Opinion – Page 331
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CommentThe death penalty
If a company’s negligence leads to loss of life, can it be given a lenient fine if a larger one would ruin it? Here’s what the Court of Appeal said about a recent case in Scotland
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A money back guarantee
If the coalition decided to scrap a lot of the old regime’s PFI contracts, what chance do all the preferred bidders stand of having their bid costs reimbursed?
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CommentNow every penny counts
The new PM is putting all the skills he learned as a PR to work in preparing us for his deficit reduction measures
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CIC names Gordon Masterton as new chair
Environment vice-president at engineer Jacobs takes over from Keith Clarke
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CommentThe end of garden grabbing: what it really means
Housebuilders shouldn’t fear anti-garden grabbing measures – there are worse planning changes afoot
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CommentGeneral public like "cows to the abattoir" says BPF panelist
The reality of the public sector cuts are sinking in as we are warned this will be “the end of British life as we know it” - but how much will it really affect our quality of life?
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CommentFootball out of Focus
London’s lack of big public screens for the World Cup exposes political inertia and metropolitan social rifts.
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Why the variation in house price indices?
What to make of the conflicting messages from the latest house prices surveys
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CommentHow to smooth Building's web fonts
If fonts on the new Building web site appear ’blocky’ you probably need to turn on Cleartype on your PC. Here’s how.
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CommentWilliam Hare vs Shepherd Construction: pay when paid clause
This is a case in which a contractor tried to rely on pay when paid clauses to avoid paying several subcontractors
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CommentShould you be tempted by Brazil?
Beach volleyball as the sun goes down, caipirinhas on demand and £360bn of government-assured infrastructure investment.
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CommentUnfriendly fire
I write in relation to Chris Ryan’s comments in Wonders & Blunders (28 May, page 32) on Thomas Deacon Academy, of which I am a director
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Reasoning with the RICS
I note from last week’s issue (14 May, page 9) that you brought the QS Forum into what appears to be a growing row between the QS Professional Group within the RICS and the RICS itself. Your article asserts that the forum is set to hold “crunch talks” with RICS
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Save our stability
Preliminary statistics for the first quarter of 2010 show the number of Scottish construction firms becoming insolvent has doubled compared both with the last three months of 2009 and the same quarter last year
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Lack of meritocracy
I read with interest your article about work picking up in the South-east, particularly in the London region (building.co.uk, 20 May), but when I look at the range of jobs advertised, they appear to apply to surveyors or RICS-qualified people.I am wondering when I am going to get a job ...
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Crossrail solved
Surely a small tax on the major users of Crossrail - the banks - would adequately fill the foreseen funding gap (building.co.uk, 28 May)
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CommentBuilding Answers: 04 June 2010
The Building Forum’s online discussion site includes a page where members can ask advice from fellow professionals. This latest is about non-payment.
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CommentPaul Everall: Change of plan?
We have a new government with its own ideas about building control. So, what do we know so far about Con/Lib plans for regulation, asks Paul Everall, and what could they mean for the industry?
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CommentDavid Strong: Mind the performance gap
Experience has shown that the carbon savings that are promised in design can fail to materialise in the finished building. The task we face now is to identify where we’re failing, find practical tools to help, and take responsibility for the outcome