All Building articles in 28 September 2012 – Page 4
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Features
Next up: Rio's Olympic venues
The Olympic focus has now switched from London to Rio, which has the added pressure of hosting two other international sporting events before the 2016 games
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Comment
Infrastructure investment
The CBI’s latest survey restates the business case for continued investment in infrastructure, but progress is still worryingly slow
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Comment
Indemnity: Rust revisited
A problematic case on the interpretation of an indemnity has so far exercised the minds of eight of our most senior judges
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Features
Country focus: Poland
Its multibillion-pound roads programme may have hit the slow lane, but Europe’s seventh biggest construction market is still making significant investments in infrastructure
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News
Housing stats: New build sales and completions in August
Regional completions are showing a small but hopeful improvement over last year’s results
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Comment
Hansom: The art of speaking
Danny Alexander defends government infrastructure spending (in the dark) and Mark Prisk invites the media into his Croydon boudoir. Plus, would RMJM’s Peter Morrison be a good wartime prime minister?
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Features
The green stamp of approval
Customers can have confidence that a product is truly sustainable when it is certified as such, which is why British Gypsum makes sure its innovations are thoroughly scrutinised and verified by third parties
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In the pink corner: Interview with Angela Brady
RIBA president Angela Brady has picked a fight over the Olympic No Marketing Rights Protocol. But, one year into her term, how are her other battles progressing?
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Comment
Amending contracts: Tweak havoc
Amending an existing contract can make commercial sense, but the procuring party needs to take care not to open itself up to claims from the other original tenderers
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News
Consultations aim to boost business shift to renewable energy
Department of Energy and Climate Change publishes proposals for future of Renewable Heat Incentive
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Comment
Adjudication: Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
Adjudication is supposed to be a quick-fix solution at a reduced cost. Down in the trenches, however, the parties are expecting a judge-like quality of reasoning to resolve their disputes
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Features
Restructuring contractors: adapt or die
Faced with the deepest recession in living memory, construction companies are having to restructure to survive. But what does this actually mean, will the restructuring work - and what are the human consequences?
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News
Construction appointments: 28 September
Firms, including Turner & Townsend, Morgan Sindall and WSP, announce recruits and promotions
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Features
Top 200 Consultants in 2012: Don't look now
There is little movement in this year’s Top 200 Consultants league tables, but don’t take that to mean the outlook is calm for the sector. On the contrary, the predictions are for more mergers, falling incomes and ever tighter margins
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Comment
Safe and sound: The US embassy
A reader assesses the fortress-like nature of the proposed US embassy at Nine Elms
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News
Government rethinks how to tackle traditional retrofits
Research reveals poor industry grasp of older buildings’ response to energy efficiency measures
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News
Consultants bag prize role on £2.4bn schools programme
Exclusive: EC Harris, Jacobs and Mott MacDonald win £20m job to provide technical support for priority schools