All Building articles in 25 September 2009 – Page 5
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NewsThere's still room for flats
The trend for smaller and smaller urban flats wasn’t the answer to the UK’s housing needs, but then, neither is a return to just building traditional family homes
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NewsFirst movement
Willmott Dixon has been appointed main contractor on a £22.5m scheme for the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
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CommentTake the fifth: Liability for design mistakes
If you’re an architect, and you suddenly realise that you’ve made a mistake, do you have a duty to tell your client about it? Well, that all depends
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Features
Spending cuts: What, where and how much?
Now that politicians of all parties have admitted spending has to be cut, the question is how much and where. Here Sarah Richardson makes the case for keeping capital programmes going. Overleaf, we mark your card for the upcoming party conferences
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CommentSo crazy it might be true
We’re so conditioned to looking at the world in a particular way we stop thinking about it. But what if it is, in fact, quite wrong? And what could prompt us to realise it is?
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update
In the final part of our series, Sense Cost Consultancy explores the difficulties that M&E contractors and suppliers are facing, the effect that’s having on prices, and what the future may have in store
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NewsOFT: councils can sue guilty contractors
Watchdog says legal action and blacklisting would be 'understandable'
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Consultation on sustainability code delayed until end of year
The consultation on the Code for Sustainable Homes 2010 has been delayed from October until the end of the year, leading some housebuilders to call for it to be scrapped
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Comment
Reality check
I sympathise with David Marks (28 August, page 22) and understand it is tough to manage cash flows in this environment. But I would also like to say: PLEASE WAKE UP AND SEE THE REALITY
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NewsCitywatch: Case closed?
The biggest City casualty in the Office of Fair Trading fine fallout was Kier, whose shares slipped 2.5%, a fall some in the Square Mile attributed partly to Kier’s refusal to rule out an appeal – it seems analysts would rather now draw a line under the whole thing
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How the OFT investigation case developed
1 April 2004Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust discovers irregularities on tenders. It alerts the OFT and an inquiry into the industry begins.27 July 2005The OFT reveals it has searched the premises of 22 Midlands firms to find evidence of collusive tendering.22 March 2007The OFT claims it has uncovered £3bn of ...
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CommentHealthcare: How to build a hospital
Open mike: What happens when a nurse who has been on the client side of healthcare projects finds herself working for a contractor?
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NewsClients set to blacklist cover-pricing contractors
£1.2bn consortium could drop OFT firms from deals as councils plan compensation claims
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NewsHere's the Bill
London may no longer have a pavilion in Shanghai Expo 2010 but Bill Dunster’s ZEDfactory will be there
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for London Basement Company
“He’s got a big beard …” ponders site foreman Tom
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NewsBalfour and Parsons in talks for 'at least three years'
The two chief executives reveal how the £380m deal was done, and what it means for both firms
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Industry backs Mandelson's green industries review
Keith Clarke will chair government study of the business potential of low-carbon construction
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Data: New build sales and completions in August
This month’s stats show that private registrations are significantly higher than this time last year