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CommentWhy are you still participating in the race to the bottom?
Procurement reform and clients who are prepared to use alternative price evaluation models are surely the way to improve the whole process and get the right bidder at the right price for a project, argues Rebecca Rees
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NewsGrosvenor to triple size of land business
The developer’s housing pipeline has already increased from 2,100 to 9,300 since 2017
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FeaturesFire safety at 22 Bishopsgate: A race to the bottom
At 22 Bishopsgate, Lipton Rogers has developed the UK’s first lift evacuation strategy
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FeaturesNetwork Rail's new payment rules: full speed ahead
Will Network Rail’s ban on retentions spark an industry-wide change, and will this put the squeeze on main contractors?
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FeaturesCombustible materials ban: what would it mean?
What might government proposals on the future use of materials in high-rise buildings mean for specifiers and manufacturers?
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NewsNetwork Rail calls for input on how to keep projects on track
Rail authority asks suppliers and contractors for input on its ‘standards’
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On the receiving end
“I would think very hard about working in Dubai again. It has done us a lot of damage.” So says David Marks, the co-founder of architect Marks Barfield. Anyone reading about what happened to him after his client in the emirate quietly stopped paying its bills will find it easy ...
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Hold on to your cash
You know you are too old for a recession when you measure how well we are doing not by profit versus loss, but by the speed at which we are approaching the abyss. It really does not matter, because whatever the scenario, things are still getting worse. Yet somehow ...