All Building articles in 23 July 2010
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Knowles' knowledge: Downing tools and getting paid
Contractors and subbies are entitled to walk off site if they haven’t been paid, but they have to stick to the rules…
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Knowles' knowledge: Improving your payment terms
In order to clinch a deal its easy to overlook poor payment terms, but you may be in a better negotiating position than you think…
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House prices dip 0.5%
Annual house price inflation falls by 2% as Nationwide reports a cooling housing market in July
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Passivhaus refurb diaries, part 3: Building services
Prewett Bizley consider the design and installation of the building services in the eco-makeover of an Edwardian home
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Quarry operator fined £30k after vehicle accident
Humberside Aggregates and Excavations pleads guilty after incident that hospitalised trainee
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Travis Perkins profit up 24%
Turnover rises 5% to £1.5bn as builders merchant looks to complete BSS purchase
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Connaught agrees extra £15m overdraft
Chairman of troubled social housing specialist ’delighted by tangible evidence of support from lenders’
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Gove tells MPs why he scrapped BSF
Michael Gove tells a parliamentary committee the £55bn Building Schools for the Future programme was ’flawed’
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Cuts put 68,000 construction jobs at risk
Public sector cuts could see thousands leave construction for good says CITB-ConstructionSkills
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Boost in workloads for small building firms
Thirty two percent of firms reporting higher workloads, according to FMB
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Arup, Mott and Balfour on PM's Indian trade trip
Bosses from Balfour Beatty, Mott McDonald and Arup are among 39 industry leaders on David Cameron’s trade delegation to India
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Vinci wins £16.5m Gatwick airport job
Gatwick airport has awarded a new contract to redevelop its South Terminal to Vinci
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Hansgrohe launches bathroom fittings iPhone App
Hansgrohe launches iPhone App that allows users to match taps to their exisitng bathroom fittings
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Developers to pay into offsite energy fund
Housing minister says fund will enable developers to meet carbon reduction commitments
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Holmes submits plans for £33m Erskine school
BAM Construction could start on site in January 2011 on Park Mains High School in Renfrewshire
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Comment
Video: London 2012 venues under construction
Watch Tim Crocker’s stunning film of London’s 2012 Olympic venues
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Green 2012 expertise in danger of being lost
Government departments must harness the sustainable expertise gained from building the 2012 London Olympics
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Archive Titles
Knowles' knowledge: How to price variations
Our expert QS kicks off a new series by looking at variations and how to make them boost your bottom line
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FSA to investigate Connaught
Financial Services Authority to investigate troubled social housing company according to reports
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Two years to go to London 2012
Olympic officials and athletes tour Olympic Park to view construction progress