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CommentHansom: All downhill from here
Tolkien fans support a venture to create a real-life Hobbit holiday home, team Mace prove their construction skills know no bounds as they enter the Red Bull soapbox race, and Chelsea top the house price Premier League
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CommentBIM: Diverse approaches to a common standard
Setting a standard aims to avoid the delays, costs and conflicts which arise but some industry bodies are developing their own
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CommentToo many questions
As the UK housing shortage comes closer to crisis point the government is rolling out a number of policies to make affordable homes available. But is it making the problem better or worse?
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CommentOnline poll: A future for retrofit?
Will a significant programme of retrofitting homes continue after the government’s cancellation of Green Deal funding? Vote here
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CommentJCT MPCC: Major projects, minor details
The JCT Major Project Construction Contract is now widely recognised. But confusion over some of its provisions has come to light
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CommentProcurement: Optimum results
A string of high-profile repair and maintenance jobs have failed recently. Is the problem connected to how some clients carry out procurement at the beginning of the job?
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CommentHold that axe
The restructuring of construction roles could stall relations between the industry and government
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CommentIt's all in the timing
Great care must be taken over payment procedures and timings before and after practical completion, as ignoring them can prove to be a very expensive exercise
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CommentHansom: This too shall pass
We meditate on the world’s transient nature, as we see sandcastles washed away, Zaha’s Olympic dream ends, and we are walked out on by a nuclear bigwig. But friends are forever, especially at Balfour Beatty
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CommentWhy CLC changes cut out the foundations from construction
The restructuring of the Construction Leadership Council means a third of the industry is not represented at the top table
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CommentThis looks good on paper
You don’t want the sale of your scheme delayed by missing bits of evidence so make sure your development comes complete with a paper trail
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CommentOnline poll: Chief construction adviser
Was the government right to scrap the chief construction adviser role? Vote here
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CommentFixing the foundations
The follow-up document to the summer Budget has stronger implications for construction
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CommentBack to square one
Scrapping the chief construction adviser role and proposed reforms to the Construction Leadership Council are nothing short of disaster. The industry faces a struggle to get its voice heard
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CommentChina: The great leap Westwards
The impact of shares plummeting in Shanghai could result in Chinese ambitions turning to the UK construction market
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CommentAnother fine mess
Construction companies face vastly increased fines for breaching environmental law – so be clear about the legal implications of your activities or you could end up in big trouble
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CommentHansom: Parks and recreation
The sun has been out, so who’s for a spot of croquet at the airport, a jolly old sing-song, a trip to Wembley and a tour of the more unusually named towers of London?
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CommentOn shaky ground
The government’s dropping of zero-carbon home requirements smacks of short-termism
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CommentFitness for purpose: MT Højgaard A/S vs Eon Climate and Renewables UK Robin Rigg East Limited and another
Before Lord Justice Jackson, Lord Justice Patten and Lord Justice Underhill in the Court of Appeal. Judgment delivered 30 April 2015
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CommentLevelling the playing field
The first moves are being made to harmonise energy ratings for all non-residential buildings across the EU