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CommentConstruction Act: Pay back time
Moves to speed up payment for the supply chain may have tipped the balance too far the other way and some subcontractors are cashing in
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CommentLiquidated damages: The unlikely LADs
A court struck down a liquidated damages clause because when the value of the contract was reduced, it became disproportionate and ‘unconscionable’
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CommentLabour has got ambition but no cash
The Labour party conference reveals much positive policy but without some spending it may not add up to much
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CommentCollaborative working: Age of the team players
The industry has a number of tools to help focus collaborative working. So, is partnering still the future of construction?
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CommentFeeling the benefit
The CPA/Barbour ABI Construction Index was 129 in August, marginally higher than in July but 21% higher than a year earlier
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CommentWeak commercial output
The latest construction output figures show that the industry remains in a relatively healthy position
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CommentLabour has few surprises at its conference
This year’s Labour conference was awash with policy pledges but new policy and detail was thin on the ground
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CommentThe next chapter for green building
This week’s World Green Building Council report on green value is the start of a new frontier in selling green construction
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CommentLabour conference: No borrowing for building
A fretful conference saw Labour tighten its stance on austerity, ruling out extra borrowing for capital spending
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CommentLabour conference: Brownfield or greenfield housing?
We need to get the balance right between brownfield and greenfield development and I’m not sure Labour has done that yet
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CommentScotland's Aladdin
Alex Salmond and the yes campaign lost their battle for an independent Scotland - but by letting the genie of devolved powers out of the bottle, they did us all a favour
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CommentCan World Green Building Week make a difference?
Events like this aim to inspire people to bring about large scale and rapid change, let’s hope enough of us get involved
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CommentIs your waste data rubbish?
Robust data about waste produced on site needs to comply to certain standards, but so far this isn’t happening in England
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CommentIndependence vote: a collective sigh of relief
Whatver your views on the referendum, for Scottish construction a “no” means a number of tricky issues are sidestepped
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CommentBoosting brownfield
Is the government offering enough of an incentive for local authorities and private sector developers with its brownfield housing initiative?
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CommentHansom: Know the score
A US construction giant celebrates the opening of Spartak Moscow’s new football stadium, the Australian prime minister goes to live in the Outback and there’s some sterling charity work being done across the sector
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CommentFarewell Greg Fitzgerald
I’ll be sorry to see the Galliford Try boss go but he has done his bit for the firm and the industry
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CommentHousing standards review: Highs and lows
The government has unveiled national space and security standards – but things remain to be done
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CommentChain of indemnity
A look at a case where an indemnity clause was found to be applicable despite the beneficiary being at fault