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FeaturesPower shift
Remember the rancid system-built slums they put up across the country, from East Kilbride to south Acton? And the people who dressed their children in damp clothes every morning while they waited for the government or the council to get them out? Well this last extract from CABE/RIBA's Housing 2024 ...
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More poor SAPS
You may remember the case of the boilers that weren't of satisfactory quality despite being in perfect working order. Well, the argument's heating up…
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Pinned and needled
A client's attempts to wriggle out of adjudication on three tricky points of law were quashed by one very clever adjudicator – and he wasn't even a lawyer
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NewsNAO to probe state procurement
The National Audit Office, parliament's public spending watchdog, is to assess the extent to which the government has adopted Egan procurement methods such as partnering
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Comment
Makeover for Marks
In view of Marks & Spencer's attempt to rebrand itself with its new Gateshead store (5 March, page 18), and if their catalogue is anything to go by, perhaps they would like to consider changing the store's name to suit. May I suggest "Markea"?
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Third time lucky?
As John Redmond pointed out (5 March, page 52), the New Engineering Contract (second edition) has not really been tested by the courts.
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Local lowdown
With increased public spending in the North-east, demand for housing professionals is high. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at what's on offer
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Just what we wanted
Graham Watts, chief executive of the Construction Industry Council, explains why he lobbied for CIPER and why it has a vital role to play
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FeaturesSourcing timber in Uganda: King of the jungle
Why an intrepid Oxford QS had to trek into the Ugandan jungle to find a solution for the High Commission building in Kampala – and make sure the locals weren't up to any tricks. We report on an African adventure
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NewsIsland hopping
Guernsey this week opens the £16.5m airport terminal designed by architect Kensington Taylor of Exeter and Babtie Engineering. The symmetrical building has a central concourse, aerofoil-shaped roofs and a trio of criss-crossing Y-shaped columns at the front. It was built by German contractor Hochtief with Davis Langdon & Everest ...
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MCG sets up health scheme
The Major Contractors Group will next week launch its occupational health scheme for the construction industry.
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FeaturesHappy to be here
As the UK prepares to welcome to Eastern European workers in May, we meet Yolanda Dwornik, a Polish immigrant from an earlier generation who made it to this country against very long odds indeed.
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NewsHalliburton set to invade UK healthcare market
Department of Health tries to persuade US engineering giant to bid for large PFI hospital projects
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FeaturesGordon's spring surprise
Mr Brown's Budget statement included a reference to the creation of CIPER, a forum where top dogs from the construction industry and the government can talk turkey. But wasn't that why the strategic forum was created?
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Labour takes the gloves off
Has the penny finally dropped at Whitehall? It's a truism of British politics that every party runs for election on the promise of freeing business from the dead hand of state regulation.
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Stop the planning freeze
The current drive for "affordable housing" is undoubtedly a gallant attempt to allow lower income households to invest in their own property.
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Liverpool FC spurns Morgan's millions
Steve Morgan, the former chairman of housebuilder Redrow, has had a bid to inject £50m into Liverpool football club rejected.
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Enterprise hits warp factor two
Fast-growing building maintenance firm Enterprise has doubled the amount of money it can borrow from its banks to £100m. It intends to use the funds to fuel further expansion