier fight over a scrap of east London, a trip to the races proves a right royal to-do and the new housing minister gets slapped down by the Treasury
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A bad Budget for us
The cuts to public spending announced in the emergency Budget should come as no surprise and are something the construction sector has been bracing itself for
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Get building
Surely we have to get back to real basics now (“Industry left waiting on housing and BSF,” 25 June, page 10)
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Cut your coat according to cloth
As the UK’s leading school locker manufacturer, we share the industry’s concerns over the future of Building Schools for the Future (“Industry fears for future of BSF,” 21 June, building.co.uk)
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Sell, sell, sell
I have been saying for years to stakeholders that householders and consumers are ignorant of the benefits that sustainable technology can deliver because it has been poorly sold to them (“Report shows green benefits elude homeowners,” 24 June, building.co.uk)
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Q+A from Building Answers
Building’s Forum regulars offer their advice on problems. This week: a dissertation on sustainability and the London 2012 Olympics
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CommentA New Landmark for Aldgate
A new exhibition dreams of a new London gateway to help celebtate the 2012 Olympics
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CommentHopkins woos Sky riders with velodrome sketch show
Hopkins director Mike Taylor shares the secrects of the 2012 velodrome with riders on the London Festival of Architecture Velo2Velo
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CommentNew KPIs show construction is getting more dangerous
The latest key performance indicators reveal a revearsal of the health and safety improvements and it looks like the recession's to blame
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APC extras: T017 – Contract practice
In the second part of our series we look at the knowledge APC candidates are required to have of construction contracts
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CommentPause … to the Tolent clause !?
The question for the court: Whether a clause in a construction contract which determines that a party is liable for the costs of adjudication irrespective of the decision of the adjudicator, typically referred to as a ’Tolent Clause’, is effective